ARISTOTLE 



643 a ^ 



Ilia hia(f)Opa hvcrlv vrrdp^ei-^ et 8e rovro, SrjXov 

 on dSvvarov Greprjoiv elvai hia^opdv. 



"Ecrovrat 8' at hia(j>opal laai roZs dropiOLs t,(LoiSt 

 elirep dropid re ravra /cat at Sta^opat dropLOL, 

 KOLV7] Se jLtT^ ioTLV. (ft 8' ivSex^Tai VTrdpx^t'V^ Kal 



10 Koivrjv, dropLOV Se, SrjXov on Kard ye ri^v Koivrjv eV 

 to) auToJ ionv erepa oVra toj et8et ^oia. coctt' 

 dvayKoloVy el tSiot at hiacfiopal els a? dnavra 

 €pL7TL7TT€i TO, dropLa, pLiqSejjLLav avTcov etvat KOivqv 

 el 8e jLtrJ, erepa dvra els to^v avrrjv jSaStetrat.) 8£t 

 8' OL»Te TO auTO /cat dropLOV els erepav /cat erepav 



lb levai Stacjiopdv rcov Sirjpr]pievojv, ovr els rrjv avrrjv 

 erepa, /cat diravra els ravras. (f)avep6v roivvv on 

 ovK ean Xa^elv rd dropua eiSr] (Ls SiaLpovvrat at els 

 Svo hiaipovvres rd t^cpa rj /cat d'AAo onovv yevos. 

 /cat yap /car' eKeivovs dvayKalov laas rds eo^dras 

 elvai Siacfyopds rols ^(-pois TrduL rots dropLOLS ro) 



20 etSet. ovros yap rovhe nvos yevovs, ov Sta(^opat 

 rrpoirai rd (XevKd /cat rd p^yiY XevKd, rovrojv 8' 

 eKarepov aAAat, /cat ovra>s els rd Trpoao) ecus rojv 

 dropicov, at reXevralai rerrapes eaovrai r) a'AAo n 



^ 11. 3-6 interpunctionem correxi. 



^ /A17 vTrapx^Lv vulg. : corr. Titze, 



^ supplevit Cornford. 



•* Because it cannot fulfil the condition of admitting 

 differentiation. At whatever stage of the division it comes 

 (unless at the very end), the privative term will cover at least 

 two species, and therefore at the next stage the dichotomists 

 will have to divide it — illegitimately, as Aristotle maintains. 

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