# In Aristotelis analyticorum priorum librum I commentarium 21

Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis analyticorum priorum librum I commentarium, Page 26a21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/in-aristotelis-analyticorum-priorum-librum-i-commentarium/21

Λέγω δὲ μεῖζον μὲν ἄκρον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ μέσον ἐστίν, ἔλαττον δὲ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ μέσον. Δεῖ πάντων τῶν λεγομένων ἀκούειν ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ πρώτου σχήματος λεγομένων· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ νῦν λεγόμενον οὕτως ἔχει· ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ σχήματι μεῖζον μέν, ἐν ᾧ τὸ μέσον ἐστίν, ἔλαττον δὲ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ μέσον· ἦν γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σχήματι ὁ μέσος τῷ μὲν ὑποκείμενος τοῦ δὲ κατηγορούμενος. ἐπεὶ ἔν γε τῷ δευτέρῳ σχήματι καὶ ὁ μείζων καὶ ὁ ἐλάττων ἐν τῷ μέσῳ εἰσίν· ὑπ’ οὐδένα γὰρ ὁ μέσος. ἀνάπαλιν δὲ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ὁ μέσος οὐχ ὑπὸ τὸν μείζονα μόνον ἐστὶν ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ τὸν ἐλάττονα· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ. σαφῶς δέ, ὅτι ὁ κατηγορούμενος ἐν τῷ συμπεράσματι οὗτος καὶ ἐν ταῖς προτάσεσι μείζων ἐστὶ καὶ παρὰ τοῦτον ἡ μείζων πρότασις, εοειςεν.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, In Aristotelis analyticorum priorum librum I commentarium, ed. Maximilian Wallies. 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.
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