Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4115)

ἔστι δʼ οὐ χαλεπὸν ὁποιασοῦν ὑποθέσεις λαμβάνοντας μακροποιεῖν καὶ συνείρειν.

eimi de ou chalepos opoios upothesis lambano makropoieo kai suneiro


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4116)

οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ταύτῃ προσγλιχόμενοι ταῖς ἰδέαις τὰ μαθηματικὰ διαμαρτάνουσιν:

outos men oun taute prosglichomai o idea o mathematikos diamartano


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4117)

οἱ δὲ πρῶτοι δύο τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς ποιήσαντες, τόν τε τῶν εἰδῶν καὶ τὸν μαθηματικόν, οὔτʼ εἰρήκασιν οὔτʼ ἔχοιεν ἂν εἰπεῖν πῶς καὶ ἐκ τίνος ἔσται ὁ μαθηματικός.

o de proteros duo o arithmos poieo o te o eidos kai o mathematikos oute ero oute echo an eipon pos-2 kai ek tis-2 eimi o mathematikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4118)

ποιοῦσι γὰρ αὐτὸν μεταξὺ τοῦ εἰδητικοῦ καὶ τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ.

poieo gar autos metaxu o eidetikos-2 kai o aisthetes


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4119)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ, ὁ αὐτὸς ἐκείνῳ ἔσται τῷ τῶν ἰδεῶν ʼἐξ ἄλλου δέ τινος μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου τὰ μεγέθη ποιεἶ:

ei men gar ek o megas kai mikros o autos ekeinos eimi o o idea ek allos de tis mikros kai megas o megethos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4120)

εἰ δʼ ἕτερόν τι ἐρεῖ, πλείω τὰ στοιχεῖα ἐρεῖ:

ei de eteros tis eraomai pleos o stoicheion eraomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4121)

καὶ εἰ ἕν τι ἑκατέρου ἡ ἀρχή, κοινόν τι ἐπὶ τούτων ἔσται τὸ ἕν, ζητητέον τε πῶς καὶ ταῦτα πολλὰ τὸ ἓν καὶ ἅμα τὸν ἀριθμὸν γενέσθαι ἄλλως ἢ ἐξ ἑνὸς καὶ δυάδος ἀορίστου ἀδύνατον κατʼ ἐκεῖνον.

kai ei eis-2 tis ekateros-2 o arche koinos tis epi outos eimi o eis-2 zeteteos te pos-2 kai outos polus o eis-2 kai ama o arithmos gignomai allos-2 ee ek eis-2 kai duas aoristos adunatos-2 kata ekeinos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4122)

πάντα δὴ ταῦτα ἄλογα, καὶ μάχεται καὶ αὐτὰ ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τοῖς εὐλόγοις, καὶ ἔοικεν ἐν αὐτοῖς εἶναι ὁ Σιμωνίδου μακρὸς λόγος:

pas de-2 outos alogos kai machomai kai autos eautou kai o eulogos kai eoika en autos eimi o simonides makros logos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4123)

γίγνεται γὰρ ὁ μακρὸς λόγος ὥσπερ ὁ τῶν δούλων ὅταν μηθὲν ὑγιὲς λέγωσιν.

gignomai gar o makros logos osper-2 o o doulos1 otan medeis ugies lego


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4124)

φαίνεται δὲ καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τὸ μέγα καὶ τὸ μικρὸν βοᾶν ὡς ἑλκόμενα:

phaino de kai autos o stoicheion o megas kai o mikros boao os-2 elko


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4125)

οὐ δύναται γὰρ οὐδαμῶς γεννῆσαι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸν ἀφʼ ἑνὸς διπλασιαζόμενον.

ou dunamai gar oudamos gennao o arithmos alla ee o apo eis-2 diplasiazo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4126)

ἄτοπον δὲ καὶ γένεσιν ποιεῖν ἀϊδίων ὄντων, μᾶλλον δʼ ἕν τι τῶν ἀδυνάτων.

atopos de kai genesis poieo aidios-2 eimi mallon de eis-2 tis o adunatos-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4127)

οἱ μὲν οὖν Πυθαγόρειοι πότερον οὐ ποιοῦσιν ἢ ποιοῦσι γένεσιν οὐδὲν δεῖ διστάζειν:

o men oun puthagoreios poteros ou poieo ee poieo genesis oudeis deomai distazo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4128)

φανερῶς γὰρ λέγουσιν ὡς τοῦ ἑνὸς συσταθέντος, εἴτʼ ἐξ ἐπιπέδων εἴτʼ ἐκ χροιᾶς εἴτʼ ἐκ σπέρματος εἴτʼ ἐξ ὧν ἀποροῦσιν εἰπεῖν, εὐθὺς τὸ ἔγγιστα τοῦ ἀπείρου ὅτι εἵλκετο καὶ ἐπεραίνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ πέρατος.

phaneros gar lego os-2 o eis-2 sunistemi eite ek epipedos eite ek chroia eite ek sperma eite ek os aphorao eipon euthus o eggistos o apeiros ostis elko kai epirraino upo o peras


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4129)

ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ κοσμοποιοῦσι καὶ φυσικῶς βούλονται λέγειν, δίκαιον αὐτοὺς ἐξετάζειν τι περὶ φύσεως, ἐκ δὲ τῆς νῦν ἀφεῖναι μεθόδου:

alla epei kosmopoieo kai phusikos boulomai lego dikaios autos exetazo tis peri phusis ek de o nun aphiemi methodos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4130)

τὰς γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἀκινήτοις ζητοῦμεν ἀρχάς, ὥστε καὶ τῶν ἀριθμῶν τῶν τοιούτων ἐπισκεπτέον τὴν γένεσιν.

o gar en o akinetos zeteo arche oste-2 kai o arithmos o toioutos episkepteos o genesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4131)

τοῦ μὲν οὖν περιττοῦ γένεσιν οὔ φασιν, ὡς δηλονότι τοῦ ἀρτίου οὔσης γενέσεως:

o men oun perissos genesis ou phemi os-2 delonoti o artios eimi genesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4132)

τὸν δʼ ἄρτιον πρῶτον ἐξ ἀνίσων τινὲς κατασκευάζουσι τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ ἰσασθέντων.

o de artios proteros ek anisos tis kataskeuazo o megas kai mikros isazo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4133)

ἀνάγκη οὖν πρότερον ὑπάρχειν τὴν ἀνισότητα αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἰσασθῆναι:

anagke oun proteros uparcho o anisotes autos o isazo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4134)

εἰ δʼ ἀεὶ ἦσαν ἰσασμένα, οὐκ ἂν ἦσαν ἄνισα πρότερον ʼτοῦ γὰρ ἀεὶ οὐκ ἔστι πρότερον οὐθένʼ, ὥστε φανερὸν ὅτι οὐ τοῦ θεωρῆσαι ἕνεκεν ποιοῦσι τὴν γένεσιν τῶν ἀριθμῶν.

ei de aei eimi isazo ou an eimi anisos proteros o gar aei ou eimi proteros oudeis oste-2 phaneros ostis ou o theoreo-2 eneka poieo o genesis o arithmos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4135)

ἔχει δʼ ἀπορίαν καὶ εὐπορήσαντι ἐπιτίμησιν πῶς ἔχει πρὸς τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν τὰ στοιχεῖα καὶ αἱ ἀρχαί:

echo de aporia kai euporeo epitimesis pos-2 echo pros o agathos kai o kalos o stoicheion kai o arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4136)

ἀπορίαν μὲν ταύτην, πότερόν ἐστί τι ἐκείνων οἷον βουλόμεθα λέγειν αὐτὸ τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ ἄριστον, ἢ οὔ, ἀλλʼ ὑστερογενῆ.

aporia men outos poteros eimi tis ekeinos oios-2 boulomai lego autos o agathos kai o aristos ee ou alla usterogenes


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4137)

παρὰ μὲν γὰρ τῶν θεολόγων ἔοικεν ὁμολογεῖσθαι τῶν νῦν τισίν, οἳ οὔ φασιν, ἀλλὰ προελθούσης τῆς τῶν ὄντων φύσεως καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν ἐμφαίνεσθαι ʼτοῦτο δὲ ποιοῦσιν εὐλαβούμενοι ἀληθινὴν δυσχέρειαν ἣ συμβαίνει τοῖς λέγουσιν, ὥσπερ ἔνιοι, τὸ ἓν ἀρχήν:

para men gar o theologos-2 eoika omologeo o nun tis e ou phemi alla proerchomai o o eimi phusis kai o agathos kai o kalos emphaino outos de poieo eulabeomai alethinos duschereia os sumbaino o lego osper-2 enioi o eis-2 arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4138)

ἔστι δʼ ἡ δυσχέρεια οὐ διὰ τὸ τῇ ἀρχῇ τὸ εὖ ἀποδιδόναι ὡς ὑπάρχον, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ τὸ ἓν ἀρχὴν καὶ ἀρχὴν ὡς στοιχεῖον καὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐκ τοῦ ἑνόςʼ, οἱ δὲ ποιηταὶ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι ταύτῃ ὁμοίως, ᾗ βασιλεύειν καὶ ἄρχειν φασὶν οὐ τοὺς πρώτους, οἷον νύκτα καὶ οὐρανὸν ἢ χάος ἢ ὠκεανόν, ἀλλὰ τὸν Δία:

eimi de o duschereia ou dia o o arche o eu apodidomi os-2 uparcho alla dia o o eis-2 arche kai arche os-2 stoicheion kai o arithmos ek o eis-2 o de poietes o archaios outos omoios os basileuo kai archo phemi ou o proteros oios-2 nux kai ouranos ee chaos ee okeanos alla o die


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4139)

οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τούτοις μὲν διὰ τὸ μεταβάλλειν τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ὄντων συμβαίνει τοιαῦτα λέγειν, ἐπεὶ οἵ γε μεμιγμένοι αὐτῶν τῷ μὴ μυθικῶς πάντα λέγειν, οἷον Φερεκύδης καὶ ἕτεροί τινες, τὸ γεννῆσαν πρῶτον ἄριστον τιθέασι, καὶ οἱ Μάγοι, καὶ τῶν ὑστέρων δὲ σοφῶν οἷον Ἐμπεδοκλῆς τε καὶ Ἀναξαγόρας, ὁ μὲν τὴν φιλίαν στοιχεῖον ὁ δὲ τὸν νοῦν ἀρχὴν ποιήσας.

ou men-2 alla outos men dia o metaballo o archon o eimi sumbaino toioutos lego epei e ge mignumi autos o me muthikos pas lego oios-2 pherekudes-2 kai eteros tis o gennao proteros aristos tithemi kai o magos kai o usteron de sophos oios-2 empedokles te kai anaxagores o men o philia stoicheion o de o noos arche poieo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4140)

τῶν δὲ τὰς ἀκινήτους οὐσίας εἶναι λεγόντων οἱ μέν φασιν αὐτὸ τὸ ἓν τὸ ἀγαθὸν αὐτὸ εἶναι:

o de o akinetos ousia eimi lego o men phemi autos o eis-2 o agathos autos eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4141)

οὐσίαν μέντοι τὸ ἓν αὐτοῦ ᾤοντο εἶναι μάλιστα.

ousia mentoi o eis-2 autos oiomai eimi malista


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4142)

ἡ μὲν οὖν ἀπορία αὕτη, ποτέρως δεῖ λέγειν:

o men oun aporia outos poteros deomai lego


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4143)

θαυμαστὸν δʼ εἰ τῷ πρώτῳ καὶ ἀϊδίῳ καὶ αὐταρκεστάτῳ τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ πρῶτον οὐχ ὡς ἀγαθὸν ὑπάρχει, τὸ αὔταρκες καὶ ἡ σωτηρία.

thaumastos de ei o proteros kai aidios-2 kai autarkes outos autos proteros ou os-2 agathos uparcho o autarkes kai o soteria


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4144)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐ διʼ ἄλλο τι ἄφθαρτον ἢ διότι εὖ ἔχει, οὐδʼ αὔταρκες, ὥστε τὸ μὲν φάναι τὴν ἀρχὴν τοιαύτην εἶναι εὔλογον ἀληθὲς εἶναι, τὸ μέντοι ταύτην εἶναι τὸ ἕν, ἢ εἰ μὴ τοῦτο, στοιχεῖόν γε καὶ στοιχεῖον ἀριθμῶν, ἀδύνατον.

alla men-2 ou dia allos tis aphthartos ee dioti eu echo oude autarkes oste-2 o men phaino o arche toioutos eimi eulogos alethes eimi o mentoi outos eimi o eis-2 ee ei me outos stoicheion ge kai stoicheion arithmos adunatos-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4145)

συμβαίνει γὰρ πολλὴ δυσχέρεια— ἣν ἔνιοι φεύγοντες ἀπειρήκασιν, οἱ τὸ ἓν μὲν ὁμολογοῦντες ἀρχὴν εἶναι πρώτην καὶ στοιχεῖον, τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ δὲ τοῦ μαθηματικοῦ— ἅπασαι γὰρ αἱ μονάδες γίγνονται ὅπερ ἀγαθόν τι, καὶ πολλή τις εὐπορία ἀγαθῶν.

sumbaino gar polus duschereia os enioi pheugo apeipon e o eis-2 men omologeo arche eimi proteros kai stoicheion o arithmos de o mathematikos apas gar o monas gignomai osper agathos tis kai polus tis euporia agathos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4146)

ἔτι εἰ τὰ εἴδη ἀριθμοί, τὰ εἴδη πάντα ὅπερ ἀγαθόν τι:

eti ei o eidos arithmos o eidos pas osper agathos tis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4147)

ἀλλὰ μὴν ὅτου βούλεται τιθέτω τις εἶναι ἰδέας:

alla men-2 ostis boulomai tithemi tis eimi idea


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4148)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν μόνον, οὐκ ἔσονται οὐσίαι αἱ ἰδέαι, εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν οὐσιῶν, πάντα τὰ ζῷα καὶ τὰ φυτὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ τὰ μετέχοντα.

ei men gar o agathos monos ou eimi ousia o idea ei de kai o ousia pas o zoion-2 kai o phutas agathos kai o metecho


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4149)

ταῦτά τε δὴ συμβαίνει ἄτοπα, καὶ τὸ ἐναντίον στοιχεῖον, εἴτε πλῆθος ὂν εἴτε τὸ ἄνισον καὶ μέγα καὶ μικρόν, τὸ κακὸν αὐτό ʼδιόπερ ὁ μὲν ἔφευγε τὸ ἀγαθὸν προσάπτειν τῷ ἑνὶ ὡς ἀναγκαῖον ὄν, ἐπειδὴ ἐξ ἐναντίων ἡ γένεσις, τὸ κακὸν τὴν τοῦ πλήθους φύσιν εἶναι:

outos te de-2 sumbaino atopos kai o enantios stoicheion eite plethos eimi eite o anisos kai megas kai mikros o kakos autos dioper o men pheugo o agathos prosapto o eis-2 os-2 anagkaios eimi epei ek enantios o genesis o kakos o o plethos phusis eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4150)

οἱ δὲ λέγουσι τὸ ἄνισον τὴν τοῦ κακοῦ φύσινʼ:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4151)

συμβαίνει δὴ πάντα τὰ ὄντα μετέχειν τοῦ κακοῦ ἔξω ἑνὸς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἑνός, καὶ μᾶλλον ἀκράτου μετέχειν τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς ἢ τὰ μεγέθη, καὶ τὸ κακὸν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ χώραν εἶναι, καὶ μετέχειν καὶ ὀρέγεσθαι τοῦ φθαρτικοῦ:

sumbaino de-2 pas o eimi metecho o kakos exo eis-2 autos o eis-2 kai mallon akratos metecho o arithmos ee o megethos kai o kakos o agathos chora eimi kai metecho kai orego o phthartikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4152)

φθαρτικὸν γὰρ τοῦ ἐναντίου τὸ ἐναντίον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4153)

καὶ εἰ ὥσπερ ἐλέγομεν ὅτι ἡ ὕλη ἐστὶ τὸ δυνάμει ἕκαστον, οἷον πυρὸς τοῦ ἐνεργείᾳ τὸ δυνάμει πῦρ, τὸ κακὸν ἔσται αὐτὸ τὸ δυνάμει ἀγαθόν.

kai ei osper-2 lego ostis o ule eimi o dunamis ekastos oios-2 pur o energeia o dunamis pur o kakos eimi autos o dunamis agathos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4154)

ταῦτα δὴ πάντα συμβαίνει, τὸ μὲν ὅτι ἀρχὴν πᾶσαν στοιχεῖον ποιοῦσι, τὸ δʼ ὅτι τἀναντία ἀρχάς, τὸ δʼ ὅτι τὸ ἓν ἀρχήν, τὸ δʼ ὅτι τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς τὰς πρώτας οὐσίας καὶ χωριστὰ καὶ εἴδη.

outos de-2 pas sumbaino o men ostis arche pas stoicheion poieo o de ostis enantios arche o de ostis o eis-2 arche o de ostis o arithmos o proteros ousia kai choristos kai eidos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4155)

