ARISTOTLE 



643 b , X ^ , , n ' ' / ' 5 -\2 5 



yevos — Kau rco aypico /cat rjfjiepcp \ov oet) Otatpet- 



o9ai' cbaavTco<3 yap dv So^€t€ ravra e'lBr] hiaipeZv 



5 TTOLvra yap, co? elrreZvy ooa ruiepa Kal aypia rvy- 



XOLV€L ovra, olov dvOpajiroi, Ittttoi, ^oes, Kvves iv rfj 



^IvSlkyj, ves, alyes, Trpo/^ara* a)V eKaarov, el p.kv 



ofxcovv/JLOv, ov hirjprjrai ')(ojpis, el 8e ravra ev e'lhei, 



ovx olov t' etvai hiafj)opav ro aypiov /cat to T^p.epov. 



"OAco? 8' oTTOcaovv hia<j)opa^ pna hiaipovvri rovro 



10 ovjjL^aLveLv dvayKaXov. dXXd Set TreipdaOai Xap,- 

 ^dveiv Kara yevq rd ^coa, cos V(f)'^yr]v6^ ol ttoXXol 

 hiopioavres opvidos yevos /cat l)(dvos. rovrcov 8' 

 eKaarov TToXXaXs copiorai Siacjiopais, ov Kara rr)v 

 SixorofJLLav. ovrco fjuev yap rjroi ro irapdnav ovk 

 eun Xa^elv (rd avrd yap els rrXeiovs epLTTLTrrei 



15 8tatpea€t? /cat rd evavria els rrjv avr-qv), tj }xia 

 pLovov hia(j)opd eorai, Kal avrr] rjroL dnXTJ i) e/c 

 uvfJLTrXoKrjs rd reXevralov ear ai etSos". edv he p.rj 

 SLa(f)opds XafjL^dvrj ns hia^opdv,^ dvayKolov, oioirep 

 GvvSe(jp.cp rdv Xdyov eva rroiovvras, ovroj Kal rrjv 

 SialpecTLV ovve)(fj TToie'lv. Xeyco 8' olov uvpL^aivei 



•20 rot? StatpovpLevoLs ro ptev drrrepov rd he rrrepcordv, 

 TTrepojrov he rd piev jjpLepov ro 8' dypiov, tj ro /xev 



^ Kal EY : Kal toj vulg. 

 2 supplevi. 



^ OTTOLavovv Sia^opav alii : o-noLaovv Y : Sta^opd vel 8(,a<f}opd 

 ESY. 



* 8ia(f)opd A. ES : 8La<f)opav A. ttjs Sta^opa? P : Sta^opas' A. 

 8La(f>opav Y ; rt? Peck : Tr]v vulg. 



« Cf. Plato, Politicus, 264 a 1. 



» On this see Piatt, C.Q., 1909, iii. 241. 



* For hLa<i)opd in the sense of " bifurcation " cf. Met. 

 1048 b 4, where he speaks of the two " parts " of a hi.a(f>opd. 



^ i.e. with the preceding terms. See below, 644 a 5. 

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