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All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses.Metaphysics, Book I.1 (980a), trans. W. D. Ross

dronwrepa ovpBaive 39°17

ba i 42"35 opp. picts 6911, 88% 31

abrapices 91°16, 18, 19

abr é pare syn. TUN, Opp. Poats, réxvn

984° Be eos tar 4g: 23, 34°10,

Ay 65°3, 70°7 — Tay PavpaTtwr
Tab. 983 "14
avtés. mpooriBevres Tois aisOnrois 70

phua To av7é Plat. 40°34, cf. 991%5
avTodimAdctov 99032 abrody6 poy-
mos 991%29, 19, 997°8, 40°33, 79”
33, 81°8, 11, 84*14, 18, BI avto-
ayadoy 996828 abrd ev, ov 1*22,
27, 30 abro-ypapp} 36°14 avo
70 (wov 39 P 9-16 avrolnmos 40”
33; (84% 14. avTo émornun 5° 536
avrdé Te 79° 9 85°31 abd Exaoros
84°15 auto 6 éorw 86” 27 airs
aya, Bara 87*9 + —rTavrd 995” ar,
21°11 mooaxas A. 9, 54° 13 T.
T@ cide, TH apiOud 18”7, 49) Pag; 42%
58°18 T. KATO oupBeBnicds ay? 7

dpaupety opp. mpoariWévae 1°8, 30°33 TH diavola 36°3, cf. 23, 27” 33 vy. 1.

datpeots 661 — é€ da, 61%29, 77

apy 14°22, 70° 10, 82°20, 85°3

dpOaprou ovctiae 40° 31 éTepoy TH yéver 70 pbaprov kal TO d. 1. 10

depeevan g81? 24 év wowed 98714 ét THs pe0650u gi*20

aduoTavat. dnéary 56>28

dpoporody 92°13 Lod 985° 33

anand 4819, 60 kar €ldos

981*10 a Aids
485. 77°26 opp. duvdpe 2°23
"Agpodirn 73” 31
dx pov 989° 9

dxupoy 989” to
axaproros ga? 17
dyuxos 981" 4, 46°36, 47°4

Badicey eis Gireipor o> 28, 6*9, 12°12,
paamwazeow3s? 4 41? 22 = expe
mwas B. dpxjs 27°12 én apxiv
Kat tédos 50°17 Badi(ey eoriy =
Radice 17%29 7 Badifew, To
Badicov a8 20) 24

Badiors p04" 9

Babos 20°12, 14

Badd nat ranevdy 992*13, 15, 20°21, 85° II, 89° 13

Balyeacba: evvéa ovdAdAaBals 93°30

Bdvavaot réxvat 996% 34.

Bapv 20% 22

Bapirns 20 10

Baows geom. 51%28 metr. 87°36

BéBatos a yupipos, etc, 8*16, 17, gma, 10

Bia opp.

mute OSSie PEMEE TO

Bimov kai % B., coni. dvayxaioy 15% 26, 30

Bidkeobar mpos imdbeow 82>3

Biatoy 15*26, 28, 36 syn. mapa piow

Bréray paddov 986? 28

Boay ws éAkdpeva gi* 10

BéOpos 25%16

BopBvé 933 :

BovrAccOa opp: A€yev capes, SiapOpovy
89P19, 2°28 BovAccbar Aéyew
86° 19, 89% 20, 91232

Bovdntés 72% 28

Bpovray 41% 25

B@dAos 67* 11

yadnvn 43°24

yapos Pyth. 78> 23

dist. xivnows 67°31, 68%2 ovK
€or yeveoews yévecis 68°15
yerntds 27°29, 44°3, 69°25, 26
yevvay tov ovpaydy 989°34 Tov

dpiOydv 608

yevvytés. An y. 42°6

yévos eldav 991°31 €ldn ds yevous 57”
7, 58%22, 79°34, cf. 99824, 30%12,
3845, 85224 dist. xa8ddov 99212,
15°28, 28535 +. TeAevraia, mpara,
éoxata, dvwrdtw, éyyvTata 995°29,
998°15, 18, 999°1, 23°27, 34°1, 37”
30, 59°27 TOTEPOV TA Y. TTOLX ELA
998*21, 14°11, cf. 42°14, 59? 21-27,

