Book 4

Καὶ τὴν ὕλην δέ γε Θαλῆς μὲν καὶ Πυθαγόρας καὶ Ἀναξαγόρας καὶ Ἡράκλειτος καὶ ὁ τῶν Στωϊκῶν ὁρμαθὸς τρεπτὴν καὶ ἀλλοιωτὴν καὶ ῥευστὴν ἔφασαν εἶναι· Δημόκριτος δὲ καὶ Μητρόδωρος καὶ Ἐπίκουρος ἀπαθῆ τὰ ἄτομα καὶ τὸ κενὸν προσηγόρευσαν. Ὁ δέ γε Πλάτων σωματοειδῆ τὴν ὕλην ἔφησεν εἶναι καὶ ἄμορφον καὶ ἀνείδεον καὶ ἀσχημάτιστον καὶ ἄποιον παντελῶς. Ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα, φησίν, ὕστερον παρὰ τοῦ πεποιηκότος ἐδέξατο. Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ αὐτὴν σωματικὴν