εἰ οὖν καὶ τὸ μὴ τιθέναι τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ τὸ τιθέναι οὕτως ἀδύνατον, δῆλον ὅτι αἱ ἀρχαὶ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀποδίδονται οὐδὲ αἱ πρῶται οὐσίαι.

ei oun kai o me tithemi o agathos en o arche kai o tithemi outos-2 adunatos-2 delos-3 ostis o arche ou orthos apodidomi oude o proteros ousia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4156)

οὐκ ὀρθῶς δʼ ὑπολαμβάνει οὐδʼ εἴ τις παρεικάζει τὰς τοῦ ὅλου ἀρχὰς τῇ τῶν ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν, ὅτι ἐξ ἀορίστων ἀτελῶν τε ἀεὶ τὰ τελειότερα, διὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πρώτων οὕτως ἔχειν φησίν, ὥστε μηδὲ ὄν τι εἶναι τὸ ἓν αὐτό.

ou orthos de upolambano oude ei tis pareikazo o o olos arche o o zoion-2 kai phuton ostis ek aoristos ateles te aei o teleios dio-2 kai epi o proteros outos-2 echo phemi oste-2 mede eimi tis eimi o eis-2 autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4157)

εἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα τέλειαι αἱ ἀρχαὶ ἐξ ὧν ταῦτα:

eimi gar kai entautha teleios o arche ek os outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4158)

ἄνθρωπος γὰρ ἄνθρωπον γεννᾷ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τὸ σπέρμα πρῶτον.

anthropos gar anthropos gennao kai ou eimi o sperma proteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4159)

ἄτοπον δὲ καὶ τὸ τόπον ἅμα τοῖς στερεοῖς τοῖς μαθηματικοῖς ποιῆσαι ʼὁ μὲν γὰρ τόπος τῶν καθʼ ἕκαστον ἴδιος, διὸ χωριστὰ τόπῳ, τὰ δὲ μαθηματικὰ οὐ ποὔ, καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν μὲν ὅτι ποὺ ἔσται, τί δέ ἐστιν ὁ τόπος μή.

atopos de kai o topos ama o stereos o mathematikos poieo o men gar topos o kata ekastos idios dio-2 choristos topos o de mathematikos ou kai o eipon men ostis pou eimi tis-2 de eimi o topos me


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4160)

ἔδει δὲ τοὺς λέγοντας ἐκ στοιχείων εἶναι τὰ ὄντα καὶ τῶν ὄντων τὰ πρῶτα τοὺς ἀριθμούς, διελομένους πῶς ἄλλο ἐξ ἄλλου ἐστίν, οὕτω λέγειν τίνα τρόπον ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ἀρχῶν.

deo de o lego ek stoicheion eimi o eimi kai o eimi o proteros o arithmos diaireo pos-2 allos ek allos eimi outos-2 lego tis-2 tropos-2 o arithmos eimi ek o arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4161)

πότερον μίξει;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4162)

ἀλλʼ οὔτε πᾶν μικτόν, τό τε γιγνόμενον ἕτερον, οὐκ ἔσται τε χωριστὸν τὸ ἓν οὐδʼ ἑτέρα φύσις:

alla oute pas miktos o te gignomai eteros ou eimi te choristos o eis-2 oude eteros phusis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4163)

οἱ δὲ βούλονται.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4164)

ἀλλὰ συνθέσει, ὥσπερ συλλαβή;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4165)

ἀλλὰ θέσιν τε ἀνάγκη ὑπάρχειν, καὶ χωρὶς ὁ νοῶν νοήσει τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ πλῆθος.

alla thesis te anagke uparcho kai choris o noeo noeo o eis-2 kai o plethos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4166)

τοῦτʼ οὖν ἔσται ὁ ἀριθμός, μονὰς καὶ πλῆθος, ἢ τὸ ἓν καὶ ἄνισον.

outos oun eimi o arithmos monas kai plethos ee o eis-2 kai anisos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4167)

καὶ ἐπεὶ τὸ ἐκ τινῶν εἶναι ἔστι μὲν ὡς ἐνυπαρχόντων ἔστι δὲ ὡς οὔ, ποτέρως ὁ ἀριθμός;

kai epei o ek tis eimi eimi men os-2 enuparcho eimi de os-2 ou poteros o arithmos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4168)

οὕτως γὰρ ὡς ἐνυπαρχόντων οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλλʼ ἢ ὧν γένεσις ἔστιν.

outos-2 gar os-2 enuparcho ou eimi alla ee os genesis eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4169)

ἀλλʼ ὡς ἀπὸ σπέρματος;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4170)

ἀλλʼ οὐχ οἷόν τε τοῦ ἀδιαιρέτου τι ἀπελθεῖν.

alla ou oios-2 te o adiairetos tis aperchomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4171)

ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου μὴ ὑπομένοντος;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4172)

ἀλλʼ ὅσα οὕτως ἔστι, καὶ ἐξ ἄλλου τινός ἐστιν ὑπομένοντος.

alla osos outos-2 eimi kai ek allos tis eimi upomeno


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4173)

ἐπεὶ τοίνυν τὸ ἓν ὁ μὲν τῷ πλήθει ὡς ἐναντίον τίθησιν, ὁ δὲ τῷ ἀνίσῳ, ὡς ἴσῳ τῷ ἑνὶ χρώμενος, ὡς ἐξ ἐναντίων εἴη ἂν ὁ ἀριθμός:

epei toinun o eis-2 o men o plethos os-2 enantion tithemi o de o anisos os-2 isos o eis-2 chraomai os-2 ek enantios aio an o arithmos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4174)

ἔστιν ἄρα τι ἕτερον ἐξ οὗ ὑπομένοντος καὶ θατέρου ἐστὶν ἢ γέγονεν.

eimi ara tis eteros ek e upomeno kai eteros eimi ee gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4175)

ἔτι τί δή ποτε τὰ μὲν ἄλλʼ ὅσα ἐξ ἐναντίων ἢ οἷς ἔστιν ἐναντία φθείρεται κἂν ἐκ παντὸς ᾖ, ὁ δὲ ἀριθμὸς οὔ;

eti tis-2 de-2 pote o men allos osos ek enantios ee os eimi enantios phtheiro kan-2 ek pas eimi o de arithmos ou


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4176)

περὶ τούτου γὰρ οὐθὲν λέγεται.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4177)

καίτοι καὶ ἐνυπάρχον καὶ μὴ ἐνυπάρχον φθείρει τὸ ἐναντίον, οἷον τὸ νεῖκος τὸ μῖγμα ʼκαίτοι γε οὐκ ἔδει:

kaitoi-2 kai enuparcho kai me enuparcho phtheiro o enantios oios-2 o neikos o migma-2 kaitoi-2 ge ou deo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4178)

οὐ γὰρ ἐκείνῳ γε ἐναντίονʼ.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4179)

οὐθὲν δὲ διώρισται οὐδὲ ὁποτέρως οἱ ἀριθμοὶ αἴτιοι τῶν οὐσιῶν καὶ τοῦ εἶναι, πότερον ὡς ὅροι ʼοἷον αἱ στιγμαὶ τῶν μεγεθῶν, καὶ ὡς Εὔρυτος ἔταττε τίς ἀριθμὸς τίνος, οἷον ὁδὶ μὲν ἀνθρώπου ὁδὶ δὲ ἵππου, ὥσπερ οἱ τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς ἄγοντες εἰς τὰ σχήματα τρίγωνον καὶ τετράγωνον, οὕτως ἀφομοιῶν ταῖς ψήφοις τὰς μορφὰς τῶν φυτῶνʼ, ἢ ὅτι λόγος ἡ συμφωνία ἀριθμῶν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἄνθρωπος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστον;

oudeis de diorizo oude opoteros o arithmos aitios o ousia kai o eimi poteros os-2 oros-4 oios-2 o stigme o megethos kai os-2 eurutos etazo tis-2 arithmos tis-2 oios-2 ode men anthropos ode de ippos osper-2 e o arithmos ago eis o schema-2 trigonos-2 kai tetragonos outos-2 aphomoioo o psephos-2 o morphe o phuton ee ostis logos o sumphonia arithmeo omoios de kai anthropos kai o allos ekastos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4180)

τὰ δὲ δὴ πάθη πῶς ἀριθμοί, τὸ λευκὸν καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ θερμόν;

o de de-2 pathe-2 pos-2 arithmos o leukos kai glukus kai o thermos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4181)

ὅτι δὲ οὐχ οἱ ἀριθμοὶ οὐσία οὐδὲ τῆς μορφῆς αἴτιοι, δῆλον:

ostis de ou o arithmos ousia oude o morphe aitios delos-3


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4182)

ὁ γὰρ λόγος ἡ οὐσία, ὁ δʼ ἀριθμὸς ὕλη.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4183)

οἷον σαρκὸς ἢ ὀστοῦ ἀριθμὸς ἡ οὐσία οὕτω, τρία πυρὸς γῆς δὲ δύο:

oios-2 sarx ee osteon arithmos o ousia outos-2 treis pur ge-2 de duo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4184)

καὶ ἀεὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς ὃς ἂν ᾖ τινῶν ἐστιν, ἢ πύρινος ἢ γήϊνος ἢ μοναδικός, ἀλλʼ ἡ οὐσία τὸ τοσόνδʼ εἶναι πρὸς τοσόνδε κατὰ τὴν μῖξιν:

kai aei o arithmos os an eimi tis eimi ee purinos1 ee geinos-2 ee monadikos alla o ousia o tososde eimi pros tososde kata o mixis-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4185)

τοῦτο δʼ οὐκέτι ἀριθμὸς ἀλλὰ λόγος μίξεως ἀριθμῶν σωματικῶν ἢ ὁποιωνοῦν.

outos de ouketi arithmos alla logos mixis arithmos somatikos ee


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4186)

οὔτε οὖν τῷ ποιῆσαι αἴτιος ὁ ἀριθμός, οὔτε ὅλως ὁ ἀριθμὸς οὔτε ὁ μοναδικός, οὔτε ὕλη οὔτε λόγος καὶ εἶδος τῶν πραγμάτων.

oute oun o poieo aitios o arithmos oute olos o arithmos oute o monadikos oute ule oute logos kai eidos o pragma


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4187)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδʼ ὡς τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4188)

ἀπορήσειε δʼ ἄν τις καὶ τί τὸ εὖ ἐστὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀριθμῶν τῷ ἐν ἀριθμῷ εἶναι τὴν μῖξιν, ἢ ἐν εὐλογίστῳ ἢ ἐν περιττῷ.

aporeo1 de an tis kai tis-2 o eu eimi o apo o arithmos o en arithmos eimi o mixis-2 ee en eulogistos ee en perissos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4189)

νυνὶ γὰρ οὐθὲν ὑγιεινότερον τρὶς τρία ἂν ᾖ τὸ μελίκρατον κεκραμένον, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὠφελήσειεν ἂν ἐν οὐθενὶ λόγῳ ὂν ὑδαρὲς δὲ ἢ ἐν ἀριθμῷ ἄκρατον ὄν.

nuni gar oudeis ugieinos tris treis an eimi o melikraton kerannumi alla mallon opheleo an en oudeis logos eimi udares de ee en arithmos akratos eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4190)

ἔτι οἱ λόγοι ἐν προσθέσει ἀριθμῶν εἰσὶν οἱ τῶν μίξεων, οὐκ ἐν ἀριθμοῖς, οἷον τρία πρὸς δύο ἀλλʼ οὐ τρὶς δύο.

eti o logos en prosthesis arithmos eimi e o mixis ou en arithmos oios-2 treis pros duo alla ou tris duo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4191)

τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ δεῖ γένος εἶναι ἐν ταῖς πολλαπλασιώσεσιν, ὥστε δεῖ μετρεῖσθαι τῷ τε Α τὸν στοῖχον ἐφʼ οὗ ΑΒΓ καὶ τῷ Δ τὸν ΔΕΖ:

o gar autos deomai genos eimi en o pollaplasiosis oste-2 deomai metreo o te o stoichos epi e kai o o


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4192)

ὥστε τῷ αὐτῷ πάντα.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4193)

οὔκουν ἔσται πυρὸς ΒΕΓΖ καὶ ὕδατος ἀριθμὸς δὶς τρία.

oukoun eimi pur kai udor arithmos dis treis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4194)

— εἰ δʼ ἀνάγκη πάντα ἀριθμοῦ κοινωνεῖν, ἀνάγκη πολλὰ συμβαίνειν τὰ αὐτά, καὶ ἀριθμὸν τὸν αὐτὸν τῷδε καὶ ἄλλῳ.

ei de anagke pas arithmos koinoneo anagke polus sumbaino o autos kai arithmos o autos ode kai allos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4195)

ἆρʼ οὖν τοῦτʼ αἴτιον καὶ διὰ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἢ ἄδηλον;

ara-3 oun outos aitios kai dia outos eimi o pragma ee adelos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4196)

οἷον ἔστι τις τῶν τοῦ ἡλίου φορῶν ἀριθμός, καὶ πάλιν τῶν τῆς σελήνης, καὶ τῶν ζῴων γε ἑκάστου τοῦ βίου καὶ ἡλικίας:

oios-2 eimi tis o o elios phoreo arithmos kai palin o o selene kai o zoion-2 ge ekastos o bios-2 kai elikia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4197)

τί οὖν κωλύει ἐνίους μὲν τούτων τετραγώνους εἶναι ἐνίους δὲ κύβους, καὶ ἴσους τοὺς δὲ διπλασίους;

tis-2 oun koluo enioi men outos tetragonos eimi enioi de kubos kai isos o de diplasios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4198)

οὐθὲν γὰρ κωλύει, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη ἐν τούτοις στρέφεσθαι, εἰ ἀριθμοῦ πάντα ἐκοινώνει.

oudeis gar koluo alla anagke en outos strepho ei arithmos pas koinoneo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4199)

ἐνεδέχετό τε τὰ διαφέροντα ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀριθμὸν πίπτειν:

endechomai te tis-2 diaphero upo o autos arithmos pipto


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4200)

ὥστʼ εἴ τισιν ὁ αὐτὸς ἀριθμὸς συνεβεβήκει, ταὐτὰ ἂν ἦν ἀλλήλοις ἐκεῖνα τὸ αὐτὸ εἶδος ἀριθμοῦ ἔχοντα, οἷον ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη τὰ αὐτά.

oste-2 ei tis o autos arithmos sumbaino tautos-2 an eimi allelon ekeinos o autos eidos arithmos echo oios-2 elios kai selene o autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4201)

ἀλλὰ διὰ τί αἴτια ταῦτα;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4202)

ἑπτὰ μὲν φωνήεντα, ἑπτὰ δὲ χορδαὶ ἡ ἁρμονία, ἑπτὰ δὲ αἱ πλειάδες, ἐν ἑπτὰ δὲ ὀδόντας βάλλει ʼἔνιά γε, ἔνια δʼ οὔ, ἑπτὰ δὲ οἱ ἐπὶ Θήβας.

epta men phoneeis epta de chorde o armonia epta de o en epta de odous ballo enioi ge enioi de ou epta de e epi thebe


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4203)

ἆρʼ οὖν ὅτι τοιοσδὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς πέφυκεν, διὰ τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνοι ἐγένοντο ἑπτὰ ἢ ἡ πλειὰς ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων ἐστίν;

ara-3 oun ostis toiosde o arithmos phuo dia outos ee ekeinos gignomai epta ee o epta aster eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4204)

ἢ οἱ μὲν διὰ τὰς πύλας ἢ ἄλλην τινὰ αἰτίαν, τὴν δὲ ἡμεῖς οὕτως ἀριθμοῦμεν, τὴν δὲ ἄρκτον γε δώδεκα, οἱ δὲ πλείους:

ee e men dia o pule ee allos tis aitia o de ego outos-2 arithmeo o de arktos-2 ge dodeka o de pleos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4205)

ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ΞΨΖ συμφωνίας φασὶν εἶναι, καὶ ὅτι ἐκεῖναι τρεῖς, καὶ ταῦτα τρία:

epei kai o sumphonia phemi eimi kai ostis ekeinos treo kai outos treis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4206)

ὅτι δὲ μυρία ἂν εἴη τοιαῦτα, οὐθὲν μέλει ʼτῷ γὰρ Γ καὶ Ρ εἴη ἂν ἓν σημεῖονʼ:

ostis de murios an aio toioutos oudeis melo o gar kai aio an eis-2 semeion


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4207)

εἰ δʼ ὅτι διπλάσιον τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστον, ἄλλο δʼ οὔ, αἴτιον δʼ ὅτι τριῶν ὄντων τόπων ἓν ἐφʼ ἑκάστου ἐπιφέρεται τῷ σίγμα, διὰ τοῦτο τρία μόνον ἐστὶν ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὅτι αἱ συμφωνίαι τρεῖς, ἐπεὶ πλείους γε αἱ συμφωνίαι, ἐνταῦθα δʼ οὐκέτι δύναται.