69*27 dpxal Ta y. TeV dépiopav 998°5 ody ofdv Te ovTE Td ev OVTE TO

év elvat y. ib, 22, 45°56 y. Coni.
épispds, eldos 998°13—999%23, 16°
32, 23°18, 24, 25, Z. 12, 39°26, 57°7,
59°36—60%5 ~—coni. d:aopd g98”
31, 14°11, 16924, 37°19, 21, 39%
20, 42422, 59°33 tmocaxas A. 28
y. ws bAn 24°8, 38%5, 58223 a)
¥. ob# ovoia 42% 21, 53°21, cf. Z. 13
76 Siapepoy diapéper 7 yéver 7) elder
54°28; cla 24° 0, 58870 amdekinaP
30, 57°38 peraBadrdew eis dAdo
yévos ove Cot 57*27 = eldos 58>
28, 59*10, 71% 25, cf. 58°26, 31, 71%
27 7a mpara y. 5927
yépas Simon. 98231

en

yewdacia 997°26, 32

yewmerpns 998*I, 4, 5711, 31, 78°25, 89%22

yewperpia 99634, 997°27, 19°33, 46*8

“yewperpixds 983%20, 992%21, 61°3

‘vi 989%9

ynivos 49%20, 22

ynpavais 65°20

yiyver@a. dixGs yiryverar Tdd€ Ex TODSE
994% 22 TO yeyvopevov peragd Tod
évtos Kal py bovTos ib. 28 Ta Y-
éxer UAnv 32720 yiyvera x THs
aTepnoews Kal Tod Umoxepevov 33%8,
cf. 55°12, 6226, 69°18, 20, 88°17
y. Ti, « Tivos, bd Tivos 9996, 10*
20, 32°13, 31, 33°24, >12, 44°24,
49°28 =». puoet, TexvD, Amd TadTO-
parov Z.7,9 advvaroy +. ei pndiv
mpovndpxot 32°31, cf. 3312, 49°35
y.70 abvordov Z. 8, 42%30, cf. 34°8,
43°18, 44°23, 69°35 —-y. & Spar
vipov, avvevipov 34°22, 49°28,
4ots ye atd@s, pt) GmA@s 42°47
dud 70 TOD yeyvopévov yeyevqadal te
49°35

yeyveonev 994%22, 28437, 2, 31>7 mept Tivos 997*2

“yvwpifev = sensu percipere 980% 26, 36%
6 syn. émigracba, etc. 981°6, 983% 26,
994°30, 99616, 997°1, 4, 9985,
4°20, 23, >7, 5*28, 36°8 mept
Tt 5%28 mept Tivos 37*16

yrmptpbos 62*14 y. pice, adT@ 29° 3-12 yopipwrépas 53°14

yopiotinds 4°26

wots 981" 11, 1830, 28423, 3828/2),
48° 15, 49°17 = ToD potov 7h dpolw
0°6

ywords 29°10

youpos 42°18

youn dist. oméppara 71°31

ypappata o%3

ypappartucds 6424, 26 ypapyparucn
B20 exemplum 70d ovpBeBn-
Kéros 26° 17-19, 64% 23-26

yeanpn 2°5, 766-35, 78°15 — dropor
ys 00292 4uch 1SAen aigOnrat
998" — ode Ex oriyp@v 1°18 def.
16° 26 ypappns 6 dNOyos 36°13,
43°33

ypaperba 779

yupvov 68%7 @

yr 34°3, 58°29

apx? Tod y. 1620

darpdvia 1712

daetvAoy exivee pdvoy Crat. 10*13
troBadAovar 63*8 éndddAagis TOV
ONLI *33

day Parm. 89*4

deinvov 42” 20

béna tds dpxds d€yovow eivar Pyth. 986° 22

bexaenTa 93*30

bends. Tédevov 4 6. Pyth. 9868 Plat, 73% 20, 82%1-11, 84%12, 29-2

dexrimov 18% 23, 29, 32, 68> 25

Sefidv 986%24, 9371

deopds 42°17

Beipo, 7 g91%30, 2%15, 598, 11, 60%9, 63%11, 22

dnAo? intrans, 86" 5

dndwots dist. drddeeis 25°16

Anpouprros 9854-20, 9%27, P11, 15, 39%9, 42°11, 69°22, 78°20

Snporinn trdAnius 989*11

61d maody 13°28, °33

iid ri opp. Ore 98112, 41%10 = Bd ti mpwrov 983% 29

did-ypappa 998%25, 14%36, 51°22

Siarypapew 54% 30

Biaryoryy 981" 18, 98223, 7214

bidbeos 195,22? 10 mooaxds A. 19

b.a0vyn Democr. 98515, 42°14

diarpetv §=— 2733, 513, = 6934
mathem, 23 log.8%19,21,27,62°3
diarpetoba 4% 28, 28%10, 29° 1

