ARISTOTLE 



642 a 



aiSrjpovv, ovTCxj /cat eVet to aajjjLa opyavov {eveKa 



Tivos yap eKaorov tojv p,opLCOv, opLoica^ he kol to 

 oXov), dvdyKrj dpa tolovSl etvau /cat €/c rotcovSt, el 

 CKelvo ecrrat. 

 "Otl ixev ovv hvo Tpoiroi ttjs atrtas", /cat Set 



15 Aeyovras" Tvyxdveiv fidXioTa fjL€V dpL^olv, et 8e jLtTy, 

 TTeipaadai ye TTOieZv tovto, SijXov,^ /cat ort TrdvTeg ol 

 TOVTO fjLT] XeyovTes ovSev ws etVetv Trepl <f)VGeoJS 

 Xeyovoiv dpx^) ydp tj (j)VGis /xaAAov ttjs vXtjs. 

 {ivLaxov Se rrov avTTJ /cat 'E/XTreSo/cAT^s" TreptTrtTrret, 

 dyo/Jievos vtt^ avTrjs ttjs dXr^deias, /cat tt^v ovoiav /cat 



20 TrfV (f)vaLV aray/ca^erat (jydvai tov Xoyov elvai, olov 

 ooTovv dTroStSous" tL eoTiv ovTe ydp ev rt rcoi/ 

 aTOix^icQv Xeyet auro oure 8uo ■^ r/Jta oyVe TrdvTa, 

 dXXd Xoyov TTJs /xt^ecos" avTcov. SrjXov tolvvv ort 

 Kat T] odp^ TOV avTov Tporrov eoTi, /cat tcov dXXcov 



TOiV TOLOVTCDV pLOpLOJV eKaUTOV. a'lTLOV Se TOV flT) 



25 eXdelv Tovs irpoyeveoTepovs CTrt tov Tpoirov tovtov, 

 OTL TO Tt rjv elvai /cat to opioaodai ttjv ovoiav ovk 

 rjvy dXX rjipaTO fiev ArjpLOKpLTOs 7Tpa>TO?, cos* ovk 

 dvayKaiov Se ttj (j)vaLKfj Becjopia, dXX eK(f)ep6pievos 

 vrr* avTov tov TTpdyfiaTos' eirl HojKpdTovs he tovto 

 liev r]v^-q9r), to he ^rjTetv to, Trepl (j)Voecx)s ^Xrj^e, 

 ^ sic Ogle : el 8e fi-q, BrjXov ye TreipdaOai, ttouZv vulg. 



« See Diels, Fragmented, 31 a 78. 



* " Element " : this term is normally used to denote the 

 four substances, earth, water, air, fire. 



" This is probably a reference to Democritus's opposition 

 to the theories of Protagoras, who held that " what appears 

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