ei de ostis diplasion o allos ekastos allos de ou aitios de ostis treis eimi topos eis-2 epi ekastos epiphero o sigma-2 dia outos treis monos eimi alla ou ostis o sumphonia treo epei pleos ge o sumphonia entautha de ouketi dunamai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4208)

ὅμοιοι δὴ καὶ οὗτοι τοῖς ἀρχαίοις Ὁμηρικοῖς, οἳ μικρὰς ὁμοιότητας ὁρῶσι μεγάλας δὲ παρορῶσιν.

omoios de-2 kai outos o archaios omerikos e mikros omoiotes orao megas de parorao


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4209)

λέγουσι δέ τινες ὅτι πολλὰ τοιαῦτα, οἷον αἵ τε μέσαι ἡ μὲν ἐννέα ἡ δὲ ὀκτώ, καὶ τὸ ἔπος δεκαεπτά, ἰσάριθμον τούτοις, βαίνεται δʼ ἐν μὲν τῷ δεξιῷ ἐννέα συλλαβαῖς, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀριστερῷ ὀκτώ:

lego de tis ostis polus toioutos oios-2 os te mesos o men ennea o de okto kai o epos isarithmos outos baino de en men o dexios ennea sullabe en de o aristeros okto


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4210)

καὶ ὅτι ἴσον τὸ διάστημα ἔν τε τοῖς γράμμασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Α πρὸς τὸ Ω, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ βόμβυκος ἐπὶ τὴν ὀξυτάτην ἐν αὐλοῖς, ἧς ὁ ἀριθμὸς ἴσος τῇ οὐλομελείᾳ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

kai ostis isos o diastema-2 en te o gramma apo o pros o kai apo o epi o oxus en aulos os o arithmos isos o o ouranos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4211)

ὁρᾶν δὲ δεῖ μὴ τοιαῦτα οὐθεὶς ἂν ἀπορήσειεν οὔτε λέγειν οὔθʼ εὑρίσκειν ἐν τοῖς ἀϊδίοις, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς φθαρτοῖς.

orao de deomai me toioutos oudeis an aporeo1 oute lego oute eurisko en o aidios-2 epei kai en o phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4212)

ἀλλʼ αἱ ἐν τοῖς ἀριθμοῖς φύσεις αἱ ἐπαινούμεναι καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἐναντία καὶ ὅλως τὰ ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασιν, ὡς μὲν λέγουσί τινες καὶ αἴτια ποιοῦσι τῆς φύσεως, ἔοικεν οὑτωσί γε σκοπουμένοις διαφεύγειν ʼκατʼ οὐδένα γὰρ τρόπον τῶν διωρισμένων περὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς οὐδὲν αὐτῶν αἴτιονʼ:

alla o en o arithmos phusis o epaineo kai o outos enantios kai olos o en o mathema os-2 men lego tis kai aitios poieo o phusis eoika outosi ge skopao diapheugo oudeis gar tropos-2 o diorizo peri o arche oudeis autos aiteo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4213)

ἔστιν ὡς μέντοι ποιοῦσι φανερὸν ὅτι τὸ εὖ ὑπάρχει καὶ τῆς συστοιχίας ἐστὶ τῆς τοῦ καλοῦ τὸ περιττόν, τὸ εὐθύ, τὸ ἰσάκις ἴσον, αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνίων ἀριθμῶν:

eimi os-2 mentoi poieo phaneros ostis o eu uparcho kai o sustoichia eimi o o kaleo o perissos o euthus o isakis isos o dunamis enioi arithmos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4214)

ἅμα γὰρ ὧραι καὶ ἀριθμὸς τοιοσδί:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4215)

καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δὴ ὅσα συνάγουσιν ἐκ τῶν μαθηματικῶν θεωρημάτων πάντα ταύτην ἔχει τὴν δύναμιν.

kai o allos de-2 osos sunago ek o mathematikos theorema pas outos echo o dunamis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4216)

διὸ καὶ ἔοικε συμπτώμασιν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4217)

ἔστι γὰρ συμβεβηκότα μέν, ἀλλʼ οἰκεῖα ἀλλήλοις πάντα, ἓν δὲ τῷ ἀνάλογον:

eimi gar sumbaino men alla oikeios allelon pas eis-2 de o analogos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4218)

ἐν ἑκάστῃ γὰρ τοῦ ὄντος κατηγορίᾳ ἐστὶ τὸ ἀνάλογον, ὡς εὐθὺ ἐν μήκει οὕτως ἐν πλάτει τὸ ὁμαλόν, ἴσως ἐν ἀριθμῷ τὸ περιττόν, ἐν δὲ χροιᾷ τὸ λευκόν.

en ekastos gar o eimi kategoria eimi o analogos os-2 euthus en mekos outos-2 en platos1 o omalos isos-3 en arithmos o perissos en de chroia o leukos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4219)

ἔτι οὐχ οἱ ἐν τοῖς εἴδεσιν ἀριθμοὶ αἴτιοι τῶν ἁρμονικῶν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ʼδιαφέρουσι γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἀλλήλων οἱ ἴσοι εἴδει:

eti ou o en o eidos arithmos aitios o armonikos kai o toioutos diaphero gar ekeinos allelon o isos eidos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4220)

καὶ γὰρ αἱ μονάδεςʼ:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4221)

ὥστε διά γε ταῦτα εἴδη οὐ ποιητέον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4222)

τὰ μὲν οὖν συμβαίνοντα ταῦτά τε κἂν ἔτι πλείω συναχθείη:

o men oun sumbaino outos te kan-2 eti pleos sunago


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4223)

ἔοικε δὲ τεκμήριον εἶναι τὸ πολλὰ κακοπαθεῖν περὶ τὴν γένεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ μηδένα τρόπον δύνασθαι συνεῖραι τοῦ μὴ χωριστὰ εἶναι τὰ μαθηματικὰ τῶν αἰσθητῶν, ὡς ἔνιοι λέγουσι, μηδὲ ταύτας εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς.

eoika de tekmerion eimi o polus kakopatheo peri o genesis autos kai medeis tropos-2 dunamai suneiro o me choristos eimi o mathematikos o aisthetes os-2 enioi lego mede outos eimi o arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 357)

ἡ περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας θεωρία τῇ μὲν χαλεπὴ τῇ δὲ ῥᾳδία.

o peri o aletheia theoria o men chalepos o de radios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 358)

σημεῖον δὲ τὸ μήτʼ ἀξίως μηδένα δύνασθαι θιγεῖν αὐτῆς μήτε πάντας ἀποτυγχάνειν, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστον λέγειν τι περὶ τῆς φύσεως, καὶ καθʼ ἕνα μὲν ἢ μηθὲν ἢ μικρὸν ἐπιβάλλειν αὐτῇ, ἐκ πάντων δὲ συναθροιζομένων γίγνεσθαί τι μέγεθος:

semeion de o mete axios medeis dunamai thiggano autos mete pas apotugchano alla ekastos lego tis peri o phusis kai kata enos men ee medeis ee mikros epiballo autos ek pas de sunathroizo gignomai tis megethos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 359)

ὥστʼ εἴπερ ἔοικεν ἔχειν καθάπερ τυγχάνομεν παροιμιαζόμενοι, τίς ἂν θύρας ἁμάρτοι;

oste-2 eiper eoika echo katha tugchano paroimiazo tis-2 an thura amartano


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 360)

ταύτῃ μὲν ἂν εἴη ῥᾳδία, τὸ δʼ ὅλον τι ἔχειν καὶ μέρος μὴ δύνασθαι δηλοῖ τὸ χαλεπὸν αὐτῆς.

outos men an aio radios o de olos tis echo kai meros-2 me dunamai deloo o chalepos autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 361)

ἴσως δὲ καὶ τῆς χαλεπότητος οὔσης κατὰ δύο τρόπους, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἀλλʼ ἐν ἡμῖν τὸ αἴτιον αὐτῆς:

isos-3 de kai o chalepotes eimi kata duo tropos-2 ou en o pragma alla en ego o aitios autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 362)

ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ τῶν νυκτερίδων ὄμματα πρὸς τὸ φέγγος ἔχει τὸ μεθʼ ἡμέραν, οὕτω καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ψυχῆς ὁ νοῦς πρὸς τὰ τῇ φύσει φανερώτατα πάντων.

osper-2 gar tis-2 o nukteris omma pros o pheggos echo o meta emera outos-2 kai o emeteros psyche o noos pros o o phusis phaneros pas


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 363)

οὐ μόνον δὲ χάριν ἔχειν δίκαιον τούτοις ὧν ἄν τις κοινώσαιτο ταῖς δόξαις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιπολαιότερον ἀποφηναμένοις:

ou monos de charis echo dikaios outos os an tis koinoo o doxa alla kai o epipolaios apophaino


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 364)

καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι συνεβάλοντό τι:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 365)

τὴν γὰρ ἕξιν προήσκησαν ἡμῶν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 366)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ Τιμόθεος μὴ ἐγένετο, πολλὴν ἂν μελοποιίαν οὐκ εἴχομεν:

ei men gar timotheos me gignomai polus an melopoiia-2 ou echo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 367)

εἰ δὲ μὴ Φρῦνις, Τιμόθεος οὐκ ἂν ἐγένετο.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 368)

τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποφηναμένων:

o autos de tropos-2 kai epi o peri o aletheia apophaino


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 369)

παρὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐνίων παρειλήφαμέν τινας δόξας, οἱ δὲ τοῦ γενέσθαι τούτους αἴτιοι γεγόνασιν.

para men gar enioi paralambano tis dokeo o de o gignomai outos aitios gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 370)

ὀρθῶς δʼ ἔχει καὶ τὸ καλεῖσθαι τὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἐπιστήμην τῆς ἀληθείας.

orthos de echo kai o kaleo o philosophia episteme o aletheia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 371)

θεωρητικῆς μὲν γὰρ τέλος ἀλήθεια πρακτικῆς δʼ ἔργον:

theoretikos men gar telos aletheia praktikos de ergon


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 372)

καὶ γὰρ ἂν τὸ πῶς ἔχει σκοπῶσιν, οὐ τὸ ἀΐδιον ἀλλʼ ὃ πρός τι καὶ νῦν θεωροῦσιν οἱ πρακτικοί.

kai gar an o pos-2 echo skopao ou o aidios-2 alla os pros tis kai nun theoreo-2 o praktikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 373)

οὐκ ἴσμεν δὲ τὸ ἀληθὲς ἄνευ τῆς αἰτίας:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 374)

ἕκαστον δὲ μάλιστα αὐτὸ τῶν ἄλλων καθʼ ὃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὑπάρχει τὸ συνώνυμον ʼοἷον τὸ πῦρ θερμότατον:

ekastos de malista autos o allos kata os kai o allos uparcho o sunonumos oios-2 o pur thermos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 375)

καὶ γὰρ τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸ αἴτιον τοῦτο τῆς θερμότητοςʼ:

kai gar o allos o aitios outos o thermotes


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 376)

ὥστε καὶ ἀληθέστατον τὸ τοῖς ὑστέροις αἴτιον τοῦ ἀληθέσιν εἶναι.

oste-2 kai alethes o o usteros aitios o alethes eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 377)

διὸ τὰς τῶν ἀεὶ ὄντων ἀρχὰς ἀναγκαῖον ἀεὶ εἶναι ἀληθεστάτας ʼοὐ γάρ ποτε ἀληθεῖς, οὐδʼ ἐκείναις αἴτιόν τί ἐστι τοῦ εἶναι, ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖναι τοῖς ἄλλοιςʼ, ὥσθʼ ἕκαστον ὡς ἔχει τοῦ εἶναι, οὕτω καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας.

dio-2 o o aei eimi arche anagkaios aei eimi alethes ou gar pote alethes oude ekeinos aiteo tis-2 eimi o eimi alla ekeinos o allos oste-2 ekastos os-2 echo o eimi outos-2 kai o aletheia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 378)

ἀλλὰ μὴν ὅτι γʼ ἔστιν ἀρχή τις καὶ οὐκ ἄπειρα τὰ αἴτια τῶν ὄντων οὔτʼ εἰς εὐθυωρίαν οὔτε κατʼ εἶδος, δῆλον.

alla men-2 ostis ge eimi arche tis kai ou apeiros o aitios o eimi oute eis euthuoria oute kata eidos delos-3


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 379)

οὔτε γὰρ ὡς ἐξ ὕλης τόδʼ ἐκ τοῦδε δυνατὸν ἰέναι εἰς ἄπειρον ʼοἷον σάρκα μὲν ἐκ γῆς, γῆν δʼ ἐξ ἀέρος, ἀέρα δʼ ἐκ πυρός, καὶ τοῦτο μὴ ἵστασθαἰ, οὔτε ὅθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κινήσεως ʼοἷον τὸν μὲν ἄνθρωπον ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος κινηθῆναι, τοῦτον δʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου, τὸν δὲ ἥλιον ὑπὸ τοῦ νείκους, καὶ τούτου μηδὲν εἶναι πέραςʼ:

oute gar os-2 ek ule ode ek ode dunatos eimi-2 eis apeiros oios-2 sarx men ek ge-2 ge-2 de ek aer aer de ek pur kai outos me istemi oute othen o arche o kinesis oios-2 o men anthropos upo o aer kineo outos de upo o elios o de elios upo o neikos kai outos medeis eimi perao


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 380)

ὁμοίως δὲ οὐδὲ τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα εἰς ἄπειρον οἷόν τε ἰέναι, βάδισιν μὲν ὑγιείας ἕνεκα, ταύτην δʼ εὐδαιμονίας, τὴν δʼ εὐδαιμονίαν ἄλλου, καὶ οὕτως ἀεὶ ἄλλο ἄλλου ἕνεκεν εἶναι:

omoios de oude o e eneka eis apeiros oios-2 te eimi-2 badisis men ugieia eneka outos de eudaimonia o de eudaimonia allos kai outos-2 aei allos allos eneka eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 381)

καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ τί ἦν εἶναι δʼ ὡσαύτως.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 382)

τῶν γὰρ μέσων, ὧν ἐστί τι ἔσχατον καὶ πρότερον, ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι τὸ πρότερον αἴτιον τῶν μετʼ αὐτό.

o gar mesos os eimi tis schetho kai proteros anagkaios eimi o proteros aitios o meta autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 383)

εἰ γὰρ εἰπεῖν ἡμᾶς δέοι τί τῶν τριῶν αἴτιον, τὸ πρῶτον ἐροῦμεν:

ei gar eipon ego deo tis-2 o treis aitios o proteros ereo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 384)

οὐ γὰρ δὴ τό γʼ ἔσχατον, οὐδενὸς γὰρ τὸ τελευταῖον:

ou gar de-2 o ge schetho oudeis gar o teleutaios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 385)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ τὸ μέσον, ἑνὸς γάρ ʼοὐθὲν δὲ διαφέρει ἓν ἢ πλείω εἶναι, οὐδʼ ἄπειρα ἢ πεπερασμένἀ.

alla men-2 oude o mesos eis-2 gar oudeis de diaphero eis-2 ee pleos eimi oude apeiros ee peraino


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 386)

τῶν δʼ ἀπείρων τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καὶ ὅλως τοῦ ἀπείρου πάντα τὰ μόρια μέσα ὁμοίως μέχρι τοῦ νῦν:

o de apeiros outos o tropos-2 kai olos o apeiros pas o morion mesos omoios mechri o nun


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 387)

ὥστʼ εἴπερ μηδέν ἐστι πρῶτον, ὅλως αἴτιον οὐδέν ἐστιν.

oste-2 eiper medeis eimi proteros olos aitios oudeis eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 388)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδʼ ἐπὶ τὸ κάτω οἷόν τε εἰς ἄπειρον ἰέναι, τοῦ ἄνω ἔχοντος ἀρχήν, ὥστʼ ἐκ πυρὸς μὲν ὕδωρ, ἐκ δὲ τούτου γῆν, καὶ οὕτως ἀεὶ ἄλλο τι γίγνεσθαι γένος.

alla men-2 oude epi o katos oios-2 te eis apeiros eimi-2 o ano echo arche oste-2 ek pur men udor ek de outos ge-2 kai outos-2 aei allos tis gignomai genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 389)

διχῶς γὰρ γίγνεται τόδε ἐκ τοῦδε— μὴ ὡς τόδε λέγεται μετὰ τόδε, οἷον ἐξ Ἰσθμίων Ὀλύμπια, ἀλλʼ ἢ ὡς ἐκ παιδὸς ἀνὴρ μεταβάλλοντος ἢ ὡς ἐξ ὕδατος ἀήρ.

dichos gar gignomai ode ek ode me os-2 ode lego meta ode oios-2 ek isthmia olumpia alla ee os-2 ek pais aner metaballo ee os-2 ek udor aer


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 390)

