# Analytica priora 1.34-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/analytica-priora/1.34-2

Ἡ δ᾿ ἀγχίνοιά ἐστιν εὐστοχία τις ἐν ἀσκέπτῳ χρόνῳ τοῦ μέσου, οἷον εἴ τις ἰδὼν ὅτι ἡ σελήνη τὸ λαμπρὸν ἀεὶ ἔχει πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, ταχὺ ἐνενόησε διὰ τί τοῦτο, ὅτι διὰ τὸ λάμπειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου· ἢ διαλεγόμενον πλουσίῳ ἔγνω διότι δανείζεται· ἢ διότι φίλοι, ὅτι ἐχθροὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Πάντα γὰρ τὰ αἴτια τὰ μέσα ὁ ἰδὼν τὰ ἄκρα ἐγνώρισεν. Τὸ λαμπρὸν εἶναι τὸ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἐφ᾿ οὗ Α, τὸ λάμπειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου Β, σελήνη τὸ Γ. Ὑπάρχει δὴ τῇ μὲν σελήνῃ τῷ Γ τὸ Β, τὸ λάμπειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου· τῷ δὲ Β τὸ Α, τὸ πρὸς τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι τὸ λαμπρόν, ἀφ᾿ οὗ λάμπει· ὥστε καὶ τῷ Γ τὸ Α διὰ τοῦ Β.

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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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