# De sophisticis elenchis 28

Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-sophisticis-elenchis/28

Καὶ τοὺς διὰ τοῦ παρεπομένου συμβιβάζοντας ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τοῦ λόγου δεικτέον. Ἔστι δὲ διττὴ ἡ τῶν ἑπομένων ἀκολούθησις. Ἢ γὰρ ὡς τῷ ἐν μέρει τὸ καθόλου, οἷον ἀνθρώπῳ ζῷον· ἀξιοῦται γάρ, εἰ τόδε μετὰ τοῦδε, καὶ τόδ᾿ εἶναι μετὰ τοῦδε. Ἢ κατὰ τὰς ἀντιθέσεις· εἰ γὰρ τόδε τῷδε ἀκολουθεῖ, τῷ ἀντικειμένῳ τὸ ἀντικείμενον. Παρ᾿ ὃ καὶ ὁ τοῦ Μελίσσου λόγος· εἰ γὰρ τὸ γεγονὸς ἔχει ἀρχήν, τὸ ἀγένητον ἀξιοῖ μὴ ἔχειν, ὥστ᾿ εἰ ἀγένητος ὁ οὐρανός, καὶ ἄπειρος. Τὸ δ᾿ οὐκ ἔστιν· ἀνάπαλιν γὰρ ἡ ἀκολούθησις.

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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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