ARISTOTLE 



699 b 



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 a7T€Lpov elvai), eVSe;^otr* av' ScaXvOrjvaL rov ovpavov. 

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 '^*^ OVK dSvvarov 8e, et jLt')7 ravriKeiiievov dvayKalov. 

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 Xoyos. 



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 rov KLvovjievov, pLrjSev ov eKeivov pLopioVy t) ov ; 



/cat TOVTO TTOTepOV /cat C77t TOU TraVTOS" OVTOJS 



VTToipx^i'^ dvayKalov; taajs yap dv So^eiev aToirov 



35 elvaiy el rq dpxr] ttjs Kivqaeajs ivTos. 8to So^eiev 



av ToZs ovTCDS VTToXafjL^dvovaLV ev elprjod ai 'Ofi-qpo)' 



dXX* OVK dv epvuaiT ef ovpavoOev TreStovSe 



700a TjTJV^ VTTaTOV TTaVTCOV , OuS' €t /XaAa TToXXd KafJLOLTe' 



iravTes 8' e^aTTTeode deol TTauai re ^eatvat. 



TO ydp oXcos dKiv7]Tov VTT* ovhevos ivSex^Tat 

 KLVTjdrjvai. 66 ev Auerat /cat tJ TraAat Ae;^^eto-a 

 dTTOpia, TTOTepov evSex^rai rj ovk evhex^rai 8ta- 

 5 Xvdrjvai Trjv tov ovpavov GvaTaauv, el ef dKivrjrov 

 rjprrjTaL dpX'rjS' 



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 Set VTTapx^i^v, dXXd /cat ev avTols toXs KLVovfievois 



* direipoi'] sc. Klvrjcriv. The argument is as follows: these 

 overpowering motive forces might exist and be dissolved by 

 one another, because if they can be dissolved, they are not 

 infinite, and the reason why they are not infinite is that they 

 act upon what is finite, and the infinite cannot act on the 

 finite (7> caelo, 274 b 23 flF.). 



•' It is discussed in the Physics and De caelo. 

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