;|l82 NOTES ON PASSAGES IN THE 



and emphasis to the statement, in the clause where the idea of a 

 principle first appears, he uses only the latter of these expressions 

 in the subsequent part of the reasoning : tovto Trrjyr) ku dpxr) KLvqa&oi. 

 ap^ri 8e dyeyrjTOV k. t. X. 



Note III. 



'Ap)(y] 8e dyevrp-ov ' k^ o.p^crjs yap ayayKrj Trav to yiyvop^evov yiyvcaBax, 

 dvrqv 8e [irj8^ ii ei/os • et ya-p ck tov apxV yiyvotro, ovk av 1$ o.p^<i yiyvoiTO. 

 — (Fhaedrus, § 51. Bekker.) 



The proposition, a principle is unproduced, which forms the 

 Premiss (e) of Argument II., Note II., Plato supports by the rea- 

 soning, e| dip-)(ri<i yap dvayKrj k. t. X. Great diflficulty, however, ap- 

 pears to have been found with the text as it stands; and various 

 conjectural emendations of the last clause, ovk dv ii dpxr)^ yiyvovro, 

 have been suggested. From the notes in Bekker' s Plato I extract 

 the following specimens : 



(a). OVK dv dp^T] yiyvoLTo (Muretus). 



(&). OVK dv en dpxq yevoiTo (Buttmann — approved by Heindorf.) 



(c). OVK dv rjv en dpxf) (Ast). 



(c?). OVK dv i$ dp)(7]'s yiyj/oiTo rovro (Schleiermacher). 

 I have a strong persuasion that the text stands in no need of altera- 

 tion, and that it is only in consequence of Plato's real course of 

 thought having been misapprehended that alteration has been 

 deemed necessary. The argument of the passage may, I conceive, 

 be thus presented : 



(a). Proposition to be proved : — A principle is unproduced 

 {dpxi] 8e dyev7;Tov). 



(/3). In seeking to establish this, the first position laid down, is, 

 that every thing which is produced is of necessity pro- 

 duced from a principle(e| dp)(rj? yap dvayKT) irav to yiyvo^evov 

 yiyv€a-6ai). The position here asserted, which is pre- 

 sumed to be self-evident, leads directly to what is sought 

 to be proved, that a principle is not produced from any- 

 thing {avT-qv 8e ja?y8' e^ Ivos). 



(y). For suppose, if possible, that the proposition sought to be 

 proved is not true ; in other, words, suppose a principle 

 to be produced from something (a yap ck tov dp^f} yiyvoiTo). 