ὡς μὲν οὖν ἐκ παιδὸς ἄνδρα γίγνεσθαί φαμεν, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ γιγνομένου τὸ γεγονὸς ἢ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτελουμένου τὸ τετελεσμένον ʼἀεὶ γάρ ἐστι μεταξύ, ὥσπερ τοῦ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι γένεσις, οὕτω καὶ τὸ γιγνόμενον τοῦ ὄντος καὶ μὴ ὄντος:

os-2 men oun ek pais aner gignomai phemi os-2 ek o gignomai o gignomai ee ek o epitello o teleo aei gar eimi metaxu osper-2 o eimi kai me eimi genesis outos-2 kai o gignomai o eimi kai me eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 391)

ἔστι γὰρ ὁ μανθάνων γιγνόμενος ἐπιστήμων, καὶ τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν ὃ λέγεται, ὅτι γίγνεται ἐκ μανθάνοντος ἐπιστήμωνʼ:

eimi gar o manthano gignomai epistemos kai outos eimi os lego ostis gignomai ek manthano epistemoo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 392)

τὸ δʼ ὡς ἐξ ἀέρος ὕδωρ, φθειρομένου θατέρου.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 393)

διὸ ἐκεῖνα μὲν οὐκ ἀνακάμπτει εἰς ἄλληλα, οὐδὲ γίγνεται ἐξ ἀνδρὸς παῖς ʼοὐ γὰρ γίγνεται ἐκ τῆς γενέσεως τὸ γιγνόμενον ἀλλʼ ὃ ἔστι μετὰ τὴν γένεσιν:

dio-2 ekeinos men ou anakampto eis allelon oude gignomai ek aner pas ou gar gignomai ek o genesis o gignomai alla os eimi meta o genesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 394)

οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἡμέρα ἐκ τοῦ πρωΐ, ὅτι μετὰ τοῦτο:

outos-2 gar kai emera ek o proi ostis meta outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 395)

διὸ οὐδὲ τὸ πρωῒ ἐξ ἡμέραςʼ:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 396)

θάτερα δὲ ἀνακάμπτει.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 397)

ἀμφοτέρως δὲ ἀδύνατον εἰς ἄπειρον ἰέναι:

amphoteros de adunatos-2 eis apeiros eimi-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 398)

τῶν μὲν γὰρ ὄντων μεταξὺ ἀνάγκη τέλος εἶναι, τὰ δʼ εἰς ἄλληλα ἀνακάμπτει:

o men gar eimi metaxu anagke telos eimi o de eis allelon anakampto


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 399)

ἡ γὰρ θατέρου φθορὰ θατέρου ἐστὶ γένεσις.

o gar eteros phthora eteros eimi genesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 400)

ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἀδύνατον τὸ πρῶτον ἀΐδιον ὂν φθαρῆναι:

ama de kai adunatos-2 o proteros aidios-2 eimi phtheiro


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 401)

ἐπεὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος ἡ γένεσις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω, ἀνάγκη ἐξ οὗ φθαρέντος πρώτου τι ἐγένετο μὴ ἀΐδιον εἶναι.

epei gar ou apeiros o genesis epi o ano anagke ek e phtheiro proteros tis gignomai me aidios-2 eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 402)

ἔτι δὲ τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα τέλος, τοιοῦτον δὲ ὃ μὴ ἄλλου ἕνεκα ἀλλὰ τἆλλα ἐκείνου, ὥστʼ εἰ μὲν ἔσται τοιοῦτόν τι ἔσχατον, οὐκ ἔσται ἄπειρον, εἰ δὲ μηθὲν τοιοῦτον, οὐκ ἔσται τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα, ἀλλʼ οἱ τὸ ἄπειρον ποιοῦντες λανθάνουσιν ἐξαιροῦντες τὴν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ φύσιν ʼκαίτοι οὐθεὶς ἂν ἐγχειρήσειεν οὐδὲν πράττειν μὴ μέλλων ἐπὶ πέρας ἥξεινʼ:

eti de o e eneka telos toioutos de os me allos eneka alla allos ekeinos oste-2 ei men eimi toioutos tis schetho ou eimi apeiros ei de medeis toioutos ou eimi o e eneka alla e o apeiros poieo lanthano exaireo o o agathos phusis kaitoi-2 oudeis an egcheireo oudeis prasso me mello epi peras eko


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 403)

οὐδʼ ἂν εἴη νοῦς ἐν τοῖς οὖσιν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 404)

ἕνεκα γάρ τινος ἀεὶ πράττει ὅ γε νοῦν ἔχων, τοῦτο δέ ἐστι πέρας:

eneka gar tis aei prasso os ge noos echo outos de eimi peras


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 405)

τὸ γὰρ τέλος πέρας ἐστίν.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 406)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι ἐνδέχεται ἀνάγεσθαι εἰς ἄλλον ὁρισμὸν πλεονάζοντα τῷ λόγῳ:

alla men-2 oude o tis-2 eimi eimi endechomai anago eis allos orismos pleonazo o logos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 407)

ἀεί τε γὰρ ἔστιν ὁ ἔμπροσθεν μᾶλλον, ὁ δʼ ὕστερος οὐκ ἔστιν, οὗ δὲ τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ τὸ ἐχόμενον:

aei te gar eimi o emprosthen mallon o de usteros ou eimi e de o proteros me eimi oude o echo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 408)

ἔτι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἀναιροῦσιν οἱ οὕτως λέγοντες, οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε εἰδέναι πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄτομα ἐλθεῖν:

eti o ephistemi anaireo o outos-2 lego ou gar oios-2 te oida prin eis o atomos erchomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 409)

καὶ τὸ γιγνώσκειν οὐκ ἔστιν, τὰ γὰρ οὕτως ἄπειρα πῶς ἐνδέχεται νοεῖν;

kai o gignosko ou eimi o gar outos-2 apeiros pos-2 endechomai noeo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 410)

οὐ γὰρ ὅμοιον ἐπὶ τῆς γραμμῆς, ἣ κατὰ τὰς διαιρέσεις μὲν οὐχ ἵσταται, νοῆσαι δʼ οὐκ ἔστι μὴ στήσαντα ʼδιόπερ οὐκ ἀριθμήσει τὰς τομὰς ὁ τὴν ἄπειρον διεξιώνʼ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ὅλην οὐ κινουμένῳ νοεῖν ἀνάγκη.

ou gar omoios epi o gramme os kata o diairesis men ou istemi noeo de ou eimi me istemi dioper ou arithmeo o tomas o o apeiros diexeimi alla kai o olos ou kineo noeo anagke


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 411)

καὶ ἀπείρῳ οὐδενὶ ἔστιν εἶναι:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 412)

εἰ δὲ μή, οὐκ ἄπειρόν γʼ ἐστὶ τὸ ἀπείρῳ εἶναι.

ei de me ou apeiros ge eimi o apeiros eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 413)

ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ εἰ ἄπειρά γʼ ἦσαν πλήθει τὰ εἴδη τῶν αἰτίων, οὐκ ἂν ἦν οὐδʼ οὕτω τὸ γιγνώσκειν:

alla men-2 kai ei apeiros ge eimi plethos o eidos o aitios ou an eimi oude outos-2 o gignosko


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 414)

τότε γὰρ εἰδέναι οἰόμεθα ὅταν τὰ αἴτια γνωρίσωμεν:

tote gar oida oiomai otan o aitios gnorizo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 415)

τὸ δʼ ἄπειρον κατὰ τὴν πρόσθεσιν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν πεπερασμένῳ διεξελθεῖν.

o de apeiros kata o prosthesis ou eimi en peraino diexerchomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 416)

αἱ δʼ ἀκροάσεις κατὰ τὰ ἔθη συμβαίνουσιν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 417)

ὡς γὰρ εἰώθαμεν οὕτως ἀξιοῦμεν λέγεσθαι, καὶ τὰ παρὰ ταῦτα οὐχ ὅμοια φαίνεται ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ἀσυνήθειαν ἀγνωστότερα καὶ ξενικώτερα:

os-2 gar etho outos-2 axioo lego kai o para outos ou omoios phaino alla dia o asunetheia agnostos kai xenikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 418)

τὸ γὰρ σύνηθες γνώριμον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 419)

ἡλίκην δὲ ἰσχὺν ἔχει τὸ σύνηθες οἱ νόμοι δηλοῦσιν, ἐν οἷς τὰ μυθώδη καὶ παιδαριώδη μεῖζον ἰσχύει τοῦ γινώσκειν περὶ αὐτῶν διὰ τὸ ἔθος.

elikos-2 de ischus echo o sunetheo o nomos-2 deloo en os o muthodes kai paidariodes megas ischuo o gignosko peri autos dia o ethos-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 420)

οἱ μὲν οὖν ἐὰν μὴ μαθηματικῶς λέγῃ τις οὐκ ἀποδέχονται τῶν λεγόντων, οἱ δʼ ἂν μὴ παραδειγματικῶς, οἱ δὲ μάρτυρα ἀξιοῦσιν ἐπάγεσθαι ποιητήν.

o men oun ean me mathematikos lego tis ou apodechomai o lego e de an me paradeigmatikos o de martus axioo epago poietos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 421)

καὶ οἱ μὲν πάντα ἀκριβῶς, τοὺς δὲ λυπεῖ τὸ ἀκριβὲς ἢ διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι συνείρειν ἢ διὰ τὴν μικρολογίαν:

kai e men pas akribos o de lupeo o akribes ee dia o me dunamai suneiro ee dia o mikrologia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 422)

ἔχει γάρ τι τὸ ἀκριβὲς τοιοῦτον, ὥστε, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν συμβολαίων, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων ἀνελεύθερον εἶναί τισι δοκεῖ.

echo gar tis o akribes toioutos oste-2 katha epi o sumbolaion kai epi o logos aneleutheros eimi tis dokeo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 423)

διὸ δεῖ πεπαιδεῦσθαι πῶς ἕκαστα ἀποδεκτέον, ὡς ἄτοπον ἅμα ζητεῖν ἐπιστήμην καὶ τρόπον ἐπιστήμης:

dio-2 deomai paideuo pos-2 ekastos apodekteos os-2 atopos ama zeteo episteme kai tropos-2 episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 424)

ἔστι δʼ οὐδὲ θάτερον ῥᾴδιον λαβεῖν.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 425)

τὴν δʼ ἀκριβολογίαν τὴν μαθηματικὴν οὐκ ἐν ἅπασιν ἀπαιτητέον, ἀλλʼ ἐν τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσιν ὕλην.

o de akribologia o mathematikos ou en apas alla en o me echo ule


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 426)

διόπερ οὐ φυσικὸς ὁ τρόπος:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 427)

ἅπασα γὰρ ἴσως ἡ φύσις ἔχει ὕλην.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 428)

διὸ σκεπτέον πρῶτον τί ἐστιν ἡ φύσις:

dio-2 skepteos proteros tis-2 eimi o phusis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 2 (DIORISIS sentence 429)

οὕτω γὰρ καὶ περὶ τίνων ἡ φυσικὴ δῆλον ἔσται ἀνάγκη πρὸς τὴν ἐπιζητουμένην ἐπιστήμην ἐπελθεῖν ἡμᾶς πρῶτον περὶ ὧν ἀπορῆσαι δεῖ πρῶτον:

outos-2 gar kai peri tis-2 o phusikos delos-3 eimi anagke pros o epizeteo episteme eperchomai ego proteros peri os aporeo1 deomai proteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 430)

ταῦτα δʼ ἐστὶν ὅσα τε περὶ αὐτῶν ἄλλως ὑπειλήφασί τινες, κἂν εἴ τι χωρὶς τούτων τυγχάνει παρεωραμένον.

outos de eimi osos te peri autos allos-2 upolambano tis kan-2 ei tis choris outos tugchano parorao


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 431)

ἔστι δὲ τοῖς εὐπορῆσαι βουλομένοις προὔργου τὸ διαπορῆσαι καλῶς:

eimi de o euporeo boulomai prourgou-2 o diaporeo kalos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 432)

ἡ γὰρ ὕστερον εὐπορία λύσις τῶν πρότερον ἀπορουμένων ἐστί, λύειν δʼ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγνοοῦντας τὸν δεσμόν, ἀλλʼ ἡ τῆς διανοίας ἀπορία δηλοῖ τοῦτο περὶ τοῦ πράγματος:

o gar usteros euporia lusis o proteros aphorao eimi luo de ou eimi agnoeo o desmos alla o o dianoia aporia deloo outos peri o pragma


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 433)

ᾗ γὰρ ἀπορεῖ, ταύτῃ παραπλήσιον πέπονθε τοῖς δεδεμένοις:

os gar aphorao outos paraplesios pascho o deo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 434)

ἀδύνατον γὰρ ἀμφοτέρως προελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν.

adunatos-2 gar amphoteros proerchomai eis o prosthen


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 435)

διὸ δεῖ τὰς δυσχερείας τεθεωρηκέναι πάσας πρότερον, τούτων τε χάριν καὶ διὰ τὸ τοὺς ζητοῦντας ἄνευ τοῦ διαπορῆσαι πρῶτον ὁμοίους εἶναι τοῖς ποῖ δεῖ βαδίζειν ἀγνοοῦσι, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις οὐδʼ εἴ ποτε τὸ ζητούμενον εὕρηκεν ἢ μὴ γιγνώσκειν:

dio-2 deomai o duschereia theoreo-2 pas proteros outos te charis kai dia o o zeteo aneu o diaporeo proteros omoios eimi o poi-2 deomai badizo agnoeo kai pros outos oude ei pote o zeteo eurisko ee me gignosko


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 436)

τὸ γὰρ τέλος τούτῳ μὲν οὐ δῆλον τῷ δὲ προηπορηκότι δῆλον.

o gar telos outos men ou delos-3 o de proaporeo delos-3


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 437)

ἔτι δὲ βέλτιον ἀνάγκη ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ κρῖναι τὸν ὥσπερ ἀντιδίκων καὶ τῶν ἀμφισβητούντων λόγων ἀκηκοότα πάντων.

eti de beltion anagke echo pros o krino o osper-2 antidikos kai o amphisbeteo logos akouo pas


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 438)

ἔστι δʼ ἀπορία πρώτη μὲν περὶ ὧν ἐν τοῖς πεφροιμιασμένοις διηπορήσαμεν, πότερον μιᾶς ἢ πολλῶν ἐπιστημῶν θεωρῆσαι τὰς αἰτίας:

eimi de aporia proteros men peri os en o phroimiazomai diaporeo poteros eis-2 ee polus episteme theoreo-2 o aitia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 439)

καὶ πότερον τὰς τῆς οὐσίας ἀρχὰς τὰς πρώτας ἐστὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης ἰδεῖν μόνον ἢ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀρχῶν ἐξ ὧν δεικνύουσι πάντες, οἷον πότερον ἐνδέχεται ταὐτὸ καὶ ἓν ἅμα φάναι καὶ ἀποφάναι ἢ οὔ, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων:

kai poteros o o ousia arche o proteros eimi o episteme eidon monos ee kai peri o arche ek os deiknumi pas oios-2 poteros endechomai autos kai eis-2 ama phaino kai apophemi ee ou kai peri o allos o toioutos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 440)

εἴ τʼ ἐστι περὶ τὴν οὐσίαν, πότερον μία περὶ πάσας ἢ πλείονές εἰσι, κἂν εἰ πλείονες πότερον ἅπασαι συγγενεῖς ἢ τὰς μὲν σοφίας τὰς δὲ ἄλλο τι λεκτέον αὐτῶν.

ei te eimi peri o ousia poteros eis-2 peri pas ee pleion eimi kan-2 ei pleion poteros apas suggeneus ee o men sophia o de allos tis lekteos autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 441)

καὶ τοῦτο δʼ αὐτὸ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐστὶ ζητῆσαι, πότερον τὰς αἰσθητὰς οὐσίας εἶναι μόνον φατέον ἢ καὶ παρὰ ταύτας ἄλλας, καὶ πότερον μοναχῶς ἢ πλείονα γένη τῶν οὐσιῶν, οἷον οἱ ποιοῦντες τά τε εἴδη καὶ τὰ μαθηματικὰ μεταξὺ τούτων τε καὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν.

kai outos de autos o anagkaion eimi zeteo poteros o aisthetes ousia eimi monos phateon ee kai para outos allos kai poteros monachos ee pleion genos o ousia oios-2 e poieo tis-2 te eidos kai o mathematikos metaxu outos te kai o aisthetes


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 442)

περί τε τούτων οὖν, καθάπερ φαμέν, ἐπισκεπτέον, καὶ πότερον περὶ τὰς οὐσίας ἡ θεωρία μόνον ἐστὶν ἢ καὶ περὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα καθʼ αὑτὰ ταῖς οὐσίαις, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις περὶ ταὐτοῦ καὶ ἑτέρου καὶ ὁμοίου καὶ ἀνομοίου καὶ ἐναντιότητος, καὶ περὶ προτέρου καὶ ὑστέρου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τῶν τοιούτων περὶ ὅσων οἱ διαλεκτικοὶ πειρῶνται σκοπεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἐνδόξων μόνων ποιούμενοι τὴν σκέψιν, τίνος ἐστὶ θεωρῆσαι περὶ πάντων:

peri te outos oun katha phemi episkepteos kai poteros peri o ousia o theoria monos eimi ee kai peri o sumbaino kata eautou o ousia pros de outos peri tautos-2 kai eteros kai omoios kai anomoios kai enantiotes kai peri proteros kai usteros kai o allos apas o toioutos peri osos o dialektikos peirao skopao ek o endoxos monos poieo o skepsis tis-2 eimi theoreo-2 peri pas


