ARISTOTLE 



655 a 



25 vTjaiVy coare Set Kal ttjv tojv epeiGjJidrcov firj Kpav' 



pov elvai aAAa fiaXaKcorepav, Kal to yecoSes ets" 

 TO Sepfia TTOLV avriXcoKev rj ^vgis' a'fta 8e ttjv avrrjv 

 V7T€po-)(r]v els TToXXovs TOTTOVs dSwarei 8taye/xetv rj 

 <f)V(jLS. €V€OTi he Kal iv rols t^cooroKois ttoAAo. tojv 

 OCTTCov xov^p(J^hr], iv octols ovii(f>epei [JuaXaKov etvai 



80 Kal fiv^ojSes^ TO OTepeov hid tj]v odpKa ttjv nepi- 

 K€Lfievr]v, OLOV GVfjL^e^rjKe Trepi re ra cora /cat 

 Tovs fjLVKTrjpas' dpaveTai ydp Ta Kpavpa TaxioiS 

 iv Tois direxovaLv. r) he cJjvgls tj avTrj x^^^P^^ 

 Kal OGTOV iGTLy hia^ipei he to) jJidXXov Kal rJTTOV 

 Sto Kal ovheTepov av^dveTai d-noKOTTev. 



85 Ot ixev ovv iv Tols TTe^ots a/xueAot x^^^P^^ kcxo)- 

 pLGfievo) fjLveXcp' to yap ;)(a)pt ^o/xevov ets* dnav 

 pLepayixevov fiaXaKTjv iroiel Kal fxv^ojhrf ttjv tov 

 xdvhpov GVGTaGLV. iv he rot? oeXdx^GLV rj pdx^S 

 655 b x^^^P^^^^S" piiv ioTLv, ex^L he fiveXov dvT* ogtov 

 ydp avTOis VTrdpx^i- tovto to jiopLov. 



^vveyyvs Se /caret ttjv d(j)7]v eVrt rot? ogtoXs koI 

 TO, TotaSe Tcjv jiopiajVy olov ovvxis re /cat OTrAat /cat 

 X^jXal Kal KepaTa Kal pvyx^] to, rcuy opvidoiv. navTa 

 5 he TavTa ^orjOeias exovGi X^P^^ ['^^ ?^ct]'' ra ydp ef 

 avTCov GVveoTrjKOTa oXa Kal Gvvcjvvjxa toZs jLtoptotS', 

 olov ottXtj re dXrj Kal Kepas oXov, jjLefjirjxdvrjTat, irpos 

 TTjv GCJTTjpiav eKdoTOis. iv TOVTCp he to) yevei /cat 



^ ^u/uD8e? Z. ^ ^v^iathr) EPSZ. 



^ [ra ^a)a] secludit Rackham. 



*• Cf. the " law of organic equivalents." 

 ^ See note on 644 a 17. 

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