diaipeors 164, 5 mathem. 994” 23,
2*19, P10, 48°16, 60%14,19 log.
27°19, 3728, 67°26, 722 Taw
évay Tio 54%30

diatperéy 20% 7, 7720

biancioban 830, 2211, 631

braxdopnass 986*6

Braxpivew 984% 11, 985°24, 28, 75%23

Pipl be 15, 98833

Biaxpiritov XpHpa 57°8, 10, 19

BraréyerOa 98933, 420, 7%20, 78% 29 mpos airov 6°8 ef dpicpod

bad ciney 986% 7

Siadexrirot 995° 23,417 diadexrinn
987° 32, 4°25 6. ioxis ote hy
78° 25

SidAAagis 15%2 :

jiadtou dmopiav 63°8, 13

drapayecOar 992% 20

biaperpou acovperpia 983% 16, cf, 20, 12% 33, 17°35, 19°24, 24°19, 47°6,

SrapproBynretv 62° 34

Biavociaba 74°25

Siavonrinds 25°6

Sravonrév 21%30, 31 dist. vonrdv 12%2

bidvow 12%2, 13%20, 21°31, 32, 25°6,
Ty, 272 2 28, 32%28 = bdbfa
984%5,986" 10, 9*16 — opp. Aéyeiv
985%4 édroravar tiv 8. 987°4
7h 5. dpioa, dpereiv, timodaBeiv 9* 4,

. 36°3, 73512 ovvdmrer Hh duaipel 7 5.

arr ag supmroKh HS 6. 65%22
dnd 6, yiyvecOa 49%5, cf. 32%28,
yoP a1

Sramopeiv 991%9, 995%28, 35, 95, 996"
17, 999%31, 9°22, 59%19, P15, 79°
12, 21, 85%25, 86%19, 34

diandpnyua 53°10, 761, 8615

5iapOpodv 9866, 989%32, 227, 412

biacapnvicey 986" 22

iidornya log. 55%9 mathem, 85°30

Braspépew 1.4 Kara yévos 187 26, cf.
54°28 bua sri yun) Gvbpds obK
elder Biapéper I. 9

biapepdyrws BY 11

Brapedyew 2°27, 93” 10

BiapOopa 51% 2

Siapopd 988" 23, 99825, 30, 4%14, 20%
33-2, >15, 42°15, 57°4-19, 58°
30, 59°33 ‘moAdds dnAoi 6, 980% 27

tpeis Democr. 985%13, 4212

dist. evayridrys, érepdtns 4%21, 54”
23—55 "33, 58°11 dy titel evan
5. 16%25, cf. 484, 57°5 yen
tov 8, 42%32 6 60 Tdv 8. dOyos
43%19 opp. Adyos évorroids 45°17
def. 58°7 yevous 5, ib. 8 ov
rrovel 6. 7) HAn 6 mporo 5, 61 14
tis dpOpod Siapopd, nai povdbos, «i
éorw 83%

Budipopos mogaxas 18%12 81°33, 35

Srapavely 85°36

BiaxwpliCecbar 23% 23

frapevbecOu 512, 9%11, 14,61" 34

Bi6agis 4110

bibacKarinds 982%28 TEpos Ta aitlow ib. 13

Kbdonew 9817

bibdvar = avyxwpelv 6% 24

drepxeoOai 71 98821 epi Twos 48%30

diepwrav 0% 20

povdbes 5,

biBacKaAKw-

Siecis 16°21, 53812, 87%35 al 8, 600 53715

Brexey 63% 31

biloracba 985%25, 59% 14

Binaos 78” 23 def. 61% 24 exem-

plum rot oupBeBnxdros 15°20-26, 17*8

ducasoadyn Pyth. 985” 29

Avoyevns 984*5

Atoviora 23,10

Biopifev = 558 Siwpicpevar opp.
Tuxodca 986%32, cf. 5827 —Brdupi-
ora. ixavéis, diopioreov, etc. 27°18,
29*1, 48°37, 996°8, 14

