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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

Aevxummos 985° 4, 71°32, 72°97

Aeuvedy gg1*15, 6226-30 exemplum
Tod oupBeBnxdros 17*15, 18, °28,
ea Z. 6, 37°15; 77°5-1 I,

Aqpers 18°34, 55°37

AlOtvos 33°17

Aurapdév 44% 22, 46%24

AoyilerOa 47°7

Aoyixds 5% 22, 80710, 87°20, 21 Aoyt- KOs 2913, 30°25, 41°28, 69% 28

Aoytapds Q80> 28

aicbnots 98619, 32, 39"20, 58°10, |

coni, «los,

poppy 996°8, 36
69°34, 8411 opp. dvopa 61,
30°7 A. Tod ri qv cya, THs
ovatas 13,*27, 16*33, 24%29, 29” 20,
31*12, 18%10, 28%35 i) ard TOV
A. oboia 25°28, 35°13, 15, 37°17
dist. dpopds 30*%14, 37°11 al ev
Tos A. dpyal g96*2 70, ws byos
airta 70*22 6 A. THs obcias es
998" 12, 24% 29 pia i ovvexeia
cider 4 AbyY 16%9 Th vy THR,
23°23, 33°1, ch 15°25 pepy Adyou
Z. 10, 11, cf. 16%35 dvadvew rors
a, 63°18 TO. xupiotov 42%2
coni. émorhyn 46°7, 59" 26 np6-
Tepa Myy, opp. oiaig 49”11, 77°14,
cf, 18°32, 23%32, 38527, 54%28,
78*10
84°15 arithm. 985"32, 991" 13,
17, 19, 993°17, 1°30, 53°16, 61"1,
9214, 31 ward Tov a, 18%27
Cf. dvdroryov

AoBopia 13*10, 23*30

Aotds nbwhos 71*16

AofodaGa 73” 20, 29

Avkbppov 45°10

Avots 995% 29

Awpacba 63%2

Admov = iphriov 6” 26

Méyot 91” 10
pabhpara 985°24, 992°32, 996%29,
4*9, 77°18 h &Y Tos p, Gppovurn
997” 21 ea. p,. 26%9
pobnparixis 997°2, 61%28, 77%9, 80%
36 thy pobnyariuwrépa yg2”2
dpiopos p. M. 6, 86%5, cf. 76%20
hp. 26%7-26, 61%32, 64%32, cf.
981" 23, 78°33, p
22 TOWMTtHOL t. pp. EmaoTHpa
oy ee 78*33 TO p, peratt
t. 987" 15, 992° 16, 99517, 2°14,
2820, 59°6, 69235 opp. 7a
alabyra 989°32, 990°15, 36%4 74
p. TORN arta bponby 2°14 coni.
clin, tbéac Acad. 2"14, 23, 28°20,

76*20, 83%23, 90°26 nbTE pov
ovola 42°12, 69%35,M. 1-3 xw-
proroy aitan ot0éy 59"13 hy Tay
p» An ib. 16 polnparinas heyew
5*6, 8026, 28

lie nas yiryveras 992" 30, 294

pabnrixés 980° 21

panporo.ey go” 30

panpés. paxpoy nal Bpaxt 992* 11, 85* 10 Abyos paxpés 43°26, 91*7 y

parands débyos go”8 padakdstepoy dnobenviva 25°13, 64*6

Ty ps Exel pep |

| pavoy 985

| pebetis Plat. 987” byy, dpiOp@ ev 87" 12, cf. |

péooy Ti 9947 11-19

pavOdvew 980923, 24
11, 9925
paprupa end-yecba g95*8
yg 69% 25 5 dbyos paprupet
7°3

paxn &¢ rAovboptas 13%9, 23%30

peysropépea 989*6

Meyapitot 46" 29

peyebos 990*26, 20%9, I1, 53*18, 25, 83°13

pebentbs 99028, 40%27, 79%25

14, 21, 45°8, 824 17 = ely kara p. 31°18, 45*18

pébob0s 983%23, 4, 984%28, 76%9, 86%*24, 91%20

peravia, 20" 10

pereray 50*1

perAlnparoy 42°17, 9229

Méducaos 98619

| pédAurra 980" 23

perorroita 993,” 15

pey omissum 981%9 pey concessive 46°18 — pe oby in apodosi 983%23

pepls. KaTd peplbas 82°36

pepio pos eueliies 29°20; 32

pepiorov 24712

pépos mooaxas A, 25, 34°32 opp.
bdrov 9936 70 alrioy Tod Toelv
mpa@rov p. 34%26 p. TOD Adyou,
Tov mpayparos Z, 10, 11 év pepe
98912, 3%12 KaTd pépos 5%29
76 éml pépous 84°14

