# Fragmenta 206

Speusippus, Fragmenta, Fragment 206. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/speusippus-phil/fragmenta/206

206. Οὐδὲν δὲ δεῖ τὸν ὁριζόμενον καὶ διαιρούμενον. Τοῦτο λέγει ἀναιρῶν τοὺς λόγους δι’ ὧν ἐπεχείρει ὁ Σπεύσιππος ἀναιρῆσαι καὶ τὴν διαίρεσιν καὶ τοὺς ὁρισμούς. Ἐπεχείρει γὰρ οὕτω δεικνύειν καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν ἀποδοῦναι ὁρισμόν τινος, λέγων ὡς ὁ θέλων δι’ ὁρισμοῦ παραστῆσαι τὴν φύσιν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἢ τοῦ ἵππου ἢ ἄλλου τινὸς ὀφείλει γινώσκειν πάντα τὰ ὄντα καὶ τὰς διαφορὰς αὐτῶν καθ’ ἃς διαφέρουσιν ἀλλήλων· οὕτω γὰρ παρίσταται ἡ φύσις τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἢ τοῦ ἵππου ἢ ἄλλου τινός, ἐν τῷ χωρίζεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων πάντων.

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Speusippus, Fragmenta, ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. 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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