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* Kal scrips! : irpos libri. 



*• This is simply a restatement of the doctrine of 702 b 1-4. 

 The true dpxv is not situated in the extremitj^ of the stick 

 nearest to the hand (which is an dpxv as being the place 

 where the stick begins in relation to the hand), nor yet in any 

 other member, such as the wrist, which is still farther away 

 from the stick and is an apxv as being the origin of motion 

 in the hand. The wrist, elbow, and shoulder are all of them 

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