ARISTOTLE 



645a 



TL OavfiaoTov Kal KaOaTrep 'YipaKXecrog Xeyerai 



20 TTpos Tous ^ivovs eliT^lv Tovg povXoiJL€vov9 ivTVX^^v 

 avTO), ot €7T€LSr] TTpocTLovreg elSov avTov depofievov 

 Trpog TO) Ittvo) eGTTjGav [eKeXeve yap avrovs etVteVat 

 Oappovvras' elvai yap Kal ivravOa Oeov^), ovtco /cat 

 TTpos Tr]v ^-qrrjaLV rrepl eKaarov rcov ^cocuv TrpouUvai 

 Set ixri hvG(x)7TOV}X€voVy d>s eV airaaiv ovros tlvos 

 (f)vcnKov Kal KaXov. 



To yap fjLTj TVxovTCos dAA' evcKo, tlvos eV rot? tt^s" 



2.1 (f)va€a>s epyoLs earl Kal fxaXiara' ov 8' eVe/ca 

 ovveoTTjKev t) yeyove rlXovs, ttjv tov KaXov ;^ojpav 

 €LXrj(f)€V. el 8e rts" rrjv rrepl rcov dXXwv ^cp(x)V 

 decopiav dnpLov etvat vevofiLKe, tov avTov Tponov 

 oteaQaL XPV '^^'' '^^P^^ avTOV' ovk eoTL yap dvev 

 TToXXrjg Svax^peia? tSetv e^ Sv avveGTTjKe to tojv 



80 dvdpcjTTOJV yevoSy olov at[jLa, udpKes, octtcl, cfiXe^es 

 Kal ra rotaOra pLopta. opLolcos Te Set vo/xt^etv tov 



7T€pl OVTLVOaOVV TOJV [lOpLCOV ^ TCx)V GK€VdjV Sta- 



AeyojLtevov fjurj Trepl ttjs vXrjs Trotetcj^at ttjv puvqix-qv, 

 firjSe TavTTjg x^P^^> <^AAa Trj? oXrjg piopcfirjs, olov Kal 

 7T€pl OLKias, dXXd pLTj ttXlvOojv Kal TTYjXov Kal ^vXojv 

 85 Kal TOV 7T€pl (f)VG€OJ£ TTepl TTjS ovvOeuecos Kal TTJg 

 oXrjs ovGias, dXXd purj rrepl tovtcdv a jjlt] GvpL^alvei 

 XOJpi^opievd TTOTe ttjs ovocas avTcov. 



<* Or, with reference to another use of ovala, " which gives 

 them their being." Independent approaches to the position 

 that components are non-significant in isolation had been 

 made, e.g. by Anaxagoras, as a physical philosopher (see 

 my article in C.Q. xxv. 27 ff., 112 ff.), who held that " the 

 things (i.e. the constituent elements) in this world are not 

 separate one from another" (frag. 8, Diels, Fragmented ^ 



100 



