ARISTOTLE 



649 a aXXoTptav e;^et rr^v depiior-qra ret 8' oiKeiaVy Sta- 

 (f)€p€L Se TO deppLov elvai ovtojs tj €K€lvcu? TrXelarov, 

 iyyvs yap rod Kara avfi^ej^i^Kos etvai depjjLov dXXa 

 fjLrj KaO^ avro ddrepov avrwv wGTTep dv et rt? Xeyoi, 

 6 €L ovfi^e^-qKos etr] ro) TTVperrovn elvai fiovGLKco, 

 Tov fJLOvaiKov elvai depfxorepov t) rov fxeO^ vyieias 

 depp-ov. inel 8* iarl ro fiev KaO^ avro OeppLov ro 

 8e Kara ovpL^e^-qKos, i/jvx^raL fiev ^pahvrepov ro 

 Kad^ avro, deppuaivei he pidXXov rroXXaKis rrjv ai- 

 o67]GLv ro Kara uvpL^e^rjKos' Kal TrdXtv Kaiei {xev 



10 fiaXXov ro Kad^ avro 6epp.6v, olov r] (f)X6^ rov 

 v8aro£ rov t,eovros, deppiaivei 8e Kara rrjv d(f)rjv ro 

 t,eov ptaXXov, ro Kara avpi^e^iqKos deppiov. cocrre 

 (f)avep6v on ro Kplvai hvolv norepov deppLorepov ovx 

 aTrXovv coSt pLev yap roSe eorai Oeppiorepov, coSt he 



15 Odrepov. evLa he rcbv roLovrcxJV ovh^ eunv dirXdjs 

 elrrelv on BeppLov tj pLT] deppLov o pLev ydp rrore 

 rvyxdvei ov ro vTTOKelpLevov ov deppLov, ovvhval^o- 

 pievov he deppiov, olov et rt? deZro 6Vo/xa vhan t) 

 oihrjpcp Oeppicp' rovrov ydp rov rpoirov ro at/xa 

 OeppLov eunv. /cat TTOiel he (f)avep6v iv rols roLov- 



20 rots' on ro ipvxpdv (f)vaLS ris aAA' ov areprjois eonv, 

 iv ouoLS ro vTTOKeLjxevov Kara irddos OeppLov eonv. 

 rdxo- he Kal rj rod rrvpog (J)vgls, el ervx^, roiavrr) 

 ns eariv 'Igojs ydp rd VTroKelpievov eanv rj Kanvos 

 Tj dvdpa^, wv rd piev del OeppLov [dvaOvpLLaois ydp d 

 KaiTvos), d 8* dvOpa^ drroG^eudels ipvxpd?. eXatov 

 he Kal TTevKTj yevoir dv ijjvxpd. ex^i he deppLdrrjra 



" That is, " blood " is really " hot x,"" and the " x " is no 

 more hot of its own nature than the " water " in " hot water." 

 Cf. 649 b 21 ff., and Torstrik, Rh. Mus. xii. 161 ff. 



* Perhaps a reference to the resin which is in firwood or is 

 obtained from it. 

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