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 443)

ἔτι δὲ τούτοις αὐτοῖς ὅσα καθʼ αὑτὰ συμβέβηκεν, καὶ μὴ μόνον τί ἐστι τούτων ἕκαστον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἆρα ἓν ἑνὶ ἐναντίον:

eti de outos autos osos kata eautou sumbaino kai me monos tis-2 eimi outos ekastos alla kai ara-3 eis-2 eis-2 enantios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 444)

καὶ πότερον αἱ ἀρχαὶ καὶ τὰ στοιχεῖα τὰ γένη ἐστὶν ἢ εἰς ἃ διαιρεῖται ἐνυπάρχοντα ἕκαστον:

kai poteros o arche kai o stoicheion o genos eimi ee eis os diaireo enuparcho ekastos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 445)

καὶ εἰ τὰ γένη, πότερον ὅσα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀτόμοις λέγεται τελευταῖα ἢ τὰ πρῶτα, οἷον πότερον ζῷον ἢ ἄνθρωπος ἀρχή τε καὶ μᾶλλον ἔστι παρὰ τὸ καθʼ ἕκαστον.

kai ei o genos poteros osos epi o atomos lego teleutaios ee o proteros oios-2 poteros zoion-2 ee anthropos arche te kai mallon eimi para o kata ekastos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 446)

μάλιστα δὲ ζητητέον καὶ πραγματευτέον πότερον ἔστι τι παρὰ τὴν ὕλην αἴτιον καθʼ αὑτὸ ἢ οὔ, καὶ τοῦτο χωριστὸν ἢ οὔ, καὶ πότερον ἓν ἢ πλείω τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ πότερον ἔστι τι παρὰ τὸ σύνολον ʼλέγω δὲ τὸ σύνολον, ὅταν κατηγορηθῇ τι τῆς ὕληςʼ ἢ οὐθέν, ἢ τῶν μὲν τῶν δʼ οὔ, καὶ ποῖα τοιαῦτα τῶν ὄντων.

malista de zeteteos kai pragmateuteos poteros eimi tis para o ule aitios kata eautou ee ou kai outos choristos ee ou kai poteros eis-2 ee pleos o arithmos kai poteros eimi tis para o sunolos lego de o sunolos otan kategoreo tis o ule ee oudeis ee o men o de ou kai poios toioutos o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 447)

ἔτι αἱ ἀρχαὶ πότερον ἀριθμῷ ἢ εἴδει ὡρισμέναι, καὶ αἱ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις καὶ αἱ ἐν τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ;

eti o arche poteros arithmos ee eidos orizo kai o en o logos kai o en o upokeimai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 448)

καὶ πότερον τῶν φθαρτῶν καὶ ἀφθάρτων αἱ αὐταὶ ἢ ἕτεραι, καὶ πότερον ἄφθαρτοι πᾶσαι ἢ τῶν φθαρτῶν φθαρταί;

kai poteros o phthartos kai aphthartos o autos ee eteros kai poteros aphthartos pas ee o phthartos phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 449)

ἔτι δὲ τὸ πάντων χαλεπώτατον καὶ πλείστην ἀπορίαν ἔχον, πότερον τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ ὄν, καθάπερ οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι καὶ Πλάτων ἔλεγεν, οὐχ ἕτερόν τί ἐστιν ἀλλʼ οὐσία τῶν ὄντων;

eti de o pas chalepos kai pleistos aporia echo poteros o eis-2 kai o eimi katha o puthagoreios kai platon lego ou eteros tis-2 eimi alla ousia o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 450)

ἢ οὔ, ἀλλʼ ἕτερόν τι τὸ ὑποκείμενον, ὥσπερ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς φησὶ φιλίαν ἄλλος δέ τις πῦρ ὁ δὲ ὕδωρ ἢ ἀέρα:

ee ou alla eteros tis o upokeimai osper-2 empedokles phemi philia allos de tis pur o de udor ee aer


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 451)

καὶ πότερον αἱ ἀρχαὶ καθόλου εἰσὶν ἢ ὡς τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα τῶν πραγμάτων, καὶ δυνάμει ἢ ἐνεργείᾳ:

kai poteros o arche katholou eimi ee os-2 o kata ekastos o pragma kai dunamis ee energeia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 452)

ἔτι πότερον ἄλλως ἢ κατὰ κίνησιν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 453)

καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα ἀπορίαν ἂν παράσχοι πολλήν.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 454)

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πότερον οἱ ἀριθμοὶ καὶ τὰ μήκη καὶ τὰ σχήματα καὶ αἱ στιγμαὶ οὐσίαι τινές εἰσιν ἢ οὔ, κἂν εἰ οὐσίαι πότερον κεχωρισμέναι τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἢ ἐνυπάρχουσαι ἐν τούτοις;

pros de outos poteros e arithmos kai o mekos kai o schema-2 kai o stigme ousia tis eimi ee ou kan-2 ei ousia poteros chorizo o aisthetes ee enuparcho en outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 455)

περὶ γὰρ τούτων ἁπάντων οὐ μόνον χαλεπὸν τὸ εὐπορῆσαι τῆς ἀληθείας ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τὸ διαπορῆσαι τῷ λόγῳ ῥᾴδιον καλῶς.

peri gar outos apas ou monos chalepos o euporeo o aletheia alla oude o diaporeo o logos raidion kalos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 456)

πρῶτον μὲν οὖν περὶ ὧν πρῶτον εἴπομεν, πότερον μιᾶς ἢ πλειόνων ἐστὶν ἐπιστημῶν θεωρῆσαι πάντα τὰ γένη τῶν αἰτίων.

proteros men oun peri os proteros eipon poteros eis-2 ee pleion eimi episteme theoreo-2 pas o genos o aitios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 457)

μιᾶς μὲν γὰρ ἐπιστήμης πῶς ἂν εἴη μὴ ἐναντίας οὔσας τὰς ἀρχὰς γνωρίζειν;

eis-2 men gar episteme pos-2 an aio me enantios eimi o arche gnorizo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 458)

ἔτι δὲ πολλοῖς τῶν ὄντων οὐχ ὑπάρχουσι πᾶσαι:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 459)

τίνα γὰρ τρόπον οἷόν τε κινήσεως ἀρχὴν εἶναι τοῖς ἀκινήτοις ἢ τὴν τἀγαθοῦ φύσιν, εἴπερ ἅπαν ὃ ἂν ᾖ ἀγαθὸν καθʼ αὑτὸ καὶ διὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν τέλος ἐστὶν καὶ οὕτως αἴτιον ὅτι ἐκείνου ἕνεκα καὶ γίγνεται καὶ ἔστι τἆλλα, τὸ δὲ τέλος καὶ τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα πράξεώς τινός ἐστι τέλος, αἱ δὲ πράξεις πᾶσαι μετὰ κινήσεως;

tis-2 gar tropos-2 oios-2 te kinesis arche eimi o akinetos ee o agathos phusis eiper apas os an eimi agathos kata eautou kai dia o eautou phusis telos eimi kai outos-2 aitios ostis ekeinos eneka kai gignomai kai eimi allos o de telos kai o e eneka praxis tis eimi telos o de praxis pas meta kinesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 460)

ὥστʼ ἐν τοῖς ἀκινήτοις οὐκ ἂν ἐνδέχοιτο ταύτην εἶναι τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐδʼ εἶναί τι αὐτοαγαθόν.

oste-2 en o akinetos ou an endechomai outos eimi o arche oude eimi tis autoagathon


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 461)

διὸ καὶ ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασιν οὐθὲν δείκνυται διὰ ταύτης τῆς αἰτίας, οὐδʼ ἔστιν ἀπόδειξις οὐδεμία διότι βέλτιον ἢ χεῖρον, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τὸ παράπαν μέμνηται οὐθεὶς οὐθενὸς τῶν τοιούτων, ὥστε διὰ ταῦτα τῶν σοφιστῶν τινὲς οἷον Ἀρίστιππος προεπηλάκιζεν αὐτάς:

dio-2 kai en o mathema oudeis deiknumi dia outos o aitia oude eimi apodeixis oudeis dioti beltion ee cheiron alla oude o parapan mimnesko oudeis oudeis o toioutos oste-2 dia outos o sophistes tis oios-2 aristippos propelakizo autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 462)

ἐν μὲν γὰρ ταῖς ἄλλαις τέχναις, καὶ ταῖς βαναύσοις, οἷον ἐν τεκτονικῇ καὶ σκυτικῇ, διότι βέλτιον ἢ χεῖρον λέγεσθαι πάντα, τὰς δὲ μαθηματικὰς οὐθένα ποιεῖσθαι λόγον περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν.

en men gar o allos techne kai o banausos oios-2 en tektonikos kai skutikos dioti beltion ee cheiron lego pas o de mathematikos oudeis poieo logos peri agathos kai kakos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 463)

— ἀλλὰ μὴν εἴ γε πλείους ἐπιστῆμαι τῶν αἰτίων εἰσὶ καὶ ἑτέρα ἑτέρας ἀρχῆς, τίνα τούτων φατέον εἶναι τὴν ζητουμένην, ἢ τίνα μάλιστα τοῦ πράγματος τοῦ ζητουμένου ἐπιστήμονα τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτάς;

alla meis ei ge pleos episteme o aitios eimi kai eteros eteros arche tis-2 outos phateon eimi o zeteo ee tis-2 malista o pragma o zeteo epistemon o echo autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 464)

ἐνδέχεται γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ πάντας τοὺς τρόπους τοὺς τῶν αἰτίων ὑπάρχειν, οἷον οἰκίας ὅθεν μὲν ἡ κίνησις ἡ τέχνη καὶ ὁ οἰκοδόμος, οὗ δʼ ἕνεκα τὸ ἔργον, ὕλη δὲ γῆ καὶ λίθοι, τὸ δʼ εἶδος ὁ λόγος.

endechomai gar tis-2 autos pas o tropos-2 o o aitios uparcho oios-2 oikia othen men o kinesis o techne kai o oikodomos e de eneka o ergon ule de ge-2 kai lithos o de eidos o logos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 465)

ἐκ μὲν οὖν τῶν πάλαι διωρισμένων τίνα χρὴ καλεῖν τῶν ἐπιστημῶν σοφίαν ἔχει λόγον ἑκάστην προσαγορεύειν:

ek men oun o palai diorizo tis-2 chre kaleo o episteme sophia echo logos ekastos prosagoreuo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 466)

ᾗ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχικωτάτη καὶ ἡγεμονικωτάτη καὶ ᾗ ὥσπερ δούλας οὐδʼ ἀντειπεῖν τὰς ἄλλας ἐπιστήμας δίκαιον, ἡ τοῦ τέλους καὶ τἀγαθοῦ τοιαύτη ʼτούτου γὰρ ἕνεκα τἆλλἀ, ᾗ δὲ τῶν πρώτων αἰτίων καὶ τοῦ μάλιστα ἐπιστητοῦ διωρίσθη εἶναι, ἡ τῆς οὐσίας ἂν εἴη τοιαύτη:

os men gar archikos kai egemonikos kai os osper-2 doule oude anteipon o allos episteme dikaios o o telos kai agathos toioutos outos gar eneka allos os de o proteros aitios kai o malista epistetos diorizo eimi o o ousia an aio toioutos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 467)

πολλαχῶς γὰρ ἐπισταμένων τὸ αὐτὸ μᾶλλον μὲν εἰδέναι φαμὲν τὸν τῷ εἶναι γνωρίζοντα τί τὸ πρᾶγμα ἢ τῷ μὴ εἶναι, αὐτῶν δὲ τούτων ἕτερον ἑτέρου μᾶλλον, καὶ μάλιστα τὸν τί ἐστιν ἀλλʼ οὐ τὸν πόσον ἢ ποῖον ἢ τί ποιεῖν ἢ πάσχειν πέφυκεν.

pollachos gar ephistemi o autos mallon men oida phemi o o eimi gnorizo tis-2 o pragma ee o me eimi autos de outos eteros eteros mallon kai malista o tis-2 eimi alla ou o posos ee poios ee tis-2 poieo ee pascho phuo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 468)

ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸ εἰδέναι ἕκαστον καὶ ὧν ἀποδείξεις εἰσί, τότʼ οἰόμεθα ὑπάρχειν ὅταν εἰδῶμεν τί ἐστιν ʼοἷον τί ἐστι τὸ τετραγωνίζειν, ὅτι μέσης εὕρεσις:

eti de kai en o allos o oida ekastos kai os apodeixis eimi tote oiomai uparcho otan oida tis-2 eimi oios-2 tis-2 eimi o tetragonizo ostis mesos euresis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 469)

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλωνʼ, περὶ δὲ τὰς γενέσεις καὶ τὰς πράξεις καὶ περὶ πᾶσαν μεταβολὴν ὅταν εἰδῶμεν τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς κινήσεως:

omoios de kai epi o allos peri de o genesis kai o praxis kai peri pas metabole otan oida o arche o kinesis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 470)

τοῦτο δʼ ἕτερον καὶ ἀντικείμενον τῷ τέλει, ὥστʼ ἄλλης ἂν δόξειεν ἐπιστήμης εἶναι τὸ θεωρῆσαι τῶν αἰτίων τούτων ἕκαστον.

outos de eteros kai antikeimai o telos oste-2 allos an dokeo episteme eimi o theoreo-2 o aitios outos ekastos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 471)

ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀποδεικτικῶν ἀρχῶν, πότερον μιᾶς ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμης ἢ πλειόνων, ἀμφισβητήσιμόν ἐστιν ʼλέγω δὲ ἀποδεικτικὰς τὰς κοινὰς δόξας ἐξ ὧν ἅπαντες δεικνύουσινʼ οἷον ὅτι πᾶν ἀναγκαῖον ἢ φάναι ἢ ἀποφάναι, καὶ ἀδύνατον ἅμα εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι, καὶ ὅσαι ἄλλαι τοιαῦται προτάσεις, πότερον μία τούτων ἐπιστήμη καὶ τῆς οὐσίας ἢ ἑτέρα, κἂν εἰ μὴ μία, ποτέραν χρὴ προσαγορεύειν τὴν ζητουμένην νῦν.

alla men-2 kai peri o apodeiktikos arche poteros eis-2 eimi episteme ee pleion amphisbetesimos eimi lego de apodeiktikos o koinos dokeo ek os apas deiknumi oios-2 ostis pas anagkaion ee phaino ee apophemi kai adunatos-2 ama eimi kai me eimi kai osos allos toioutos protasis poteros eis-2 outos episteme kai o ousia ee eteros kan-2 ei me eis-2 poteros chre prosagoreuo o zeteo nun


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 472)

μιᾶς μὲν οὖν οὐκ εὔλογον εἶναι:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 473)

τί γὰρ μᾶλλον γεωμετρίας ἢ ὁποιασοῦν περὶ τούτων ἐστὶν ἴδιον τὸ ἐπαΐειν;

tis-2 gar mallon geometria ee opoios peri outos eimi idios o epaio-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 474)

εἴπερ οὖν ὁμοίως μὲν ὁποιασοῦν ἐστίν, ἁπασῶν δὲ μὴ ἐνδέχεται, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων οὕτως οὐδὲ τῆς γνωριζούσης τὰς οὐσίας ἴδιόν ἐστι τὸ γιγνώσκειν περὶ αὐτῶν.

eiper oun omoios men opoios eimi apas de me endechomai osper-2 oude o allos outos-2 oude o gnorizo o ousia idios eimi o gignosko peri autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 475)

ἅμα δὲ καὶ τίνα τρόπον ἔσται αὐτῶν ἐπιστήμη;

ama de kai tis-2 tropos-2 eimi autos episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 476)

τί μὲν γὰρ ἕκαστον τούτων τυγχάνει ὂν καὶ νῦν γνωρίζομεν ʼχρῶνται γοῦν ὡς γιγνωσκομένοις αὐτοῖς καὶ ἄλλαι τέχναἰ:

tis-2 men gar ekastos outos tugchano eimi kai nun gnorizo chraomai goun os-2 gignosko autos kai allos techne


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 477)

εἰ δὲ ἀποδεικτικὴ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐστί, δεήσει τι γένος εἶναι ὑποκείμενον καὶ τὰ μὲν πάθη τὰ δʼ ἀξιώματʼ αὐτῶν ʼπερὶ πάντων γὰρ ἀδύνατον ἀπόδειξιν εἶναἰ, ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἔκ τινων εἶναι καὶ περί τι καὶ τινῶν τὴν ἀπόδειξιν:

ei de apodeiktikos peri autos eimi deesis tis genos eimi upokeimai kai o men pathe-2 o de axioma autos peri pas gar adunatos-2 apodeixis eimi anagke gar ek tis eimi kai peri tis kai tis o apodeixis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 478)

