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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

mogomotdy geas 13

more 993” 29, 52°5

mérepoy, éy dyTiWéoa 55°32, cf. 56°18 MOTE pas 75°11

Tov, peraBodr Kata 76 6910

Tpay Ha. peddos 24?17- Be

mparypareia 987° 30>, 59°18

mpaypateverda 9872, 98933, 99532, 25°17, 64%3

mparcruicés, 981>5 m. émornyn 993”

21, 25” OmaRs 200 ir, mpawrév 25°23, 24, 59°36

T pats mepl TO #aQ’ exacroy g81°17 dist. wphruais 48? at

mparrev 23°18 dist. movety 25°22

mpecBvtatov 983° 33

mpodyery 985° 24

mpoalpects 4525, 15%27, 20225 4 Tr.
apxn, Kbpiov 13%21, 1825, 48°11
dist. dpegis 48% 11

MpoalpeTikos 25 %3

mpoapeTov 25°24

mpoatopely 99522

mpoackety 993°14

mpoyeyevnd0at 70% 21

Tpoyryvwakev 99231

mpodogacew 116

mpoedévat 99224

mpoevepyety 47°33

mpoemiaracba 55

mpoepxerbat 9906, 95°33, 91°35

mpotevar eis dmetpov 60°36

mpokeipevos 98928

mpodauBdave 50” 5

Tpommaanicev 996% 33

mpds Tt A. 15, 50°34, 35, 575, 16, 08%
TI, 703, 88%21-2, 8956, 14 Tay
mpos Tt dear 99016, 79*12 opp,
76 Ka8’ attéd 99020 TO mpods TL
heuora pots Tis 88%23, 30, cf. go>
20 mpos & 3733, 303 pos
GAANAG IL 71

mpooayev pvOuds 74° 4

mpocayopevery 99610

mpooamorpivecOat 7°10

mpocatopaiverdar 89» 16

mpoodnreay rt tive 83°18, 9133

mpooyiyvecbat 49*10

mpoadetobat 55 *1 5

mpoodiopiCerOat B20 27 yrAo Tk

Tpooetvar 29? 19

mpooemiTibevan 987 *15

mpoonkdvTws 58% 22

mposkarn-yopetaOas 54716

mpoorelabar 29” 31

mpoorapBdvew 82°35

mpooTiOévae 18, 12, 16, 30°33

mpoorpéped bar 63% 29

mpoopopa O° 14

mpooptcobar 14°21

mporaats 99631, eS 78% 20, 89% 25

mporepoy kai tarepov TOTAXaS 7Ne, Ten
yevéce, pica 98916, cf. 50" Balen
27 Kata TOV Abyor, THY aiconow
1833 Kara vow Kal ovotay

19°2 ™® elvau dvev ddAn ov oa

32 Abe, xpory, yeveden 3827
Adyw, ovcia, xpere 49>11 oxy
54°29, 78%9, ch. 355 — ovoig 77®
27 Ady, ovoig 77>r ev ois
TO 7. Kal U. 999°6 dpi pov & EXOVTOL
7o 7. kal J. 8012 _Mpore pals, de-

yeoOar13 31 — mparov wt 3°16,
30°10, 373 7. airia 983%25, cf.
9822, 3 >16 ef 0d yiyverau mips

Tov 983°9, 989°, 998% 23, 35,45. 4p
7, 14°26, 52°14 ot. BAN 15°77;
44°18, 49°25, cf. 16220 syn.
Kuptas 15°13, © ET; Noo %rseporApmnele
46°16 ot. moddaxas 28°32 syn.
Kal? abré 31°14, 32°5 = ovala
32°25 28 LOn ser Queary ar O.mck
99815 nm. macxov 44°16 T.
orépnats 46°15 = eldnriKds Go
13, 80°26, bo2, 81%4, cf. 24-230
T. KVOUY 70*I, of. 67>8 évavTiov
TO Tt. ovdev 75» 22), wae of mp@rot
pirooodjaayres 982” 11, 9836 TT.
apiO pot 987 345 52°8 mpwrws 16
8, 184, 2293, 175 28°30, 30823,
29,5, 31°13, 49°13