dvd, pécov 61%

21, 63°19 ~—_ peor etipeots gg6” 21

ai péoa 93,729

pera Taira 671 69°35, 70%4 peroparrey ois whbec 983,” 10

KOTO,
70 moaby, mov 10%23 peragy
tavra eis boa p. dvdryen mpbrepov TO
petaBadrov 57%21 ef dyties-
pevew ib. 26-31 ov Ta évayTia p.
69°7 coni. tAn, Stvayus ib. 14,
24, 15, cf. 10%15-22 th, bad Twos,
els 71 69°36, cf. 984%22

peraprAnrixoy 13,*32 apxi) p. 20%5, 49°6, 51*3

peraBanrés. ovota p, 69"3

peraBorkn K, 11, 12 eis TO dyTicel-
peva Kal peragt 11°34 ée Tay
dyrikeapevew h Trav petats 69"3-14,
cf. 57%33 coni. tmoxeipevoy 42%
33 p. Twabnrinn 46%12 yp, Téo-
aapes 69"9, cf. 42*33, 72°9

Llg2

peTabects 24%4

peradnyis 7220

petampere Hes. 98429

perapéepery 14°3, 20°25, 21°17, 26

petapopal omtinat g91*22, 79°26
perapopG 15711, 24°8 Kara pera-
popdy 19°33, 21°29

perapiva Emp. 9°20

peréxety 990” 30—991*3, 37°18, 75>
19, 20, 82°18 7a peréxovTa ggI*®
14) "5, 79°18

perievan évredOev 41*10 ~— rept Tt 444

PETOXN. Kara peToXHY 30°13

perpely 983°17, 53°33

petpntés 983%20, 21°29, 56°22 v. 1.

petpiwtepov 987*TI0 v.1.

pétpov 7d €v 5218, 72°33, 87>33
dxpiBés 52°36 ovyyevés 53%25
dbdiaiperov 88% 2 émoTnpyn p. TOV
mpayyuaToy 53°31, 57%9 Trav TOY
py. dvOpwmros Prot. 53°36, 6244, cf.
19, 63°4

HExpt mpds 28° 26

pijkos 20°12

pnkdvey 83°6

pytiCecda Parm. 984° 27

pijris Emp. 9° 19

pNxavy xphoGat 985°18

pnxavinn 78°16

piypa Anax. 12°28 75°4, 92°7

piyvvcba 9892, 42°29 pévot 918

puxpodoyia 995%10

pk popepeatatoy 989* I

puKpov, V. peya

purpdrns Anax. 56°30

pipnpa 988*7

pipnots Pyth. 987° 11, 13

Emp. 69°22,

of pepy-

wigs 989°4, 43°13, 82°21, 85°11, g2%24 }

pynpn 980%29, P25, 26, 28, 29

pynuovedew 980? 22

povadicol adpiOpot 8019, 30, 826,

povas def. 16°25, 30, 84°26, 8935
oriyph aeros 84°26, cf. 69%12
pw. dpode’s got’24 p. Biapopor,
dovpBanro. 992°3, M. 6-8 tis
povddos Siapopa 83% 2

Hovaxdés 40°29, 7629 povaxy 16
26 = povax@s 99515, 997°35,
12%29

~ povatkds,

povers 74° 4

popuxwrepoy 987%10

poppy coni. eldos 99916, 15%5, 17”
25, 29°3, 33°6, 44°23, 52°22, 6o®
22, 26 coni. Adyos 4229 _coni.
évepyera 43°26, 28, 31 ] pe TEAOS
earl 23°34 h eoxary An Kal hp.
TavTS 45> 18

exemplum Tod oupBeBn-
Koros 15° 147-31, 17*8-17, >28—18®
3, 2614-20, 31°27, 523, 64%23-26

puew 482

pvdun@s 07 18, 74? 4

HDO0s 98219, 74?

pududns 995° 4

popia 88°11

pupiakis 7°16

vat 34°17, 44°16, 19

vavTar 23° 1

vedtn 93°3 v. 1.

