# De partibus animalium 1.4-2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.4-2

4 τὰ μὲν οὖν ὁμοιομερῆ κατὰ μέρος διείληφε τὰς δυνάμεις τὰς τοιαύτας (τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐστὶ μαλακὸν τὸ δὲ σκληρὸν, καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν τὸ δὲ ξηρόν, καὶ γλίσχρον τὸ δὲ κραῦρον), τὰ δʼ ἀνομοιομερῆ κατὰ πολλὰς καὶ συγκειμένας ἀλλήλαις· ἑτέρα γὰρ πρὸς τὸ πιέσαι τῇ χειρὶ χρήσιμος δύναμις καὶ πρὸς τὸ λαβεῖν. διόπερ ἐξ ὀστῶν καὶ νεύρων καὶ σαρκὸς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων συνεστήκασι τὰ ὀργανικὰ τῶν μορίων, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐκεῖνα ἐκ τούτων.

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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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