ὥστε συμβαίνει πάντων εἶναι γένος ἕν τι τῶν δεικνυμένων, πᾶσαι γὰρ αἱ ἀποδεικτικαὶ χρῶνται τοῖς ἀξιώμασιν.

oste-2 sumbaino pas eimi genos eis-2 tis o deiknumi pas gar o apodeiktikos chraomai o axioma


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 479)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰ ἑτέρα ἡ τῆς οὐσίας καὶ ἡ περὶ τούτων, ποτέρα κυριωτέρα καὶ προτέρα πέφυκεν αὐτῶν;

alla men-2 ei eteros o o ousia kai o peri outos poteros kurios kai proteros phuo autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 480)

καθόλου γὰρ μάλιστα καὶ πάντων ἀρχαὶ τὰ ἀξιώματά ἐστιν, εἴ τʼ ἐστὶ μὴ τοῦ φιλοσόφου, τίνος ἔσται περὶ αὐτῶν ἄλλου τὸ θεωρῆσαι τὸ ἀληθὲς καὶ ψεῦδος;

katholou gar malista kai pas arche o axioma eimi ei te eimi me o philosophos tis-2 eimi peri autos allos o theoreo-2 o alethes kai pseudos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 481)

ὅλως τε τῶν οὐσιῶν πότερον μία πασῶν ἐστὶν ἢ πλείους ἐπιστῆμαι;

olos te o ousia poteros eis-2 pas eimi ee pleos episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 482)

εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ μία, ποίας οὐσίας θετέον τὴν ἐπιστήμην ταύτην;

ei men oun me eis-2 poios ousia theteos o episteme outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 483)

τὸ δὲ μίαν πασῶν οὐκ εὔλογον:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 484)

καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἀποδεικτικὴ μία περὶ πάντων εἴη τῶν συμβεβηκότων, εἴπερ πᾶσα ἀποδεικτικὴ περί τι ὑποκείμενον θεωρεῖ τὰ καθʼ αὑτὰ συμβεβηκότα ἐκ τῶν κοινῶν δοξῶν.

kai gar an apodeiktikos eis-2 peri pas aio o sumbaino eiper pas apodeiktikos peri tis upokeimai theoreo-2 o kata eautou sumbaino ek o koinos doxa


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 485)

περὶ οὖν τὸ αὐτὸ γένος τὰ συμβεβηκότα καθʼ αὑτὰ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐστὶ θεωρῆσαι ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν δοξῶν.

peri oun o autos genos o sumbaino kata eautou o autos eimi theoreo-2 ek o autos doxazo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 486)

περί τε γὰρ ὃ μιᾶς καὶ ἐξ ὧν μιᾶς, εἴτε τῆς αὐτῆς εἴτε ἄλλης, ὥστε καὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα, εἴθʼ αὗται θεωροῦσιν εἴτʼ ἐκ τούτων μία.

peri te gar os eis-2 kai ek os eis-2 eite o autos eite allos oste-2 kai o sumbaino eithe outos theoreo-2 eite ek outos eis-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 487)

ἔτι δὲ πότερον περὶ τὰς οὐσίας μόνον ἡ θεωρία ἐστὶν ἢ καὶ περὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα ταύταις;

eti de poteros peri o ousia monos o theoria eimi ee kai peri o sumbaino outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 488)

λέγω δʼ οἷον, εἰ τὸ στερεὸν οὐσία τίς ἐστι καὶ γραμμαὶ καὶ ἐπίπεδα, πότερον τῆς αὐτῆς ταῦτα γνωρίζειν ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμης καὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα περὶ ἕκαστον γένος περὶ ὧν αἱ μαθηματικαὶ δεικνύουσιν, ἢ ἄλλης.

lego de oios-2 ei o stereos ousia tis-2 eimi kai gramme kai epipedos poteros o autos outos gnorizo eimi episteme kai o sumbaino peri ekastos genos peri os o mathematikos deiknumi ee allos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 489)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ τῆς αὐτῆς, ἀποδεικτική τις ἂν εἴη καὶ ἡ τῆς οὐσίας, οὐ δοκεῖ δὲ τοῦ τί ἐστιν ἀπόδειξις εἶναι:

ei men gar o autos apodeiktikos tis an aio kai o o ousia ou dokeo de o tis-2 eimi apodeixis eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 490)

εἰ δʼ ἑτέρας, τίς ἔσται ἡ θεωροῦσα περὶ τὴν οὐσίαν τὰ συμβεβηκότα;

ei de eteros tis-2 eimi o theoreo-2 peri o ousia o sumbaino


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 491)

τοῦτο γὰρ ἀποδοῦναι παγχάλεπον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 492)

ἔτι δὲ πότερον τὰς αἰσθητὰς οὐσίας μόνας εἶναι φατέον ἢ καὶ παρὰ ταύτας ἄλλας, καὶ πότερον μοναχῶς ἢ πλείω γένη τετύχηκεν ὄντα τῶν οὐσιῶν, οἷον οἱ λέγοντες τά τε εἴδη καὶ τὰ μεταξύ, περὶ ἃ τὰς μαθηματικὰς εἶναί φασιν ἐπιστήμας;

eti de poteros o aisthetes ousia monos eimi phateon ee kai para outos allos kai poteros monachos ee pleos genos tugchano eimi o ousia oios-2 e lego tis-2 te eidos kai o metaxu peri os o mathematikos eimi phemi episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 493)

ὡς μὲν οὖν λέγομεν τὰ εἴδη αἴτιά τε καὶ οὐσίας εἶναι καθʼ ἑαυτὰς εἴρηται ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λόγοις περὶ αὐτῶν:

os-2 men oun lego o eidos aitios te kai ousia eimi kata eautou eromai en o proteros logos peri autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 494)

πολλαχῇ δὲ ἐχόντων δυσκολίαν, οὐθενὸς ἧττον ἄτοπον τὸ φάναι μὲν εἶναί τινας φύσεις παρὰ τὰς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ταύτας δὲ τὰς αὐτὰς φάναι τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς πλὴν ὅτι τὰ μὲν ἀΐδια τὰ δὲ φθαρτά.

pollache-2 de echo duskolia oudeis esson atopos o phaino men eimi tis phusis para o en o ouranos outos de o autos phaino o aisthetos plen ostis o men aidios-2 o de phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 495)

αὐτὸ γὰρ ἄνθρωπόν φασιν εἶναι καὶ ἵππον καὶ ὑγίειαν, ἄλλο δʼ οὐδέν, παραπλήσιον ποιοῦντες τοῖς θεοὺς μὲν εἶναι φάσκουσιν ἀνθρωποειδεῖς δέ:

autos gar anthropos phemi eimi kai ippos kai ugieia allos de oudeis paraplesios poieo o theos men eimi phasko anthropoeides de


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 496)

οὔτε γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐποίουν ἢ ἀνθρώπους ἀϊδίους, οὔθʼ οὗτοι τὰ εἴδη ἄλλʼ ἢ αἰσθητὰ ἀΐδια.

oute gar ekeinos oudeis allos poieo ee anthropos aidios-2 oute outos o eidos allos ee aisthetos aidios-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 497)

ἔτι δὲ εἴ τις παρὰ τὰ εἴδη καὶ τὰ αἰσθητὰ τὰ μεταξὺ θήσεται, πολλὰς ἀπορίας ἕξει:

eti de ei tis para o eidos kai o aisthetes o metaxu tithemi polus aporia echo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 498)

δῆλον γὰρ ὡς ὁμοίως γραμμαί τε παρά τʼ αὐτὰς καὶ τὰς αἰσθητὰς ἔσονται καὶ ἕκαστον τῶν ἄλλων γενῶν:

delos-3 gar os-2 omoios gramme te para te autos kai o aisthetes eimi kai ekastos o allos genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 499)

ὥστʼ ἐπείπερ ἡ ἀστρολογία μία τούτων ἐστίν, ἔσται τις καὶ οὐρανὸς παρὰ τὸν αἰσθητὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἥλιός τε καὶ σελήνη καὶ τἆλλα ὁμοίως τὰ κατὰ τὸν οὐρανόν.

oste-2 epei o astrologia eis-2 outos eimi eimi tis kai ouranos para o aisthetos ouranos kai elios te kai selene kai allos omoios o kata o ouranos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 500)

καίτοι πῶς δεῖ πιστεῦσαι τούτοις;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 501)

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀκίνητον εὔλογον εἶναι, κινούμενον δὲ καὶ παντελῶς ἀδύνατον:

oude gar akinetos eulogos eimi kineo de kai panteles adunatos-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 502)

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ περὶ ὧν ἡ ὀπτικὴ πραγματεύεται καὶ ἡ ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἁρμονική:

omoios de kai peri os o optikos pragmateuomai kai o en o mathema armonikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 503)

καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα ἀδύνατον εἶναι παρὰ τὰ αἰσθητὰ διὰ τὰς αὐτὰς αἰτίας:

kai gar outos adunatos-2 eimi para o aisthetos dia o autos aitia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 504)

εἰ γὰρ ἔστιν αἰσθητὰ μεταξὺ καὶ αἰσθήσεις, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ζῷα ἔσονται μεταξὺ αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῶν φθαρτῶν.

ei gar eimi aisthetos metaxu kai aisthesis delos-3 ostis kai zoion-2 eimi metaxu autos te kai o phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 505)

ἀπορήσειε δʼ ἄν τις καὶ περὶ ποῖα τῶν ὄντων δεῖ ζητεῖν ταύτας τὰς ἐπιστήμας.

aporeo1 de an tis kai peri poios o eimi deomai zeteo outos o episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 506)

εἰ γὰρ τούτῳ διοίσει τῆς γεωδαισίας ἡ γεωμετρία μόνον, ὅτι ἡ μὲν τούτων ἐστὶν ὧν αἰσθανόμεθα ἡ δʼ οὐκ αἰσθητῶν, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ παρʼ ἰατρικὴν ἔσται τις ἐπιστήμη καὶ παρʼ ἑκάστην τῶν ἄλλων μεταξὺ αὐτῆς τε ἰατρικῆς καὶ τῆσδε τῆς ἰατρικῆς:

ei gar outos diaphero o geodaisia o geometria monos ostis o men outos eimi os aisthanomai o de ou aisthetes delos-3 ostis kai para iatrikos eimi tis episteme kai para ekastos o allos metaxu autos te iatrikos kai ode o iatrikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 507)

καίτοι πῶς τοῦτο δυνατόν;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 508)

καὶ γὰρ ἂν ὑγιείνʼ ἄττα εἴη παρὰ τὰ αἰσθητὰ καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑγιεινόν.

kai gar an ugieinos atta aio para o aisthetes kai autos o ugieinos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 509)

ἅμα δὲ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀληθές, ὡς ἡ γεωδαισία τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἐστὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ φθαρτῶν:

ama de oude outos alethes os-2 o geodaisia o aisthetes eimi megethos kai phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 510)

ἐφθείρετο γὰρ ἂν φθειρομένων.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 511)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἂν εἴη μεγεθῶν οὐδὲ περὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡ ἀστρολογία τόνδε.

alla men-2 oude o aisthetes an aio megethos oude peri o ouranos o astrologia ode


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 512)

οὔτε γὰρ αἱ αἰσθηταὶ γραμμαὶ τοιαῦταί εἰσιν οἵας λέγει ὁ γεωμέτρης ʼοὐθὲν γὰρ εὐθὺ τῶν αἰσθητῶν οὕτως οὐδὲ στρογγύλον:

oute gar o aisthetes gramme toioutos eimi oios-2 lego o geometres oudeis gar euthus o aisthetes outos-2 oude stroggulos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 513)

ἅπτεται γὰρ τοῦ κανόνος οὐ κατὰ στιγμὴν ὁ κύκλος ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ Πρωταγόρας ἔλεγεν ἐλέγχων τοὺς γεωμέτραςʼ, οὔθʼ αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅμοιαι περὶ ὧν ἡ ἀστρολογία ποιεῖται τοὺς λόγους, οὔτε τὰ σημεῖα τοῖς ἄστροις τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει φύσιν.

apto gar o kanon ou kata stigme o kuklos alla osper-2 protagoras lego elegcho o geometres oute o kinesis kai elix o ouranos omoios peri os o astrologia poieo o logos oute o semeion o astron o autos echo phusis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 514)

εἰσὶ δέ τινες οἵ φασιν εἶναι μὲν τὰ μεταξὺ ταῦτα λεγόμενα τῶν τε εἰδῶν καὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν, οὐ μὴν χωρίς γε τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἀλλʼ ἐν τούτοις:

eimi de tis e phemi eimi men o metaxu outos lego o te eidos kai o aisthetes ou men-2 choris ge o aisthetes alla en outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 515)

οἷς τὰ συμβαίνοντα ἀδύνατα πάντα μὲν πλείονος λόγου διελθεῖν, ἱκανὸν δὲ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα θεωρῆσαι.

os o sumbaino adunatos-2 pas men pleion logos dierchomai ikanos de kai o toioutos theoreo-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 516)

οὔτε γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτων εὔλογον ἔχειν οὕτω μόνον, ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ εἴδη ἐνδέχοιτʼ ἂν ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς εἶναι ʼτοῦ γὰρ αὐτοῦ λόγου ἀμφότερα ταῦτά ἐστινʼ, ἔτι δὲ δύο στερεὰ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι τόπῳ, καὶ μὴ εἶναι ἀκίνητα ἐν κινουμένοις γε ὄντα τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς.

oute gar epi outos eulogos echo outos-2 monos alla delos-3 ostis kai o eidos endechomai an en o aisthetos eimi o gar autos logos amphoteros outos eimi eti de duo stereos en o autos anagkaios eimi topos kai me eimi akinetos en kineo ge eimi o aisthetos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 517)

ὅλως δὲ τίνος ἕνεκʼ ἄν τις θείη εἶναι μὲν αὐτά, εἶναι δʼ ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς;

olos de tis-2 eneka an tis theios eimi men autos eimi de en o aisthetos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 518)

ταὐτὰ γὰρ συμβήσεται ἄτοπα τοῖς προειρημένοις:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 519)

ἔσται γὰρ οὐρανός τις παρὰ τὸν οὐρανόν, πλήν γʼ οὐ χωρὶς ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ:

eimi gar ouranos tis para o ouranos plen ge ou choris alla en o autos topos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 520)

ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀδυνατώτερον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 521)

περί τε τούτων οὖν ἀπορία πολλὴ πῶς δεῖ θέμενον τυχεῖν τῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀρχῶν πότερον δεῖ τὰ γένη στοιχεῖα καὶ ἀρχὰς ὑπολαμβάνειν ἢ μᾶλλον ἐξ ὧν ἐνυπαρχόντων ἐστὶν ἕκαστον πρώτων, οἷον φωνῆς στοιχεῖα καὶ ἀρχαὶ δοκοῦσιν εἶναι ταῦτʼ ἐξ ὧν σύγκεινται αἱ φωναὶ πρώτων, ἀλλʼ οὐ τὸ κοινὸν ἡ φωνή:

peri te outos oun aporia polus pos-2 deomai tithemi tugchano o aletheia kai peri o arche poteros deomai o genos stoicheion kai arche upolambano ee mallon ek os enuparcho eimi ekastos proteros oios-2 phone stoicheion kai arche dokeo eimi outos ek os sugkeimai o phone proteros alla ou o koinos o phone


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 522)

καὶ τῶν διαγραμμάτων ταῦτα στοιχεῖα λέγομεν ὧν αἱ ἀποδείξεις ἐνυπάρχουσιν ἐν ταῖς τῶν ἄλλων ἀποδείξεσιν ἢ πάντων ἢ τῶν πλείστων, ἔτι δὲ τῶν σωμάτων καὶ οἱ πλείω λέγοντες εἶναι στοιχεῖα καὶ οἱ ἕν, ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται καὶ ἐξ ὧν συνέστηκεν ἀρχὰς λέγουσιν εἶναι, οἷον Ἐμπεδοκλῆς πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ τὰ μετὰ τούτων στοιχεῖά φησιν εἶναι ἐξ ὧν ἐστὶ τὰ ὄντα ἐνυπαρχόντων, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὡς γένη λέγει ταῦτα τῶν ὄντων.

kai o diagramma outos stoicheion lego os o apodeixis enuparcho en o o allos apodeixis ee pas ee o pleistos eti de o soma kai o pleos lego eimi stoicheion kai o eis-2 ek os sugkeimai kai ek os sunistemi arche lego eimi oios-2 empedokles pur kai udor kai o meta outos stoicheion phemi eimi ek os eimi o eimi enuparcho alla ou os-2 genos lego outos o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 523)

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἴ τις ἐθέλει τὴν φύσιν ἀθρεῖν, οἷον κλίνην ἐξ ὧν μορίων συνέστηκε καὶ πῶς συγκειμένων, τότε γνωρίζει τὴν φύσιν αὐτῆς.

