# Analytica priora 2.18-2

Aristotle, Analytica priora, Book posteriora, Part 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/analytica-priora/2.18-2

Πότερον δ᾿ αἴτιον τῶν μέσων τὸ πρὸς τὸ καθόλου πρῶτον ἢ τὸ πρὸς τὸ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον τοῖς καθ᾿ ἕκαστον; δῆλον δὴ ὅτι τὰ ἐγγύτατα ἑκάστῳ ᾧ αἴτιον. Τοῦ γὰρ τὸ πρῶτον ὑπὸ τὸ καθόλου ὑπάρχειν, τοῦτο αἴτιον, οἷον τῷ Δ τὸ Γ τοῦ τὸ Β ὑπάρχειν αἴτιον. Τῷ μὲν οὖν Δ τὸ Γ αἴτιον τοῦ Α, τῷ δὲ Γ τὸ Β, τούτῳ δὲ αὐτό.

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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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