ARISTOTLE 



706 a 



V. OtS" /xei^ ovv TO di'oj Kal ro efjLTTpoadev 8t- 



(hpiaraiy Kaddnep rots dvdpojTTOis Kal roXg opvLcn, 



ravra jxev SliToSa [rcov he rerrdpajv rd Svo orjfxeia 



TOLS fi€V TTTepvyes ToZs 8e X^^P^^ '^^^ ^paxioves 



80 elcriv) . oaa 8' eVt ro avro ro TrpoaOev e;!^et Kal 

 ro dvoj, rerpdrroha Kal TToXviroha Kal diroSa. 

 KaXd) yap TToha jxepos inl Gruxeico Tre^co KivqrLKcp 

 Kara roirov Kal yap ro 6Vo/xa eoiKauiv elXrj(f)€vai, 

 aTTO rod irdSov ol noSes. eVta S' eVt ro avro 

 ex^L TO rrpoadiov Kal ro ottlgOlov, olov rd re 

 706 b /xaAciKrta Kal rd arpoi^L^wSr] rtov oarpaKoBepfiajv 

 etp-qrai 8e Trepl avrdyv nporepov iv erepous. 



TpLwv 8* ovrcov roTTOJV, rod dvoj Kal jxeaov 

 Kal Kdrco, rd jxev 8t7rc8a ro dvoj irpos ro rod 

 oXov dvco ^x^i', Td Se rroXviroha tj dnoSa rrpos 

 6 ro fxeoov, rd he (f)vrd npos ro Kdroj. a'inov 8' 

 on rd fiev aKivqra, Tipos rrjv rpo(f>r)v Se ro dvoj, 

 Tj Se rpo(f)rj eK rrjg y^?. to. Se rerpdrroha enl 

 ro [Meaov, Kal rd TToXviroha Kal djToha, hid ro 

 pLTj opOd elvai. rd he hiTToha Trpo? ro dvo) hid 



10 ro opSd elvai, fidXiora 8' o dv9pa>7TOS' /xaAtcrra 

 ydp Kard ^volv earl hiTTOV?. evXoycos he Kal at 

 dpxdi eloiv aTTO rovrwv rcov jxopicjjv rj jxev ydp 

 dpx'^ TLiJLLOV, ro 8' dvo) rod Kara) Kal ro npoadev 

 rod omoOev Kal ro he^iov rod dpiGrepod rijJLicorepov. 

 KaXojs 8' ex€L Kal ro avdnaXiv Xeyeiv Trepl avrojv, 



<» The whole of man is " front," and his " front " is divided 

 into superior and inferior ; in a quadruped only that part 

 is " front " which is superior in man. 



" P.J. 681b U ff. ; H.A. 523 b 21 ff. 



" *Apxv has here the double meaning of "starting-point" 

 and "centre of authority"; see note on De mot, anim, 

 698b 1. 



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