pros de outos kai o allos ei tis ethelo o phusis athreo oios-2 kline-2 ek os morion sunistemi kai pos-2 sugkeimai tote gnorizo o phusis autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 524)

ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων τῶν λόγων οὐκ ἂν εἴησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ τὰ γένη τῶν ὄντων:

ek men oun outos o logos ou an eimi o arche o genos o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 525)

εἰ δʼ ἕκαστον μὲν γνωρίζομεν διὰ τῶν ὁρισμῶν, ἀρχαὶ δὲ τὰ γένη τῶν ὁρισμῶν εἰσίν, ἀνάγκη καὶ τῶν ὁριστῶν ἀρχὰς εἶναι τὰ γένη.

ei de ekastos men gnorizo dia o orismos arche de o genos o orismos eimi anagke kai o oristes arche eimi o genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 526)

κἂν εἰ ἔστι τὴν τῶν ὄντων λαβεῖν ἐπιστήμην τὸ τῶν εἰδῶν λαβεῖν καθʼ ἃ λέγονται τὰ ὄντα, τῶν γε εἰδῶν ἀρχαὶ τὰ γένη εἰσίν.

kan-2 ei eimi o o eimi lambano episteme o o eidos lambano kata os lego o eimi o ge eidos arche o genos eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 527)

φαίνονται δέ τινες καὶ τῶν λεγόντων στοιχεῖα τῶν ὄντων τὸ ἓν ἢ τὸ ὂν ἢ τὸ μέγα καὶ μικρὸν ὡς γένεσιν αὐτοῖς χρῆσθαι.

phaino de tis kai o lego stoicheion o eimi o eis-2 ee o eimi ee o megas kai mikros os-2 genesis autos chraomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 528)

ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ ἀμφοτέρως γε οἷόν τε λέγειν τὰς ἀρχάς.

alla men-2 oude amphoteros ge oios-2 te lego o arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 529)

ὁ μὲν γὰρ λόγος τῆς οὐσίας εἷς:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 530)

ἕτερος δʼ ἔσται ὁ διὰ τῶν γενῶν ὁρισμὸς καὶ ὁ λέγων ἐξ ὧν ἔστιν ἐνυπαρχόντων.

eteros de eimi o dia o genos orismos kai o lego ek os eimi enuparcho


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 531)

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις εἰ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα ἀρχαὶ τὰ γένη εἰσί, πότερον δεῖ νομίζειν τὰ πρῶτα τῶν γενῶν ἀρχὰς ἢ τὰ ἔσχατα κατηγορούμενα ἐπὶ τῶν ἀτόμων;

pros de outos ei kai ostis malista arche o genos eimi poteros deomai nomizo o proteros o genos arche ee o schetho kategoreo epi o atomos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 532)

καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἔχει ἀμφισβήτησιν.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 533)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ τὰ καθόλου μᾶλλον ἀρχαί, φανερὸν ὅτι τὰ ἀνωτάτω τῶν γενῶν:

ei men gar aei o katholou mallon arche phaneros ostis o ano o genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 534)

ταῦτα γὰρ λέγεται κατὰ πάντων.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 535)

τοσαῦται οὖν ἔσονται ἀρχαὶ τῶν ὄντων ὅσαπερ τὰ πρῶτα γένη, ὥστʼ ἔσται τό τε ὂν καὶ τὸ ἓν ἀρχαὶ καὶ οὐσίαι:

tosoutos oun eimi arche o eimi osos o proteros genos oste-2 eimi o te eimi kai o eis-2 arche kai ousia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 536)

ταῦτα γὰρ κατὰ πάντων μάλιστα λέγεται τῶν ὄντων.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 537)

οὐχ οἷόν τε δὲ τῶν ὄντων ἓν εἶναι γένος οὔτε τὸ ἓν οὔτε τὸ ὄν:

ou oios-2 te de o eimi eis-2 eimi genos oute o eis-2 oute o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 538)

ἀνάγκη μὲν γὰρ τὰς διαφορὰς ἑκάστου γένους καὶ εἶναι καὶ μίαν εἶναι ἑκάστην, ἀδύνατον δὲ κατηγορεῖσθαι ἢ τὰ εἴδη τοῦ γένους ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκείων διαφορῶν ἢ τὸ γένος ἄνευ τῶν αὐτοῦ εἰδῶν, ὥστʼ εἴπερ τὸ ἓν γένος ἢ τὸ ὄν, οὐδεμία διαφορὰ οὔτε ὂν οὔτε ἓν ἔσται.

anagke men gar o diaphora ekastos genos kai eimi kai eis-2 eimi ekastos adunatos-2 de kategoreo ee o eidos o genos epi o oikeios diaphora ee o genos aneu o autos eidos oste-2 eiper o eis-2 genos ee o eimi oudeis diaphora oute eimi oute eis-2 eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 539)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰ μὴ γένη, οὐδʼ ἀρχαὶ ἔσονται, εἴπερ ἀρχαὶ τὰ γένη.

alla men-2 ei me genos oude arche eimi eiper arche o genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 540)

ἔτι καὶ τὰ μεταξὺ συλλαμβανόμενα μετὰ τῶν διαφορῶν ἔσται γένη μέχρι τῶν ἀτόμων ʼνῦν δὲ τὰ μὲν δοκεῖ τὰ δʼ οὐ δοκεἶ:

eti kai o metaxu sullambano meta o diaphora eimi genos mechri o atomos nun de o men dokeo o de ou


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 541)

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἔτι μᾶλλον αἱ διαφοραὶ ἀρχαὶ ἢ τὰ γένη:

pros de outos eti mallon o diaphora arche ee o genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 542)

εἰ δὲ καὶ αὗται ἀρχαί, ἄπειροι ὡς εἰπεῖν ἀρχαὶ γίγνονται, ἄλλως τε κἄν τις τὸ πρῶτον γένος ἀρχὴν τιθῇ.

ei de kai outos arche apeiros os-2 eipon arche gignomai allos-2 te kan-2 tis o proteros genos arche tithe


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 543)

ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ εἰ μᾶλλόν γε ἀρχοειδὲς τὸ ἕν ἐστιν, ἓν δὲ τὸ ἀδιαίρετον, ἀδιαίρετον δὲ ἅπαν ἢ κατὰ τὸ ποσὸν ἢ κατʼ εἶδος, πρότερον δὲ τὸ κατʼ εἶδος, τὰ δὲ γένη διαιρετὰ εἰς εἴδη, μᾶλλον ἂν ἓν τὸ ἔσχατον εἴη κατηγορούμενον:

alla men-2 kai ei mallon ge archoeides o eis-2 eimi eis-2 de o adiairetos adiairetos de apas ee kata o posos-2 ee kata eidos proteros de o kata eidos o de genos diairetos eis eidos mallon an eis-2 o schetho aio kategoreo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 544)

οὐ γάρ ἐστι γένος ἅνθρωπος τῶν τινῶν ἀνθρώπων.

ou gar eimi genos anthropos o tis anthropos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 545)

ἔτι ἐν οἷς τὸ πρότερον καὶ ὕστερόν ἐστιν, οὐχ οἷόν τε τὸ ἐπὶ τούτων εἶναί τι παρὰ ταῦτα ʼοἷον εἰ πρώτη τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἡ δυάς, οὐκ ἔσται τις ἀριθμὸς παρὰ τὰ εἴδη τῶν ἀριθμῶν:

eti en os o proteros kai usteros eimi ou oios-2 te o epi outos eimi tis para outos oios-2 ei proteros o arithmos o duas ou eimi tis arithmos para o eidos o arithmos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 546)

ὁμοίως δὲ οὐδὲ σχῆμα παρὰ τὰ εἴδη τῶν σχημάτων:

omoios de oude schema-2 para o eidos o schema-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 547)

εἰ δὲ μὴ τούτων, σχολῇ τῶν γε ἄλλων ἔσται τὰ γένη παρὰ τὰ εἴδη:

ei de me outos schole o ge allos eimi o genos para o eidos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 548)

τούτων γὰρ δοκεῖ μάλιστα εἶναι γένἠ:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 549)

ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀτόμοις οὐκ ἔστι τὸ μὲν πρότερον τὸ δʼ ὕστερον.

en de o atomos ou eimi o men proteros o de usteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 550)

ἔτι ὅπου τὸ μὲν βέλτιον τὸ δὲ χεῖρον, ἀεὶ τὸ βέλτιον πρότερον:

eti opou o men beltion o de cheiron aei o beltion proteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 551)

ὥστʼ οὐδὲ τούτων ἂν εἴη γένος.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 552)

ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων μᾶλλον φαίνεται τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀτόμων κατηγορούμενα ἀρχαὶ εἶναι τῶν γενῶν:

ek men oun outos mallon phaino o epi o atomos kategoreo arche eimi o genos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 553)

πάλιν δὲ πῶς αὖ δεῖ ταύτας ἀρχὰς ὑπολαβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον εἰπεῖν.

palin de pos-2 au deomai outos arche upolambano ou raidion eipon


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 554)

τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀρχὴν δεῖ καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν εἶναι παρὰ τὰ πράγματα ὧν ἀρχή, καὶ δύνασθαι εἶναι χωριζομένην αὐτῶν:

o men gar arche deomai kai o aitia eimi para o pragma os arche kai dunamai eimi chorizo autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 555)

τοιοῦτον δέ τι παρὰ τὸ καθʼ ἕκαστον εἶναι διὰ τί ἄν τις ὑπολάβοι, πλὴν ὅτι καθόλου κατηγορεῖται καὶ κατὰ πάντων;

toioutos de tis para o kata ekastos eimi dia tis-2 an tis upolambano plen ostis katholou kategoreo kai kata pas


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 556)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰ διὰ τοῦτο, τὰ μᾶλλον καθόλου μᾶλλον θετέον ἀρχάς:

alla men-2 ei dia outos o mallon katholou mallon theteos arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 557)

ὥστε ἀρχαὶ τὰ πρῶτʼ ἂν εἴησαν γένη.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 558)

ἔστι δʼ ἐχομένη τε τούτων ἀπορία καὶ πασῶν χαλεπωτάτη καὶ ἀναγκαιοτάτη θεωρῆσαι, περὶ ἧς ὁ λόγος ἐφέστηκε νῦν.

eimi de echo te outos aporia kai pas chalepos kai anagkaios theoreo-2 peri os o logos ephistemi nun


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 559)

εἴτε γὰρ μὴ ἔστι τι παρὰ τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα, τὰ δὲ καθʼ ἕκαστα ἄπειρα, τῶν δʼ ἀπείρων πῶς ἐνδέχεται λαβεῖν ἐπιστήμην;

eite gar me eimi tis para o kata ekastos o de kata ekastos apeiros o de apeiros pos-2 endechomai lambano episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 560)

ᾗ γὰρ ἕν τι καὶ ταὐτόν, καὶ ᾗ καθόλου τι ὑπάρχει, ταύτῃ πάντα γνωρίζομεν.

os gar eis-2 tis kai tautos-2 kai os katholou tis uparcho outos pas gnorizo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 561)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰ τοῦτο ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι καὶ δεῖ τι εἶναι παρὰ τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα, ἀναγκαῖον ἂν εἴη τὰ γένη εἶναι παρὰ τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα, ἤτοι τὰ ἔσχατα ἢ τὰ πρῶτα:

alla men-2 ei outos anagkaios eimi kai deomai tis eimi para o kata ekastos anagkaios an aio o genos eimi para o kata ekastos etoi o schetho ee o proteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 562)

τοῦτο δʼ ὅτι ἀδύνατον ἄρτι διηπορήσαμεν.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 563)

ἔτι εἰ ὅτι μάλιστα ἔστι τι παρὰ τὸ σύνολον ὅταν κατηγορηθῇ τι τῆς ὕλης, πότερον, εἰ ἔστι, παρὰ πάντα δεῖ εἶναί τι, ἢ παρὰ μὲν ἔνια εἶναι παρὰ δʼ ἔνια μὴ εἶναι, ἢ παρʼ οὐδέν;

eti ei ostis malista eimi tis para o sunolos otan kategoreo tis o ule poteros ei eimi para pas deomai eimi tis ee para men enioi eimi para de enioi me eimi ee para oudeis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 564)

εἰ μὲν οὖν μηδέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα, οὐθὲν ἂν εἴη νοητὸν ἀλλὰ πάντα αἰσθητὰ καὶ ἐπιστήμη οὐδενός, εἰ μή τις εἶναι λέγει τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιστήμην.

ei men oun medeis eimi para o kata ekastos oudeis an aio noetos alla pas aisthetos kai episteme oudeis ei me tis eimi lego o aisthesis episteme


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 565)

ἔτι δʼ οὐδʼ ἀΐδιον οὐθὲν οὐδʼ ἀκίνητον ʼτὰ γὰρ αἰσθητὰ πάντα φθείρεται καὶ ἐν κινήσει ἐστίνʼ:

eti de oude aidios-2 oudeis oude akinetos o gar aisthetos pas phtheiro kai en kinesis eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 566)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἴ γε ἀΐδιον μηθέν ἐστιν, οὐδὲ γένεσιν εἶναι δυνατόν.

alla men-2 ei ge aidios-2 medeis eimi oude genesis eimi dunatos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 567)

ἀνάγκη γὰρ εἶναί τι τὸ γιγνόμενον καὶ ἐξ οὗ γίγνεται καὶ τούτων τὸ ἔσχατον ἀγένητον, εἴπερ ἵσταταί τε καὶ ἐκ μὴ ὄντος γενέσθαι ἀδύνατον:

anagke gar eimi tis o gignomai kai ek e gignomai kai outos o schetho agenetos eiper istemi te kai ek me eimi gignomai adunatos-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 568)

ἔτι δὲ γενέσεως οὔσης καὶ κινήσεως ἀνάγκη καὶ πέρας εἶναι ʼοὔτε γὰρ ἄπειρός ἐστιν οὐδεμία κίνησις ἀλλὰ πάσης ἔστι τέλος, γίγνεσθαί τε οὐχ οἷόν τε τὸ ἀδύνατον γενέσθαι:

eti de genesis eimi kai kinesis anagke kai peras eimi oute gar apeiros eimi oudeis kinesis alla pas eimi telos gignomai te ou oios-2 te o adunatos-2 gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 569)

τὸ δὲ γεγονὸς ἀνάγκη εἶναι ὅτε πρῶτον γέγονενʼ:

o de gignomai anagke eimi ote proteros gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 570)

ἔτι δʼ εἴπερ ἡ ὕλη ἔστι διὰ τὸ ἀγένητος εἶναι, πολὺ ἔτι μᾶλλον εὔλογον εἶναι τὴν οὐσίαν, ὅ ποτε ἐκείνη γίγνεται:

eti de eiper o ule eimi dia o agenetos eimi polus eti mallon eulogos eimi o ousia os pote ekeinos gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 571)

εἰ γὰρ μήτε τοῦτο ἔσται μήτε ἐκείνη, οὐθὲν ἔσται τὸ παράπαν, εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ἀδύνατον, ἀνάγκη τι εἶναι παρὰ τὸ σύνολον, τὴν μορφὴν καὶ τὸ εἶδος.

ei gar mete outos eimi mete ekeinos oudeis eimi o parapan ei de outos adunatos-2 anagke tis eimi para o sunolos o morphe kai o eidos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 572)

εἰ δʼ αὖ τις τοῦτο θήσει, ἀπορία ἐπὶ τίνων τε θήσει τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τίνων οὔ.

ei de au tis outos tithemi aporia epi tis-2 te tithemi outos kai epi tis-2 ou


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 573)

ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ πάντων οὐχ οἷόν τε, φανερόν:

ostis men gar epi pas ou oios-2 te phaneros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 574)

οὐ γὰρ ἂν θείημεν εἶναί τινα οἰκίαν παρὰ τὰς τινὰς οἰκίας.

ou gar an tithemi eimi tis oikia para o tis oikia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 575)

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πότερον ἡ οὐσία μία πάντων ἔσται, οἷον τῶν ἀνθρώπων;

pros de outos poteros o ousia eis-2 pas eimi oios-2 o anthropos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 576)

ἀλλʼ ἄτοπον:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 577)

ἓν γὰρ πάντα ὧν ἡ οὐσία μία.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 578)

ἀλλὰ πολλὰ καὶ διάφορα;


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 579)

ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο ἄλογον.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 580)

ἅμα δὲ καὶ πῶς γίγνεται ἡ ὕλη τούτων ἕκαστον καὶ ἔστι τὸ σύνολον ἄμφω ταῦτα;

ama de kai pos-2 gignomai o ule outos ekastos kai eimi o sunolos ampho outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 581)

ἔτι δὲ περὶ τῶν ἀρχῶν καὶ τόδε ἀπορήσειεν ἄν τις.

eti de peri o arche kai ode aporeo1 an tis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 582)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ εἴδει εἰσὶν ἕν, οὐθὲν ἔσται ἀριθμῷ ἕν, οὐδʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ ὄν:

ei men gar eidos eimi eis-2 oudeis eimi arithmos eis-2 oude autos o eis-2 kai o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 583)