diopiopds 5°23, 48*2, 20

Bide 981% 29 = bri 62*6

Sirdacialdpevos ap’ Evds 84*6

bimAdorov 20” 34

Binovy 38% 23

Sirrov 76 dy 6915

ddypa 62525, 76*14 992" 21

doxovvra coni. parvdpeva, Suvata 9°8, 88°16

Sodrxaiwves Einp. 0*32

ddfa 984*2, 99I*19, 993°T2, 18, 996”
28,.9°3 36, Io*I, as 14 “Hpaiehei-
Teor 5. 987* Pyth. 990° 23
ai wept TaY bea ddgar, etc. ggo° 22,
28, 78>10, 13, 79°18, 25 —coni.
SmdAqyus 5° 29-31, 9* 23 (cf. 30), 10®
10 coni. Savoia 9*6 (ct, 16)
coni, payragia 62>33 dist. Emt-
oTHuN 39°33, 34 warpros 8, 74°13

yewperpicor 6.

éxovtat on ddéns 87°31 (Seat ddgar go 29

BogaCew 9°11, 13 opp. émicracdat 828, 30

dovdy 982529

duds dist. S:aAdovov 987° 26 coni,

péya Kat puxpdv Plat. 98726 (cf. 33)3
g88*13, noes Io, 88915 p@aprat
Evades gol * 4 Tpwrn TOY apiO way
999*8, cf. 85” 10, 889 = auTo-
ypaupn Plat. 36°14, cf. 43°34 8.
adptoTos Plat. SI*14, $255 Be. yan.

815327, 82>12, 20, a, cf. gg1?3r
dvorro:ds 82°13, 83536 «TOU
dvioov 5. 87>7

dvvaus A. 12, ©. 1-9

_ Bee TA oTotxeia 2°33
dv dépictov 7%28 dist. évépyea
7°28, © 3, 48°32, 69°15, 71°7
5 év Th yeaper pig 19>34, 46°6 dist.
vods, TéxVN, puats 2523, 27°6, 32°
28, 3328, 64°13, 49°9 coni. tan
42°28, 10 49° 23; 50* 15, >27, 60%
20, 69> 145 70 12, 71*10, 75°22,
88®1, 92*3 7) Svvdpe kat 7d
evepyela é&y mus éotw 45°21 5
ddoyor, peta Adyou ©. 2, 50°33, cf.

, ,
moTepov Suva-
TO Suvapet

47° ae m@s TO Ametpoy kat 70 Kevov
Acyerar Suvdper 48° 9-17 nTE
Suvdyer éxactov ©. 7 mpoTepov

évépyea Suvdpews ©. 8 over Sura-
pe atdiov 5058 Gua ths dvTipa-
vews ib. 31, cf athe ao mporepov 6.
evepyeias 71°24, cf. 341 —plasép-

metpias i ad dmoreActy Q81°I Tpd=
ros THs 5. 4° 24 dvvapls = émornun
18*30, 55°31, cf. BT 5 See signifi-

catio 52>7

93°14
SvvacGa 70 adré 11*7
Suvarov tocax@s 19*33,

48*27 coni,

ai 5. eviny apiOpov

50 11 8, elva 478 TpwTas
8. 49° 13 tavrov 5, ravavtia 51°6
eis 76 5, 74> TI 7O 5, adv. 78*
28 y. is

dvo0 Ta TOMAR TOY dO parnivaay 986% 31

dvoTords 82% 15, 83? 36

duckoNa = drropia 997°5, 74°17

dvoKodovI? T

dvaTuxets 983%1

duoxepalvew Te EavTois 984%29 twos 76°15 = Tt 88° 30

Svoxépeta 995°33, 85°17, 864, P12,
go*8, OL 37.5 Ura Aoyteai
5 aa, 87020

duaxeph 81> 32, 85>6, 8657, 8831 auvayew 5, 63°32

Kara

ey yerepoy attiov 148 5

eyeépaos 13°6, 35°26

eypnyopés 48> R

eyprryopats 7217

eyxerpety o” 32, 5 2

ebehae elvae 13%27 53° 23 ¥. iE

€Ovos g81? 25

00s, & opp. Vee 981° 5, cf. 47°32 KaTa Ta €. 9943

eldévar g8o* ae gure 24, 28, 983%25,
993°23, 994°21, 29, 996° 15, 19,
28% 36 syn. émistacbar 982*30,
bat, 994 4° 20

cloqrurds 865, 8834, 9035

els ddialpera €.

