# De sophisticis elenchis 21

Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-sophisticis-elenchis/21

Παρὰ δὲ τὴν προσῳδίαν λόγοι μὲν οὐκ εἰσίν, οὔτε τῶν γεγραμμένων οὔτε τῶν λεγομένων, πλὴν εἴ τινες ὀλίγοι γένοιντ᾿ ἄν, οἷον οὗτος ὁ λόγος. Ἆρά γ᾿ ἐστὶ τὸ οὗ καταλύεις οἰκία; Ναί. Οὐκοῦν τὸ οὐ καταλύεις τοῦ καταλύεις ἀπόφασις; Ναί. Ἔφησας δ᾿ εἶναι τὸ οὗ καταλύεις οἰκίαν· ἡ οἰκία ἄρα ἀπόφασις. Ὡς δὴ λυτέον, δῆλον· οὐ γὰρ ταὐτὸ σημαίνει ὀξύτερον τὸ δὲ βαρύτερον ῥηθέν.

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Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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