ARISTOTLE 



640b ^ ^ 



7T€pl (f)VGeoJs Trepl rrjg vXLKrjg apxrjs Kal rrjs roi- 

 avTiqs atVias" ioKOTrovv, rt? Kal TToca rt?, /cat ttws 

 €K ravTiqs yiverai ro oXov, Kal rivos klvovvtos , olov 

 veiKovs r) <j)iXia<^ r) vov rj rod avrofidrov, rrjs 8' 

 VTTOKeLjjLevrjs vXr^s roiavhe nva (jiVCiLV ixovorjs i^ 



10 avdyKiqs, olov rod jxev TTvpos Oepfi-^v, rrj? Se yijs 

 ipvxpd-v, Kal rod fiev Kovcfi'qv, rrjs Se ^apelav. ovtojs 

 yap Kal rov koctjjlov yevvcoaLV. ofjLOLOJs Se Kal irepl 

 TTjV T(x)v ^(pcxjv Kal raJv ^urtov yeVeatv XeyovGLV, 

 otov^ iv Tip GcofJLaTL peovros p^ev rov vSaros KoiXiav 

 y€vio9ai Kal Trdoav vrrohox^jv ttjs re Tpo(f)rJ5 Kal rod 



15 TTepiTTcopiaros, rod he TTvevpLaros hiaTTopevOivro's 

 Tovs piVKrrjpag dvappayrjvai. 6 8' drjp Kal to vSojp 

 vXrj rcov ocopLarcDv icrriv €k tcov tolovtcov yap 

 aoj pbdrcDV ovviurdGi ttjv <j)Voiv Trdvres. el 8' 'ioTLV 

 6 dvOpcoTTOs Kal rd t,wa (f)V<jeL Kal rd piopia avrcov, 

 X^Kreov dv rrepl oapKos ecrj Kal oarov Kal atfiaTos 



20 Kal TOJV opiOLopLepcbv drrdvrajv, opiOLCOs he Kal rcov 

 dvopiOiopiepcov, olov irpooconov, ;)^etpos', ttoSos", fj 

 re TOLOVTOV eKaorov eonv avrcov Kal Kard rroiav 

 SvvapLLV. ov ydp CKavov ro eV rivcov iorivy olov 

 TTvpds ri yrjs, ayoTrep Kav el irepl kXLvtis eXeyopLev rj 

 TLVos dXXov rcov roLovrcov, eneLpcopieda pidXXov dv 



25 hiopC^eLV ro elhos avrrjs t) rrjv vX'qv, olov rov ;^aA/<ov 



^ oTi post olov vulg. : del. Ogle. 



" As Empedocles and Anaxagoras, whose attempts to 

 discover the " material " and the " efficient " causes are 

 mentioned a few lines below. See also Met. 983 b G ff . 



^ " Material " cause : see Introduction, pp. 24 ff. 



* " Residue " : lit. " surplus " ; see Introduction, pp. 32 flF. 



<* Cf. Hippocrates, Uepl 8101x17?, i. 9. 



' " Parts " : see Introduction, pp. 28 ff. 



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