ARISTOTLE 



651 a ^ ^ 



8e TTT^yvvraL, olov vypa yrj vtto xp'u'xpvs' rod yap 

 depfJLOv VTTO rod ipvxpov iKdXi^opilvov auveJarjLtt^ct 

 10 TO vypov, KaOoLTTep €Lpr]TaL irporepov, /cat TTiqyvvraL 

 ovx v'^o Oepfiov dAA' vtto ipvxpov ^rjpaLvojJievov. iv 

 Se rots' GcojjLaaLv vypov eVrt 8ta rrjv dcpfiorrjra ttjv 



iv TOZS ^CpOL?, 



IIoAAcov S' iarlv air la rj rod aljxaros <j>vois koi 

 Kara to ^dos rolg ^cpoi^ kol Kara rrjv alod-qaiv, 

 euAoyoJS" v\y] yap icrn Travrog rod awpLaros' r] yap 



15 Tpo(f>rj vXt], to S* at;Lta -q iaxdrr] rpo(j)ri. ttoXXtjv 

 ovv 7T0i€L hia(f)opav depfiov ov /cat ipvxpov /cat Actttov 

 /cat TTaxv /cat OoXepov /cat Kadapov. Ix^P ^' ^^''"^ 

 to vSarojSe? rod alpiaros Sta to pLrjTTCo 7T€Tr€(f>9ai rj 

 SLe(j)ddp9aL, 6oo-t€ o [lev ef dvdyKrjs lx^P> ^ ^' 

 aljiaros X^P^^ eVrtV. 



20 V. HifjLeXrj 8e /cat areap SLa(f)€povaL jxev dAA-j^AaJV 

 /caret TTjV Tov at/xaro? hia^opdv. eort yap Iko.- 

 T€pov avTOJV at/xa ireTrefJiiJLevov 8t' evrpo^iav, /cat ro 

 jLt'J7 KaravaXiGKOfxevov els to GapKwSes fxopLov rcov 

 ^q)ajv, €V7T€7TTOv 8e /cat eurpa^e?. Si^Aot Se ro 



25 AtTrapov aiJTcDv rcov ydp vypojv ro Xirrapov kolvov 

 dipos /cat TTvpos ioriv. Std rovro ovhkv e;^€t rail' 

 dvaipiojv ovre TnpLeXrjv ovre areap, on ovS^ atfia. 

 rdJv 8' ivaijjLCxJV rd [xev GOJfiarcohes exovra ro af/xa 

 oriap ex^i [laXXov, ro yap oriap yea)8e? eVrt, 8t6 



" As it were, the " raw " material. 



^ I have used the terms " lard " and " suet " rather than 

 " soft fat " and " hard fat " because they represent more 

 closely the distinction made by Aristotle. The difference 

 between them is now known to be less fundamental, and is 

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