# Analytica priora 2.9-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/analytica-priora/2.9-2

Ἔστι δὲ τῶν μὲν ἕτερόν τι αἴτιον, τῶν δ᾿ οὐκ ἔστιν. Ὥστε δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τῶν τί ἐστι τὰ μὲν ἄμεσα καὶ ἀρχαί εἰσιν, ἃ καὶ εἶναι καὶ τί ἐστιν ὑποθέσθαι δεῖ ἢ ἄλλον τρόπον φανερὰ ποιῆσαι. Ὅπερ ὁ ἀριθμητικὸς ποιεῖ· καὶ γὰρ τί ἐστι τὴν μονάδα ὑποτίθεται, καὶ ὅτι ἔστιν. Τῶν δ᾿ ἐχόντων μέσον, καὶ ὧν ἐστί τι ἕτερον αἴτιον τῆς οὐσίας, ἔστι δι᾿ ἀποδείξεως, ὥσπερ εἴπομεν, δηλῶσαι, μὴ τὸ τί ἐστιν ἀποδεικνύντας.

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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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