# De partibus animalium 1.5-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.5-2

ὡς μὲν οὖν ἕνεκά τινος διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν 5 ἔχει περὶ τούτων τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον· ἐπεὶ δὲ ζητεῖται καὶ πῶς ἀναγκαῖον ἔχειν οὕτω, φανερὸν ὅτι προϋπῆρχεν οὕτω πρὸς ἄλληλα ἔχοντα ἐξ ἀνάγκης. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἀνομοιομερῆ ἐκ τῶν ὁμοιομερῶν ἐνδέχεται συνεστάναι, καὶ ἐκ πλειόνων καὶ ἑνὸς, οἷον ἔνια τῶν σπλάγχνων· πολύμορφα γὰρ τοῖς σχήμασιν, ἐξ ὁμοιομεροῦς ὄντα σώματος ὡς εἰπεῖν ἀπλῶς.

---

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/.