TpouTapxev O* 26

mpodpyou 983 4

mpdxetpos 98213, 54? 12

[pwrayopas 998*3, 722, I. 5, 47°6, 53°35, K

mpwriaros Parm. 984" 26

mra@ows 89% 27

Tlvdaryépas 986% 30 walk

Tlvdaydpecor 985 2398608, 987913
27, 21s 23, 31; 989" 29—990" 3a,
9966, 1*10, 36518, 53°12, 7 Dia
GaP at, 80516, 31, 838-19, go*20-
35; 91“13

mukvoy Kab pavdy 985° 11

muKvodacba 42°28

mop 984°7, 989%2, 1°15, 67°5, 70°19

mupivos 6 dnp 49°26

muppos 54°13

Tl@Aos 981% 4

padvpws cera 985>20

paoravn 982523

pety Heracl. 987%33, 63°22, 35, 86°37

biiHa 40> 34

pyrov 17°

poma 52229

pubpicay 75 12

pud yds 87>36

puopds Atom. 985>15, 16, 42°14

pyres 17%3 v.1.

caivew Thy puxnv 9o*37
aap~ 93°19, 20, 70°19
vehnvn 73°17, 22, 36, 74°12
cepvés 74°18

onpaivey Kad’ évds, &v 614

onueiov 980*21, 981" 7, 998%6

oi-yHa 93°24

o.pov dist. KoiAoy 25° 31—26°1,Z. 5, 10

a.porns dist. kowddrys Z. 5, 3731

Sipwvidns 98230, 91*7

oKédos 16°11, 12

oKeTAT HA 43°32

oKerraoTikds 43°16

onenrecOar 28°15, 29°25, 76%22

oKevacTa 13°18

oKelus twos 98613, 98929
Twos 9929, 5*22, Pr, etc.
76*10 idia 73°18
Aéyots a. 98732

okiaypapia 2423

oKonely wept Tivos 0*19, 5*33, 59°18
Tt 10%2, 64°19, 22 Tl €& Twos
7a Ris oxoneiaOa syn. Oewpely 29%

oxdT0s 986% 26, 53°31

okuTiKn 996*34

ope 9935 v.1.

gopia A. 1, 2, 9969, 5°1, 59%18-34, 60*10, 61°33, 75520 copia 995”

copiCecOar pvOiKn@s 0718

copraTns 996732, 4°17, 26°15

copiorinn 4°18, 23, 26 Plat. mepi
7 pn ov 26°14 a. edeyxos 32°6,
49°33

SopokrAjs 15%30

aopds 9815, 982%6-21

OmepHa 44°35, 49°2, QI*16, 92%32 dist. youn 71°31

Srevourmos 28°21, 7231

orovdaios 2124 o. Sivapus 51% 4

amovdy amodeKnTinh 73%22

arabpes 87°37

ordois opp. Kivnows, petaBorn 4°29, 25021, 13°25, 84°35

oratiKdy, T6 19735 dpx? a. 49°8

arepedv 9857, 761-34

orepyots 4*12, 19°7, 21°25, 53°31, 54%
24, 56°16, 20, 57*36, 5827, 61*20-
27 mooaxas A, 22, 46°32 Tay
évavtiav % érépa ovotoxia o. 427,
11°18, 5527, 6120, 63°17, cf.55”
14 dv. ddndos 33%13 opp. ééts,
<ldos 44°33, 55°13, 69°34, 70P12
o. mpotn 46°14 TeAela 55°35
dist. dvripacis, évaytidtns, TA mpos TH
55*33->26, cf. 4%12

