# De partibus animalium 1.24

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.24

δῆλον τοίνυν 24 ὅτι καὶ ἡ σὰρξ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐστί, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων μορίῶν ἕκαστον. σἴτιον δὲ τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν τοὺς προγενεστέρους ἐπὶ τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον, ὅτι τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι καὶ τὸ ὁρίσασθαι τὴν οὐσίαν οὐκ ἦν, ἀλλʼ ἥψατο μὲν Δημόκριτος πρῶτος, ὡς οὐκ ἀναγκαίου δὲ τῇ φυσικῇ θεωρίᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἐκφερόμενος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματος· ἐπὶ Σωκράτους δὲ τοῦτο μὲν ηὐξήθη, τὸ δὲ ζητεῖν τὰ περὶ φύσεως ἔληξε, πρὸς δὲ τὴν χρήσιμον ἀρετὴν καὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀπέκλιναν οἱ φιλοσοφοῦντες.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg030.local001/.