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Metaphysics

Aristotle, 384–322 BCE — in Greek.

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  • πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοῦ εἰδέναι ὀρέγονται φύσει.

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1)

  • γίγνεται δʼ ἐκ τῆς μνήμης ἐμπειρία τοῖς ἀνθρώποις:

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 10)

  • τῶν μὲν οὖν ἓν φασκόντων εἶναι τὸ πᾶν οὐθενὶ συνέβη τὴν τοιαύτην συνιδεῖν αἰτίαν πλὴν εἰ ἄρα Παρμενίδῃ, καὶ τούτῳ κατὰ τοσοῦτον ὅσον οὐ μόνον ἓν ἀλλὰ καὶ δύο πως τίθησιν αἰτίας εἶναι:

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 100)

  • τοῖς δὲ δὴ πλείω ποιοῦσι μᾶλλον ἐνδέχεται λέγειν, οἷον τοῖς θερμὸν καὶ ψυχρὸν ἢ πῦρ καὶ γῆν:

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 101)

  • χρῶνται γὰρ ὡς κινητικὴν ἔχοντι τῷ πυρὶ τὴν φύσιν, ὕδατι δὲ καὶ γῇ καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις τοὐναντίον.

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 102)

  • μετὰ δὲ τούτους καὶ τὰς τοιαύτας ἀρχάς, ὡς οὐχ ἱκανῶν οὐσῶν γεννῆσαι τὴν τῶν ὄντων φύσιν, πάλιν ὑπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας, ὥσπερ εἴπομεν, ἀναγκαζόμενοι τὴν ἐχομένην ἐζήτησαν ἀρχήν.

    Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 103)

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