veixos Emp. 994°7, 0°27, 72°6, 75°7

véxrap O* 12, 17

Népea 18°18

véos 987%32

ynvepla 43°22

yntn 18°28, 57%23

vapor 984°17

voeiv 99014, 994°23, 24, 26, 610, 326, 8

vonpa 99025, 79%21 Parm. 9°25

vonows 16> opp. molnos 32°15
dist. aicOnows 36°6 coni. Adyos
52% 30, Pr, 7593) cf. OOn am dist.
vods A. 7, 9, cf. 51%30 vonoews
vinows 74°34

vonTiKey 52°3

vontoés opp. aigOn7és 990°31, 999°2,
36°3, 10, 43°30, 45°34, 707
vontov dist. Siavonréy 12%2 dist.
dpextov 72°26 = Td mp@rov v. ib. 27
pears Tod v. 20

vépwot 995°4, 74°5 vopou xapwv 76%

fae 27°10, 68%22, 26

voupnvia 27%25

vods 70226, A. 7, 9 v., Kal pugs
992*30 Ths huetépas Wux7s 6
v.993°11 dvOpmmwosy.75*%7 vv,
Exe 994°15, 95 vy TEXYN,
dvvayus 25,22 TavTov v. kat
vontéy 72°21 — Anax. 984?15,
98521, 98915, 69°31, 758, II
Pyth. 98530 Parm. 9°23

vurrepliov dupara 993°9

VUKTIKpUpHs 40% 31

viv. 7d vov 2°6 pexpt TOD viv 994*18 _— of. viv 992°33, 69% 26

vig 71°27, 72°8, 19, 9t?5

vadov 68%7

&, gTuppovia 93% 20

favOds 54°13

fevik@Tepa coni. dyvwordtepa 995%3 Eevopavns 986>21, 1076

¢uveévat Te To OvT@Y 5°15

dynos 85712, 8914

b5e 9908, 997°30, 14222 T5€
syn. ovala 3824, 6911, 89*11, 32
rode Te 1°32, 17225, 28%3, 29%28,
30°4, 39°30, 32, °4, 42°27, 29
AQa 35,07 OIclO,| 13, etc. Tobe ev
TebE 30°18, 36523 68 9818,
ggoPr

ddoroe? 76 mpAypya 984*18

680s cis ovoiay 3°7 eis GAANAG 55°47 Tpo 6800 44°24

oinetos Ad-yos 24°33
yévous 58°37, P22
14°7

oixia 2656, 70*14, 75*19 Hh dvev vAns 70716

oixoddpnots 50%27—32, 65°19, 663, 6

oixodopunn 26°10, 50°26, 7029, 33 oixodopunov 49>14

oioddpos 14°23, 25, 26237

otoy explicative 1815, 17, 33734, 55° 28, 70°23, 71°4, 783

éxnTds 82*30

dAtyov I. 6

ddvyoTns 984710, 56°30

oikeia 7a0n TOU oikelws eyerOau

bAov 9936, 13°22, 24°12, 52%22,
69719 moaaxas A. 26 dist.
Tav 2473 = koopmos 75°11 syn.

avvodov 84°11 dAws ggo? 17, 13%
ZOpsi tA, 11, 12, (8°11 syn.
Kabdrov 9826, 23°29, 29°6, 33°
26, 71*23

dddtys 23°36

dpadds 78°13, 93°20

Spaddrns 32°7, 43226

dpadwveay 32°19

‘Opnpixot 93°27

“Ounpos 9°28

Gppa 980% 24

dpoyerns 98126, 57°29

dpoedns 99124, 2°16, 22, 13531, 14% 30, 248, 32% 24,679, 71°17

dporopepns 984*14

Spovov 18%15, 21711, 54>3 Tov 6. TO 6. 0

Spotorpdmws 3°4, 8*10

bpompara 985>27

bpodoyety 42%6, 69%31 etpiokew TO
dporoyotpevoy 985%23, cf. 99127
bpodroyoupevas 989%3, 0%25

époce Badifey 8973

SpoTpoTws 23°24

citatur 76°4

yaous

épevopia 6°19

épdovupos 9906, 99176, 34°22, 35°25,
59°14, 86°27 dpavopws A€éyecOar
3°34, 30°32, 46°6, 60°33

ovopa, coni. Adyos 62, 30%y mpaypa 6°22

dvopacerOat ént rv Emp. 1572

dgurarn 933

dmep 126, 3°33, 21%28, 3073, g1 25, etc.

