# De partibus animalium 1.6-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/1.6-2

τὰ δʼ ὁμοιομερῆ ἐκ τούτων ἀδύνατον· τὸ γὰρ ὁμοιομερὲς 6 πόλλʼ ἂν εἴη ἀνομοιομερῆ. διὰ μὲν οὖν ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας τὰ μὲν ἁπλᾶ καὶ ὁμοιομερῆ, τὰ δὲ σύνθετα καὶ ἀνομοιομερῆ τῶν μορίων ἐν τοῖς ζῴοις ἐστίν. ὄντων δὲ τῶν μὲν ὀργανικῶν μερῶν τῶν δʼ αἰσθητηρίων ἐν τοῖς ζῴοις, τῶν μὲν ὀργανικῶν ἕκαστον ἀνομοιομερές ἐστιν, ὥσπερ εἶπον πρότερον, ἡ δʼ αἴσθησις συνεγγίνεται πᾶσιν ἐν τοῖς ὁμοιομερέσι, διὰ τὸ τῶν αἰσθήσεων ὁποιανοῦν ἑνός τινος εἶναι γένους, καὶ τὸ αἰσθητήριον ἑκάστου δεκτικὸν εἶναι τῶν αἰσθητῶν. πάσχει δὲ τὸ δυνάμει ὂν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐνεργείᾳ ὄντος, ὥστʼ ἔστι τὸ αὐτὸ τῷ γένει καὶ ἐκεῖνο ἓν καὶ τοῦτο ἕν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο χεῖρα μὲν ἢ πρόσωπον ἢ τῶν τοιούτων τι μορίων οὐδεὶς ἐγχειρεῖ λέγειν τῶν φυσιολόγων τὸ μὲν εἶναι γῆν, τὸ δʼ ὕδωρ, τὸ δὲ πῦρ· τῶν δʼ αἰσθητηρίων ἕκαστον πρὸς ἕκαστον ἐπιζευγνύουσι τῶν στοιχείων, τὸ μὲν ἀέρα φάσκοντες εἶναι, τὸ δὲ πῦρ.

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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/.