# Analytica priora 1.20-2

Aristotle, Analytica priora, Book posteriora, Part 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/analytica-priora/1.20-2

Ὅτι μὲν οὖν τὰ μεταξὺ οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἄπειρα εἶναι, εἰ ἐπὶ τὸ κάτω καὶ τὸ ἄνω ἵστανται αἱ κατηγορίαι, δῆλον. Λέγω δ᾿ ἄνω μὲν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ καθόλου μᾶλλον, κάτω δὲ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ κατὰ μέρος. Εἰ γὰρ τοῦ Α κατηγορουμένου κατὰ τοῦ Ζ ἄπειρα τὰ μεταξύ, ἐφ᾿ ὧν Β, δῆλον ὅτι ἐνδέχοιτ᾿ ἂν ὥστε καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Α ἐπὶ τὸ κάτω ἕτερον ἑτέρου κατηγορεῖσθαι εἰς ἄπειρον (πρὶν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ Ζ ἐλθεῖν, ἄπειρα τὰ μεταξύ) καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ζ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω ἄπειρα, πρὶν ἐπὶ τὸ Α ἐλθεῖν. Ὤστ᾿ εἰ ταῦτα ἀδύνατα, καὶ τοῦ Α καὶ Ζ ἀδύνατον ἄπειρα εἶναι μεταξύ. Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἴ τις λέγοι ὅτι τὰ μέν ἐστι τῶν Α Β ἐχόμενα ἀλλήλων ὥστε μὴ εἶναι μεταξύ, τὰ δ᾿ οὐκ ἔστι λαβεῖν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει. Ὃ γὰρ ἂν λάβω τῶν Β, ἔσται πρὸς τὸ Α ἢ πρὸς τὸ Ζ ἢ ἄπειρα τὰ μεταξὺ ἢ οὔ. Ἀφ᾿ οὗ δὴ πρῶτον ἄπειρα, εἴτ᾿ εὐθὺς εἴτε μὴ εὐθύς, οὐδὲν διαφέρει· τὰ γὰρ μετὰ ταῦτα ἄπειρά ἐστιν.

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Aristotle, Analytica priora, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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