ARISTOTLE 



ttXtjOos tcov a<f)* ivos StTrAaCTta^o^eVcov rocravra he 

 Kal TO, e'iSr]. 



("Eart S' Tj Sia(j)opa ev rfj vXr) ro elSos.^ ovre 

 25 yap dvev vXt]? ouSev t,coov jjLopLov, ovre fiovq rj 

 vXt]' ov yap Travrcos €xov aajfia eWat ^coov, ovSe 

 Twv ixopicov ovBev, axJTrep ttoXXolkl? etprjraL.) 



"Ert Statpetv XPV '''^^^ ^^ '^fj oixrla Kal fir) roTs 



crvjJLPe^rjKOGL KaO^ avro, olov el rig ra G)(r]p^aTa 



SiaLpoLT), OTL ra /xev Svcrlv opOal? loas e;\;et ras 



so ycovta?, ra he TrXeioGiv GVfJb^e^rjKos yap tl rco 



Tpiyojvo) TO hvalv opdals taas exetv ras ywviag. 



"Ert rot? avriKeiixevois hiaipeZv {Set)/ hid(f>opa 

 yap aAAT^AotS" ravriKeiiieva, olov XevKorrjg Kal fxe- 

 Xavia Kal ev6vr7]s Kal KapLTryXonqs . eav ovv ddrepa 

 hid^opa fjy rep avriKeipievcp hiaipereov , Kal pLT] ro 

 35 fiev vevaei ro he ;!^/Dc6jLtaTt . TTpos he rovrois, ra y 

 epuipvxo^ Tols KOLVols epyois rod acopiarog Kal rrjs 

 643 b i/jvxT]?} OLOV Kal ev raZs prjOeiaaLS vvv TropevrcKa Kal 

 Trnqva — eon yap riva yevq ols dpL(f)a) vTrdpxei Kal 

 eon nrrjvd Kal aTrrepa, KaOdirep ro rwv pLvpynqKCDV 



^ sic Y : TO etSo? eV tt; vXtj vulg. 

 2 <Set> supplevi. 



<* His point is that it is nonsensical to suppose that this 

 numerical correspondence is bound to occur. 



* As at 641 a 18 ff. 



« See Met. 1025 a 30. 



<* These are enumerated in De sensu, 436 a 7 if., and Aris- 

 totle seems here to be thinking of them as grouped together 

 under the several faculties — nutritive, appetitive, sensory, 



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