# De anima libri mantissa 15-5

Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, Τῶν παρὰ Ἀριστοτέλους περὶ τοῦ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/de-anima-libri-mantissa/15-5

εἴπερ οὖν ἀρχὴν ἀρχῆς ζητεῖν τε καὶ λέγειν ἄτοπον (οὐ γὰρ ἔτι ἁπλῶς ἀρχὴ τοῦτο, οὗ ἐστιν ἀρχή τις ἄλλη), οὐδ’ ἂν τῆς προαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς βουλήσεώς τε καὶ τοιᾶσδε κρίσεως τοῦ τε ἀνθρώπου αἴτιον ἄλλο τι ποιητικὸν προκαταβεβλημένον εἴη (οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἔτι ἀρχὴ μένοι), ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν πραττομένων ὑφ’ αὑτοῦ αὐτὸς αἴτιος καὶ ἡ κρίσις τε καὶ προαί ρεσις καὶ ἡ ποιητικὴ τούτων αἰτία, αὐτῶν δὲ ἐκείνων οὐκέτι ἄλλο τι.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, ed. Ivo Bruns. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg011.local001/.