# Topica 1.13

Aristotle, Topica, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/topica/1.13

Τὰ μὲν οὖν γένη περὶ ὧν τε οἱ λόγοι καὶ ἐξ ὧν, καθάπερ ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, διωρίσθω· τὰ δ᾿ ὄργανα, δι᾿ ὧν εὐπορήσομεν τῶν συλλογισμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπαγωγῶν, ἐστὶ τέτταρα, ἓν μὲν τὸ προτάσεις λαβεῖν, δεύτερον δὲ ποσαχῶς ἕκαστον λέγεται δύνασθαι διελεῖν, τρίτον τὰς διαφορὰς εὑρεῖν, τέταρτον δὲ ἡ τοῦ ὁμοίου σκέψις. Ἔστι δὲ τρόπον τινὰ καὶ τὰ τρία τούτων προτάσεις· ἔστι γὰρ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ποιῆσαι πρότασιν, οἷον ὅτι αἱρετόν ἐστι τὸ καλὸν ἢ τὸ ἡδὺ ἢ τὸ συμφέρον, καὶ ὅτι διαφέρει αἴσθησις ἐπιστήμης τῷ τὴν μὲν ἀποβαλόντι δυνατὸν εἶναι πάλιν λαβεῖν, τὴν δ᾿ ἀδύνατον, καὶ ὅτι ὁμοίως ἔχει τὸ ὑγιεινὸν πρὸς ὑγίειαν καὶ τὸ εὐεκτικὸν πρὸς εὐεξίαν. Ἔστι δ᾿ ἡ μὲν πρώτη πρότασις ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλαχῶς λεγομένου, ἡ δὲ δευτέρα ἀπὸ τῶν διαφορῶν, ἡ δὲ τρίτη ἀπὸ τῶν ὁμοίων.

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Aristotle, Topica, 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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