# Divisiones Aristoteleae τὸ τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων — αἱ αἰτίαι.

Aristotle, Divisiones Aristoteleae, Book A. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/divisiones-aristoteleae/%CF%84%E1%BD%B8%20%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CF%84%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD%20%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD%20%E2%80%94%20%CE%B1%E1%BC%B1%20%CE%B1%E1%BC%B0%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1%CE%B9.

διαιρεῖται τὸ τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων εἰς τέτταρα εἴδη· ἓν μὲν κατὰ νόμον τέλος τὰ πράγματα λαμβάνει, ὅταν ψήφισμα γένηται καὶ τοῦθ’ ὁ νόμος τελέσῃ· κατὰ φύσιν δὲ τέλος τὰ πράγματα λβάνει, βάνει, 〈οἷον〉 ἥ τε ἡμέρα καὶ ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς καὶ αἱ ὧραι. κατὰ τέχνην δὲ τέλος τὰ πράγματα λαμβάνει, οἷον ἡ οἰκοδομική. οἰκίαν γὰρ [τις] ἐπιτελεῖ· καὶ ἡ ναυπηγική· πλοῖα γάρ. | κατὰ τύχην δὲ γίνεται τοῖς πράγμασι τέλος, ὅταν ἄλλως καὶ μὴ ὡς ὑπολαμβάνει τις ἀποβαίνῃ. τοῦ τέλους ἄρα τῶν πραγμάτων τὸ μὲν κατὰ νόμον, τὸ δὲ κατὰ φύσιν, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τέχνην, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τύχην ἐστίν.

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Aristotle, Divisiones Aristoteleae, ed. Hermann Mutschmann. 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.tlg048.local001/.