énioow Emp. 0*30

émogocouy 5229

émoTeovy 4971

Omérepov éruxey 21°7, cf. 27*17, 13, 65%12

ém7iKn 99720, 78914

dpayv 980%25

dpacis 50% 24

épatixds 49°15

dpyavoy opp. epyov 13°3

bpeyecOa 980%21, 72229

opextov 72°26

Gpegis 48711, 71°3

6p6n (ywvia) 36% 18-21

épife 2°6 apiOud wpicpevos 2°18,
65 On vi TO wpiopevov 781
dpifec@a coni. Ti éotiv, ovaia, Kadd-
dou 987%21, 2674, 64%21, 78°18,
28 idéay oddeulav eotwy épicacOa

Opp.

7a 6. 77°5 énwna Emp. 07

40°8 = =§ — @piopéevws 20°33
éptopds 30°7, 31%1, Z. 10-12 ef 6.
diadexréoy 127, cf, *3, 11, 22 syn.

TO 7h fv elvae 30%7, 31%12, 44°1
dist. Adyos 30716, 37°12 ov Tay
Kad’ Exacta, THY aicdOyTav 36%5, 39°
28 Tov KabdAov 36%28, cf. 9873
dua Ti eis Z. 12, H. 6 6 nara Tas
Siotpéces 37°28 6, émuoTnpovtkos
39°32 6 6. dpiOpos Tis 43°34, ch
45°7 Soc. 863

épiatiKds Adyos 43°31

dpiotés 9986

dpkos 98331 Emp. 0°16

6ppn 23°18, 23 6. kal mpoaipeots DSP 7giGten 2 coni. pais 23*9

bpos 929 syn. dpicpds 30°8, 38%
21, 39°20, 43°22, >26, 29; 40°15,
4975, 529, 55 %23 Kowos 0.
987°6 Tay Tpos Opoy 40%6 opp.
énaywyn, TO avadoyov auvopay 48*

doaxa@s 17°23

daax@orep 18%5

dcrovv Emp. 993°17

bre opp. Side g81%29, 13 kat 70 elvot 41°15

ovdds 42°19

ovdAopedera 93° 4

ovv in apodosi 983733, 2? 25, 27528

ovpavia, Ta 75%2

ovpards 986%3, »24, 990%5, 20, 997°, 10*28, 2812, 42*10, 91°5 mpatos

ov. 72%23 drt eis ob. 74°31
ovata mocaxas A, 8, 28°33, A. IE, opp.
7400s, aupBeBnkds, etc. 98310,

= dpOadrpcs 11% dist. 6pacis 50% 24

rraryios 8°15, 6215, 63°33

Tayxgaetios 9o7* 33

mdOnyua opp. ovata 98512

madnrinn weTaBorn 40°12

oeAnvns

ey? 7) Ov.

mardapiwdns 995% 5

mada, of 69%29

mapmadaror 98328, 74?1

mav dist. oAov, mayTa 24*I-10 mav 69°19, 73°29, 76°1

mavTn TaVTWS 10%9

mévTws 10%9, 35°24, 36°30, 48°18

mapa Tatra AEeyecOar 987>8 mapa. THY wAEevpav 51%26

mrapaBorn 36°24

mapayecbat 33°17

mapaderypa 13%247 Plat. 27, 29, 31, 7925, 31, 33, 35

Trapadery pats OO5*7

mrapadogos 1218

mapaxoAovdety 54% 14

Tapakpoverdar 25%6

mapadcinev O* 5

mapadoytGecOar 22% 21

Tapadoyiopos 22°22

mapavyTn 18” 28

TapamAnoiov wonrep 7834 TAnoiws 985>20

mapacrarnys 18°27

napappovety 96, 31

mdpeyyus 40P 11

Tapenade 92°12

mrapexBaais 89” 4

mapehnaarat Emp. 0°16 v. 1.

mapédKev 985%20

mapepyov 7436

mrapéxeoOa 9885, go*4

napioraro Emp. g?ai Parm. ib. 23

Tlappevidns 9843, 986>18—987%2, ne 22 citatur 98425, 9>21, 89%3

Trapotpia 983%3, 18

mrapoupacecbar 993°4

mapopay 95°27, 93°28

nacxew 989%29, 18°16, 37°16, 68%9, 14, >16 70 mpHTov maaxov 44°16

marépes, Oxeavos Kat TyOUs 983” 31

marpos ddga 74°13

Tlavowy 50*20

mreOapxucds 61°25

mein, memeopevos 11°3, 86%20

med 9°17, 7424

mretpabels 64” 31

| mecpaorinds 4°25

\ TO

ggr*21

mapa-

naplorarat

mevratds 7633

Temepacpevoy 994716 Pyth. 986%

18, 987°35 Parm. 986°20
TE pas RONaNG A. 17 Pyth. Be 23
990%8, 4°32 emt 7. HKEW 994”

