# De partibus animalium 1.13

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ΠΕΡΙ ΖΩΙΩΝ ΜΟΡΙΩΝ Α., Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.13

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν 13 ἀνομοιομερῶν, οἷον προσώπου, χειρὸς, ποδὸς, ᾗ τε τοιοῦτον ἕκαστόν ἐστιν αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ ποίαν δύναμιν. οὐ γὰρ ἱκανὸν τὸ ἐκ τίνων ἐστίν, οἷον πυρὸς ἢ γῆς, ὥσπερ κἀν εἰ περὶ κλίνης ἐλέγομεν ἢ τινος ἄλλου τῶν τοιούτων, ἐπειρώμεθα μᾶλλον ἂν διορίζειν τὸ εἶδος αὐτῆς ἢ τὴν ὕλην, οἷον τὸν χαλκὸν τὸ εύλον· λον· εἰ δὲ μὴ, τὴν γε τοῦ συνόλου· κλίνη γὰρ τόδε ἐν τῷδε τόδε τοιόνδε, ὥστε κἀν περὶ τού σχήματος εἴη λεκτέον, καὶ ποῖον τὴν ἰδέαν· ἡ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν μορφὴν φύσις κυριωτέρα τῆς ὑλικῆς φύσεως.

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Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ed. Bernhard Langkavel. 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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