502, 84>10 coni. agi dpiopds
13° 226, 35°21, 36% 28, 43°20,
44°12, 69°34, 8410 pla

ouvexeiq a eidec a Adyw 169, cf.

ib. 23 érepa T@ cide 18%38, I. 8,

9, cf. 54°28 coni, 7éd€ Te I 26, .
49° 35. TeAevraioy el, 185, 61°24
def. 32>r dopo 34°8 coni.

Thon ib. 24, 70°14 70 MIs
cba TO el. 34°8, cf. 43 17; 44° 22,
69°35, 70%15 7a TOU el, pépy

Index Verborvm 509

eixaCecdar 7928

eixov got” 1, 79°35

eimeiv, @s 980%25, 98531, 99832, 1030, 26°9, 28>, 85°11, 8719

eis 6 7O%2

clcaywy? Tov cidGv 98731

x Tivos 991*19, 994%22, A. 24, 44%24, g2*23

éxelvivos 33°7, 49°19, 21

éxeivas 1%9

€xOeors 992" 10, 3121, g0*17

éxrenis 44° 10

exon Tov evayTioy 4°2

éxparyetov.988 * 1

mpds TL QQI*24

éxrievat 86" 10

éxtonwTepos 98930

éxtpomn 89°

expéepery Bpov 40” 2

expevyew Twi go> 21

éxav 25%9, 12

eheyeTin@s amodeitar 6212, 15

ékeyxos opp. dmddefis 6°18, g*21 copuotinds 32°7, 49°33

€AcdOepos 982" 26, 75% 19

€duKes TOU oVpavod 998"5

€AkeOat QI * 10

éAAeupis opp. Drepoxy 992°7, 42°25, 35

éuBpva 14°22

"Epredoxdys 984%8, 985%2-10, 21-4,
988°16, 27, 989%20-30, 993717,
996°8, 998%30, 0%25-P20, 1%12,
O9%2mn 7226, 752, OPE ~ cita-
tur o®29->16, 9°18, 15°1

éumerpia 980? 26—981"9

éumeipos 981% 29, © 30

éuminrew ets Tt 986°15, 56%2, 8475

éumoveiv pavTactay 24” 24, 25°5

épmroinTids 25% 4

éupatvecbar 28% 28, 91% 36

Eupuxos 46°37, 48°4

& TW, ToGAaX@s 23°24

év, 76 I, 1-3 Kata Tov OYoY, TI
vrAnv, Thy atcOnow 9869, 10, 32
dpiOu@, Kar’ eidos, kata “yévos, Kat’
dvadoyiay 99925, 33, 2°24, 16°31,
33°31, 39°28, 54°34, 60°29 = kara.
70 auvexés, moady, Toby 1425 auy-

exridecOa 3°10 v.

exeia, elder, Ady 16°9 apn,
piger, Oéce 82%20 Adyy, apOpue
87? 12 éy 76 nav 98822 ev

ént moAA@Y g90”7, 13, 991%2, 40° 29
ovn eart yévos, ovaia 99822, 1%5—
BZ Re OrChaAO TOW AR Oya?) RO”
Bu yoy kal 7d dv 99822, 1% 5—

87> 28 éva 5623, 83%25 dist.
Gmdodvy 72°32 ove eoTw apiOpos
886 —Pyth. 986%19, 21, 24,

987%18, 27,111, 80°20, 31 leat.
98615, 19, 24,1°33 Plat.987°21,
9882, 992°8, 1%11, 25%33, 80°6
Anaxag. 989°17, 60921 Emp.
0% 28

évaytioy 13°12, 18%25-38, 54% 25, P 3? f
I, 41,5) 1 58° 26,75 21-24, 31, 92°3,
33-8 Tavavtia apxal Tay dvTwv
9863, 4 30, 75° 28-32, Pia), 87°30
ee Tay. cis THY px ‘TadTqy
AAC) Pam éxdoyy THY ev. 4°2,

cf. 54°30 Ti €oTl, TOGAX@s A€yE-
Tai 4? 3s 18925 ey évi évayriov 4? 35
cf. bbe 20 = «Tay é, 4 eT Epa quaroixia :