καὶ τὸ ἐπίστασθαι πῶς ἔσται, εἰ μή τι ἔσται ἓν ἐπὶ πάντων;

kai o ephistemi pos-2 eimi ei me tis eimi eis-2 epi pas


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 584)

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰ ἀριθμῷ ἓν καὶ μία ἑκάστη τῶν ἀρχῶν, καὶ μὴ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἄλλαι ἄλλων ʼοἷον τῆσδε τῆς συλλαβῆς τῷ εἴδει τῆς αὐτῆς οὔσης καὶ αἱ ἀρχαὶ εἴδει αἱ αὐταί:

alla men-2 ei arithmos eis-2 kai eis-2 ekastos o arche kai me osper-2 epi o aisthetes allos allos oios-2 ode o sullabe o eidos o autos eimi kai o arche eidos o autos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 585)

καὶ γὰρ αὗται ὑπάρχουσιν ἀριθμῷ ἕτεραἰ, εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως ἀλλʼ αἱ τῶν ὄντων ἀρχαὶ ἀριθμῷ ἕν εἰσιν, οὐκ ἔσται παρὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα οὐθὲν ἕτερον:

kai gar outos uparcho arithmos eteros ei de me outos-2 alla o o eimi arche arithmos eis-2 eimi ou eimi para o stoicheion oudeis eteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 586)

τὸ γὰρ ἀριθμῷ ἓν ἢ τὸ καθʼ ἕκαστον λέγειν διαφέρει οὐθέν:

o gar arithmos eis-2 ee o kata ekastos lego diaphero oudeis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 587)

οὕτω γὰρ λέγομεν τὸ καθʼ ἕκαστον, τὸ ἀριθμῷ ἕν, καθόλου δὲ τὸ ἐπὶ τούτων.

outos-2 gar lego o kata ekastos o arithmos eis-2 katholou de o epi outos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 588)

ὥσπερ οὖν εἰ τὰ τῆς φωνῆς ἀριθμῷ ἦν στοιχεῖα ὡρισμένα, ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ἂν τοσαῦτα εἶναι τὰ πάντα γράμματα ὅσαπερ τὰ στοιχεῖα, μὴ ὄντων γε δύο τῶν αὐτῶν μηδὲ πλειόνων.

osper-2 oun ei o o phone arithmos eimi stoicheion orizo anagkaios eimi an tosoutos eimi o pas gramma osos o stoicheion me eimi ge duo o autos mede pleion


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 589)

οὐθενὸς δʼ ἐλάττων ἀπορία παραλέλειπται καὶ τοῖς νῦν καὶ τοῖς πρότερον, πότερον αἱ αὐταὶ τῶν φθαρτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀφθάρτων ἀρχαί εἰσιν ἢ ἕτεραι.

oudeis de elasson aporia paraleipo kai o nun kai o proteros poteros o autos o phthartos kai o aphthartos arche eimi ee eteros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 590)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ αἱ αὐταί, πῶς τὰ μὲν φθαρτὰ τὰ δὲ ἄφθαρτα, καὶ διὰ τίνʼ αἰτίαν;

ei men gar o autos pos-2 o men phthartos o de aphthartos kai dia tis-2 aitia


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 591)

οἱ μὲν οὖν περὶ Ἡσίοδον καὶ πάντες ὅσοι θεολόγοι μόνον ἐφρόντισαν τοῦ πιθανοῦ τοῦ πρὸς αὑτούς, ἡμῶν δʼ ὠλιγώρησαν ʼθεοὺς γὰρ ποιοῦντες τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ ἐκ θεῶν γεγονέναι, τὰ μὴ γευσάμενα τοῦ νέκταρος καὶ τῆς ἀμβροσίας θνητὰ γενέσθαι φασίν, δῆλον ὡς ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα γνώριμα λέγοντες αὑτοῖς:

o men oun peri esiodos kai pas osos monos phrontizo o pithanos o pros eautou ego de oligoreo theos gar poieo o arche kai ek thea gignomai o me geuo o nektar kai o ambrosia thnetos gignomai phemi delos-3 os-2 outos o onoma gnorimos lego eautou


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 592)

καίτοι περὶ αὐτῆς τῆς προσφορᾶς τῶν αἰτίων τούτων ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς εἰρήκασιν:

kaitoi-2 peri autos o prosphora o aitios outos uper ego ero


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 593)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ χάριν ἡδονῆς αὐτῶν θιγγάνουσιν, οὐθὲν αἴτια τοῦ εἶναι τὸ νέκταρ καὶ ἡ ἀμβροσία, εἰ δὲ τοῦ εἶναι, πῶς ἂν εἶεν ἀΐδιοι δεόμενοι τροφῆςʼ:

ei men gar charis edona autos thiggano oudeis aitios o eimi o nektar kai o ambrosia ei de o eimi pos-2 an eien-2 aidios-2 deomai tropheus


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 594)

ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τῶν μυθικῶς σοφιζομένων οὐκ ἄξιον μετὰ σπουδῆς σκοπεῖν:

alla peri men o muthikos sophizomai ou axios meta spoude skopao


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 595)

παρὰ δὲ τῶν διʼ ἀποδείξεως λεγόντων δεῖ πυνθάνεσθαι διερωτῶντας τί δή ποτʼ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ὄντα τὰ μὲν ἀΐδια τὴν φύσιν ἐστὶ τὰ δὲ φθείρεται τῶν ὄντων.

para de o dia apodeixis lego deomai punthanomai dierotao tis-2 de-2 potos ek o autos eimi o men aidios-2 o phusis eimi o de phtheiro o eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 596)

ἐπεὶ δὲ οὔτε αἰτίαν λέγουσιν οὔτε εὔλογον οὕτως ἔχειν, δῆλον ὡς οὐχ αἱ αὐταὶ ἀρχαὶ οὐδὲ αἰτίαι αὐτῶν ἂν εἶεν.

epei de oute aitia lego oute eulogos outos-2 echo delos-3 os-2 ou o autos arche oude aitia autos an eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 597)

καὶ γὰρ ὅνπερ οἰηθείη λέγειν ἄν τις μάλιστα ὁμολογουμένως αὑτῷ, Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, καὶ οὗτος ταὐτὸν πέπονθεν:

kai gar os oiomai lego an tis malista omologoumenos eautou empedokles kai outos tautos-2 pascho


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 598)

τίθησι μὲν γὰρ ἀρχήν τινα αἰτίαν τῆς φθορᾶς τὸ νεῖκος, δόξειε δʼ ἂν οὐθὲν ἧττον καὶ τοῦτο γεννᾶν ἔξω τοῦ ἑνός:

tithemi men gar arche tis aitia o phthora o neikos dokeo de an oudeis esson kai outos gennas exo o eis-2


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 599)

ἅπαντα γὰρ ἐκ τούτου τἆλλά ἐστι πλὴν ὁ θεός.

apas gar ek outos allos eimi plen o theos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 600)

λέγει γοῦν ἐξ ὧν πάνθʼ ὅσα τʼ ἦν ὅσα τʼ ἔσθʼ ὅσα τʼ ἔσται ὀπίσσω, δένδρεά τʼ ἐβλάστησε καὶ ἀνέρες ἠδὲ γυναῖκες, θῆρές τʼ οἰωνοί τε καὶ ὑδατοθρέμμονες ἰχθῦς, καί τε θεοὶ δολιχαίωνες.

lego goun ek os pas osos te eimi osos te estho osos te eimi opisso dendron te blastano kai aner ede gune ther te oionos te kai udatothremmon ichthus kai te theos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 601)

καὶ χωρὶς δὲ τούτων δῆλον:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 602)

εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἦν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν, ἓν ἂν ἦν ἅπαντα, ὡς φησίν:

ei gar me eimi en o pragma eis-2 an eimi apas os-2 phemi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 603)

ὅταν γὰρ συνέλθῃ, τότε δʼ ἔσχατον ἵστατο νεῖκος.

otan gar sunerchomai tote de schetho istemi neikos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 604)

διὸ καὶ συμβαίνει αὐτῷ τὸν εὐδαιμονέστατον θεὸν ἧττον φρόνιμον εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων:

dio-2 kai sumbaino autos o eudaimon theos esson phronimos eimi o allos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 605)

οὐ γὰρ γνωρίζει ἅπαντα:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 606)

τὸ γὰρ νεῖκος οὐκ ἔχει, ἡ δὲ γνῶσις τοῦ ὁμοίου τῷ ὁμοίῳ.

o gar neikos ou echo o de gnosis o omoios o omoios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 607)

γαίῃ μὲν γάρ, ʼφησίʼ,' γαῖαν ὀπώπαμεν, ὕδατι δʼ ὕδωρ, αἰθέρι δʼ αἰθέρα δῖον, ἀτὰρ πυρὶ πῦρ ἀΐδηλον, στοργὴν δὲ στοργῇ, νεῖκος δέ τε νείκεϊ λυγρῷ.

gaia men gar phemi gaia orao udor de udor aither de aither dios atar pur pur aidelos storge de storge neikos de te neikos lugros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 608)

ἀλλʼ ὅθεν δὴ ὁ λόγος, τοῦτό γε φανερόν, ὅτι συμβαίνει αὐτῷ τὸ νεῖκος μηθὲν μᾶλλον φθορᾶς ἢ τοῦ εἶναι αἴτιον:

alla othen de-2 o logos outos ge phaneros ostis sumbaino autos o neikos medeis mallon phthora ee o eimi aitios


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 609)

ὁμοίως δʼ οὐδʼ ἡ φιλότης τοῦ εἶναι, συνάγουσα γὰρ εἰς τὸ ἓν φθείρει τὰ ἄλλα.

omoios de oude o philotes o eimi sunago gar eis o eis-2 phtheiro o allos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 610)

καὶ ἅμα δὲ αὐτῆς τῆς μεταβολῆς αἴτιον οὐθὲν λέγει ἀλλʼ ἢ ὅτι οὕτως πέφυκεν:

kai ama de autos o metaboleus aitios oudeis lego alla ee ostis outos-2 phuo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 611)

ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ μέγα νεῖκος ἐνὶ μελέεσσιν ἐθρέφθη, εἰς τιμάς τʼ ἀνόρουσε τελειομένοιο χρόνοιο ὅς σφιν ἀμοιβαῖος πλατέος παρʼ ἐλήλαται ὅρκου:

alla oste de-2 megas neikos en melos eis time te anorouo teleo chronos os spheis amoibaios platus para elauno orkos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 612)

ὡς ἀναγκαῖον μὲν ὂν μεταβάλλειν:


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 613)

αἰτίαν δὲ τῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδεμίαν δηλοῖ.


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 614)

ἀλλʼ ὅμως τοσοῦτόν γε μόνος λέγει ὁμολογουμένως:

alla omos-5 tosoutos ge monos lego omologoumenos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 615)

οὐ γὰρ τὰ μὲν φθαρτὰ τὰ δὲ ἄφθαρτα ποιεῖ τῶν ὄντων ἀλλὰ πάντα φθαρτὰ πλὴν τῶν στοιχείων.

ou gar o men phthartos o de aphthartos poieo o eimi alla pas phthartos plen o stoicheion


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 616)

ἡ δὲ νῦν λεγομένη ἀπορία ἐστὶ διὰ τί τὰ μὲν τὰ δʼ οὔ, εἴπερ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐστίν.

o de nun lego aporia eimi dia tis-2 o men o de ou eiper ek o autos eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 617)

ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἂν εἴησαν αἱ αὐταὶ ἀρχαί, τοσαῦτα εἰρήσθω:

ostis men oun ou an eimi o autos arche tosoutos ero


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 618)

εἰ δὲ ἕτεραι ἀρχαί, μία μὲν ἀπορία πότερον ἄφθαρτοι καὶ αὗται ἔσονται ἢ φθαρταί:

ei de eteros arche eis-2 men aporia poteros aphthartos kai outos eimi ee phthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 619)

εἰ μὲν γὰρ φθαρταί, δῆλον ὡς ἀναγκαῖον καὶ ταύτας ἔκ τινων εἶναι ʼπάντα γὰρ φθείρεται εἰς ταῦτʼ ἐξ ὧν ἔστινʼ, ὥστε συμβαίνει τῶν ἀρχῶν ἑτέρας ἀρχὰς εἶναι προτέρας, τοῦτο δʼ ἀδύνατον, καὶ εἰ ἵσταται καὶ εἰ βαδίζει εἰς ἄπειρον:

ei men gar phthartos delos-3 os-2 anagkaios kai outos ek tis eimi pas gar phtheiro eis outos ek os eimi oste-2 sumbaino o arche eteros arche eimi proteros outos de adunatos-2 kai ei istemi kai ei badizo eis apeiros


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 620)

ἔτι δὲ πῶς ἔσται τὰ φθαρτά, εἰ αἱ ἀρχαὶ ἀναιρεθήσονται;

eti de pos-2 eimi o phthartos ei o arche anaireo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 621)

εἰ δὲ ἄφθαρτοι, διὰ τί ἐκ μὲν τούτων ἀφθάρτων οὐσῶν φθαρτὰ ἔσται, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἑτέρων ἄφθαρτα;

ei de aphthartos dia tis-2 ek men outos aphthartos eimi phthartos eimi ek de o eteros aphthartos


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 622)

τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκ εὔλογον, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἀδύνατον ἢ πολλοῦ λόγου δεῖται.

outos gar ou eulogos alla ee adunatos-2 ee polus logos deomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 623)

ἔτι δὲ οὐδʼ ἐγκεχείρηκεν οὐδεὶς ἑτέρας, ἀλλὰ τὰς αὐτὰς ἁπάντων λέγουσιν ἀρχάς.

eti de oude egcheireo oudeis eteros alla o autos apas lego arche


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 624)

ἀλλὰ τὸ πρῶτον ἀπορηθὲν ἀποτρώγουσιν ὥσπερ τοῦτο μικρόν τι λαμβάνοντες.

alla o proteros aporeo1 apotrogo osper-2 outos mikros tis lambano


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 625)

πάντων δὲ καὶ θεωρῆσαι χαλεπώτατον καὶ πρὸς τὸ γνῶναι τἀληθὲς ἀναγκαιότατον πότερόν ποτε τὸ ὂν καὶ τὸ ἓν οὐσίαι τῶν ὄντων εἰσί, καὶ ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν οὐχ ἕτερόν τι ὂν τὸ μὲν ἓν τὸ δὲ ὄν ἐστιν, ἢ δεῖ ζητεῖν τί ποτʼ ἐστὶ τὸ ὂν καὶ τὸ ἓν ὡς ὑποκειμένης ἄλλης φύσεως.

pas de kai theoreo-2 chalepos kai pros o gignosko alethes anagkaios poteros pote o eimi kai o eis-2 ousia o eimi eimi kai ekateros-2 autos ou eteros tis eimi o men eis-2 o de eimi eimi ee deomai zeteo tis-2 pote eimi o eimi kai o eis-2 os-2 upokeimai allos phusis


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 626)

οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνως οἱ δʼ οὕτως οἴονται τὴν φύσιν ἔχειν.

o men gar ekeinos e de outos-2 oiomai o phusis echo


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 627)

Πλάτων μὲν γὰρ καὶ οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι οὐχ ἕτερόν τι τὸ ὂν οὐδὲ τὸ ἓν ἀλλὰ τοῦτο αὐτῶν τὴν φύσιν εἶναι, ὡς οὔσης τῆς οὐσίας αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἑνὶ εἶναι καὶ ὄντι:

platon men gar kai o puthagoreios ou eteros tis o eimi oude o eis-2 alla outos autos o phusis eimi os-2 eimi o ousia autos o eis-2 eimi kai eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 628)

οἱ δὲ περὶ φύσεως, οἷον Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ὡς εἰς γνωριμώτερον ἀνάγων λέγει ὅ τι τὸ ἕν ἐστιν:

e de peri phusis oios-2 empedokles os-2 eis gnorimos anago lego os tis o eis-2 eimi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 629)

δόξειε γὰρ ἂν λέγειν τοῦτο τὴν φιλίαν εἶναι ʼαἰτία γοῦν ἐστὶν αὕτη τοῦ ἓν εἶναι πᾶσινʼ, ἕτεροι δὲ πῦρ, οἱ δʼ ἀέρα φασὶν εἶναι τὸ ἓν τοῦτο καὶ τὸ ὄν, ἐξ οὗ τὰ ὄντα εἶναί τε καὶ γεγονέναι.

dokeo gar an lego outos o philia eimi aitios goun eimi outos o eis-2 eimi pas eteros de pur e de aer phemi eimi o eis-2 outos kai o eimi ek e o eimi eimi te kai gignomai


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 630)

ὣς δʼ αὔτως καὶ οἱ πλείω τὰ στοιχεῖα τιθέμενοι:

os de autos-2 kai o pleos o stoicheion tithemi


Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 631)

ἀνάγκη γὰρ καὶ τούτοις τοσαῦτα λέγειν τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ ὂν ὅσας περ ἀρχὰς εἶναί φασιν.

anagke gar kai outos tosoutos lego o eis-2 kai o eimi osos per arche eimi phemi