14 coni. Téhos, apxn ib. 16, 22712
math. 2°10, 60°16 mpageav Tr.
48°18

mepiaupety 29°11, 61%29

meEpt ypapecbar 2 58, 642

Treplepyos 36923, 38%21, 32

mreprexery 13°34, 46> 24

meptAapBavey 986%9, 990°4

mrepiodos 72°8, 10

mepice@aban 74°13

mepitTos 983%2, §3°3 opp. aprcos
Pyth. 986%18, 23, 990%9, 91°23,
g2>a8, 93°13 Plat. 84°33-37,
gi*23

mepirrorns 4°11

TrepipépetOat 985 * 14

meropeva Sidney 9°38

meTTEW 989716, ae

TALvos press 35732

mhpopa 34? hs

mhpwots 40” 16

mBavov 0% Io

ninrev émi tr 9828 13°17, 71°7, 84°5

morevey 99718

niorw AaBety 903

moTorépa dpxn 624

mAdvnTEs 73” 37, 748 5

mrdots 86% 4

mracpatias 6439

mag parwdns 81> Fs, 8253, 85715

TAATOS Syn, emipdvera 20°12, 14

mharTew. TeTAdGGbar 9868

mAaTy Kal orevdy eat 992*12, mAatvs Opkos Emp. 0° 15

TlAdroy A. 6, 988% 26, 990* 30, A. 9,

996*6, 179, 10°12, 19° Zi, ASD 14,

2819, 53°13, 64? 29, 71°32—72"3,
83°32 Phaedo 9913, 80%2
Hippias Minor 25,*6 Z

mreiddes 93°14

mreovace TO NE 99418

mAcovaxas 15°13, 14

TAnyas kadas TUTTE 985°15

TAGs Tt 20°8, 10, 54%22, 573 opp.
OAvyétns, Ev 984*10, 986%24, 4*10,
17, 85°33, "5-32, 876, 8, 27-32,

91°31, 34,92%28, 35 7. mpwrov 859

ry GX’ 7H 981*18 v. 1.

mdfjpes Dem. 985 °5, 9 228

minpovoba: 3 bd ee 7 988°6

mAngiov 1016

TrAvOivn oixia 33°19

mviyos 26°34

nodiaia 52°33, 78%20, 89%23

eis Tt 5*2,

moddTns 38715

Tobey Trot 69” 26

nrocety dist. mparrev 25°22 yeveow
Troveto Bau = yiyvecOcu 98831 momad-
pevoy pass. 21%23 Troveiy 7) ma-
oxev 68%9, cf. 14, >16

motnois dist. yéveois 32°27 dist.

vonows Pio, 15

mouths 98232, 98332 (v. 1.), 995°8, 23°19, 91? 4

TOLNTOV a5” 22

Tovey 1426, 28712, 15, 83% II, 89> 26

trooaxas A. 14, 68>18 of &prOpol
mowot tives 203 70 7. THs wpio-
pevns ptcews 63°27 petaBor7)
kata 76 7. 6910, cf. 10°23 ~— bate-
pov TO m. TOD TogOd 83*I1

mowdrns 22°15

modirevecbar 76%3

ToAAGdKs THS juepas 47°10

moAAatAdo.oy 20°27, 21°3

Berane 92>3 3.

TOD NOX® 992? Legos, 25°'5,) 10,

60°32, 61> 12, ise 31, 37, 89°7

mohAogTN HO ploy 2028

moor 73°28, 31

mod VKapnTos Parm. 9°23

TloAvwAertos 13°35—34°15

moAveotpavin Hom. 76%4

modUs. moAAd TO ev ee 987%27 7a
7 Plat. ro moAv Kal dAtyov
Acad. 992716, 87°16, 88°18, 89°12
moAAd opp. 76 ev I. 3, 6, 75733 dist.
Todd 50°15 ds ént TO Todd 25%
15, 18, 20, 26530, 27%21-25, 64>
35 mréov Parm., 9?25 én
mAéov elvan 46*1

Toppwrepov 14%4

TooaKs tocol 205

ToGaX@s, TA TEpl TOD 28°11, 52716

Tooov pReeen es Ae aka opp. «ldos
999° 3, 10°24, 1623 év Kara 70
moody 1425 man TOU T, 20% s19
yeywonerat a évl 7} api p@ RaP oy
70 7. THS doptorov Piaews 63°28
petaBod? kata 70 7. 69" Io, cf. 10%
23 borepoy 70 mordv Tod Tm. 83°11
moadkis mocol 205