Passage

Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1134)

grc aristotle metaphysics

φύσις δὲ ἥ τε πρώτη ὕλη ʼκαὶ αὕτη διχῶς, ἢ ἡ πρὸς αὐτὸ πρώτη ἢ ἡ ὅλως πρώτη, οἷον τῶν χαλκῶν ἔργων πρὸς αὐτὰ μὲν πρῶτος ὁ χαλκός, ὅλως δʼ ἴσως ὕδωρ, εἰ πάντα τὰ τηκτὰ ὕδωῤ καὶ τὸ εἶδος καὶ ἡ οὐσία:

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