ARISTOTLE 



649b ^ ^ ^ 



ev rfj cf)V(j€L Twv tolovtojv to, fX€V depjJLa Kal vypd, 

 so xwpL^^ojjLeva 8e TTiqyvvrai Kal i/jvxpcL ^atVerat, otov 

 TO alfia, ra 8e Oepfia Kal tto-xo? expvra KaOdrrep r) 

 XO^tJ, x^ptfo/xei-a S' €K rrjs (f)VG€OJs rojv exovrcDV 

 TovvavTiov TTaox^^' 4'^X^'^'^^ 7^9 '^^^ vypaiverai' to 

 likv yap alfia ^rjpaiverai /xaAAov, vypaiverai 8' r] 

 ^avdr) X^^l- '"'^ ^^ fJidXXov Kal rjrrov ju,eTe;)(ety rwv 

 35 dvTiK€iixev(x>v 60S" VTTapxov^ Set Tidevai rovrotg. 



650 a Hcos" /xev ouv deppLov Kal ttcos vypov, Kal ttojs 



T(JL)V ivaVTLWV Tj (jiVGLS TOV atjU-ttTOS" KeKOlVOJVTjKeV y 



€LprjTaL crx^Sov. 



'Ettci 8' dvayKT] ndv to av^avopievov Xap-^dveiv 

 Tpo(f)'r^v, Tj 8e Tpo(f)rj Trdoiv i^ vypov Kal ^7]pov, Kal 

 5 rovTOJV Tj TriijjLs yiverai Kal tj piera^oXr) 8td tt^s" tov 

 Oeppiov Svvdfiewg, Kal ra ^a)a rrdvra Kal ra </)UTa, 

 Koiv el pLTj 8t' aXXriv alriav, dXXd hid ravrrjv dvay- 

 Kolov ex^iv dpx^v deppiov (f)VGiK7Jv. [Kal ravrrjv 

 ojGTTep] at {8'y ipyaoiai rrjs rpo(f)rjs TrAetovcov elal 

 fioplojv' 7) pikv yap Trpcorrj (f)av€pd rois ^coois 

 10 Xeirovpyia hid rod oropiaros ovaa Kal ra)v iv 

 rovrcp pLopicov, oacnv tj rpo(f)rj Seirai hiaipioeojs. 

 dXX avrrf piev ovSepiids airia 7Tei/jea>£, dAA' €v- 

 TTeijjias pidXXov rj ydp els piiKpd hiaipeois rrjs 

 rpocj^rjs pdo) TTOiel rep deppicp rrjv ipyaoiav rj 8e rr]s 

 dvcD Kal TTJs" Kdro) KoiXias rjhr] pierd deppiorrjros 



^ vndpxov Peck : virdpxovTa vulg. 



' KOI ravT-qv uxnTcp seclusi, <8') supplevi : Kal ravr-qv 

 (^vXeloai fJLopiois ivvTrdpxovaav} Camus. 



" See above, note on 644 a 17. 



* See Introduction, p. 34. 



* Lit. " the dynamis of the hot substance," perhaps here 

 something more than a mere periphrasis for " the hot sub- 

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