orepyTinn damdpacis 56°17, 24 oTepn- Tunas ib. 29

oroxelov = littera 993710, 23%36, 34° 26, 27, 35°11, 14, 41°13, 86%23-

mept
TOT Epov
q &y Tots

év TWt 9379

23, 25, 30°27, 37°5, 5872 — ouver- AnepeD TO SexTiUKd 55°8

avddoyicecda med. 42°3 pass. 22°

avdAoyicpds Q90P 10, 79°6 =o. Mpa
142 ék TOU Ti EoTwW Oi oO. 34°32,
78°24

oupBaivew = convenire 8394 = eve-

nire 982°22, 988*r = concludi
posse 987%27, 989%22, »1, 16, 990”
19, 99124, 998%9, 17, 0°3, 231,
42°12, 565 —oupBeBnkds Tooaxas
A. 30 o. (Ka@’ abré) = proprium
9893, 995°20, 997%20, 29, 33, 3°
25, 47, 25°30, 59°30, 33, 61%4,
88°17, cf. 981%20, 995526, 78*5
o.=accidens 7°15, 21-16, 13°34—
14%20, 18*1, >34, 25%14, 25, 26°
13, 21, 32, 27°14, 20, 33, 30°14,
59°2, 61'S) 6418, 31; 65%, cf.
rage % vAn airia Tov o. 27%14
kara o. 98815, 7931, 14°8, 15°16,
17°7, 19-22, E. 2,3, 3119-27, 52%
19, 59*2, K. 8 70 Kata a. ditTdv

Rivas obdeuia éorl mepl aro
Oewpia 263, cf. 64°31, 65%4 ravTa
Kara o. 377 otbev bd Kata
o. 59%2

oupBadreo8al tux 991%9, 76%2, 7913

oupBaAntat Hovades M.

ovpBdrma 995711

ouppévery 77% 24

ovpperpia 4°11, 7e0t

o¥MpeET pos 12°3 33, 1924, 24°20

oupmepacpa 13°20

oupmimrer evAdyws 26>13

oupmdcxecOar 72, 14°13, 19, 62>5, 63°23

oupmAoKn azn 29, 65%22

oUpmrapa 03°17

ouppava 993% 23, 12*19

cupgvew. oupmepurévar 14” 21-25, 46%

ovppvars 14°22, 40°15, 69°12, 7O*IT

odpouros 993°1

ouppavia def. 43” 10, ga? 14, cf. ggt? 14 eg gees 93720

ovvayew 9g1* 18, ne ii, 42° 3, 70022

Stee cea 9932°3

guvatrioy 15221, >3

ouvadnbeverbar 63% 21

ovvappotepoy 62? 4

ovvappw, TO 43°22

avvavayracey 984%19

ovvavatpeiv 5930, 38, 60%1

ouvandpacis 56°35

ovvanrey 27°32 Tl 46°22, 7810

ouvapporrety 986" 13

avvaiis 69°9

advdecpos 4511

avvdiapbpovy 989" 5

eases 31 “6, 43%4 eva 2. >16

avveyyus 2 >32

ouvedpedey TO Adyw 987 %2

ouvelpew 995710, 90? 30, g3>27 €tpomevn mpaypateia 986%7

ovvexera 169, 15, 50°26 ouvexet aoe

owvexés TA 025, ee TO Wen.) OO Me 1 |
pica, Bia, and@s, etc. ie 23 B32, |
40°15, 52°19 ep &, emi duo |
20°IT, 61°33; Dog TO oO. Ths
VonTEws 74” 29

ovvnbes 995°3

ovyOects formae et maleniae: 1522;
45? LI elementorum 14°37, 42°
16, 43°13, 92°26 subiecti et pre-
dicati 2719, 67 26

cbvOerov ex THs UAns Kal THs poppys
FPA es Sto bp te: o. ovaia 43°30,
Ch S727 €ort Kat Kata Tas dA-
das Katnyopias ctvOeTa 2923 opp.

Twi 42°16 mpds eis TAVTO 86°35

eis ouvdégpw *13

ovvdesvac-

ovy-

oroxetov 70°8, 88°15, ovvbeTn
bd b
232, 57°47
ouvievat EavTou 62° 3 5s :
ovvicracba, ouvearnKevat. ai i palgee

kal Téxvat ovveoTaCUr 981? 24 &
TiVOS . 990% 22, 80°18 ouviora-
Heva. neyé6n 990% 26, cf. 80b21 = Tov
évos avorabév Tos Pyth. opr" 15 gu-

GeO. 34°33, 41°30, 43
ovvodos 33°17 v.1.
atvoros 35%6, 19, 29
17, 37°26, 30, 32
999"32, 29%5, 35°21,
39°20, 6024, 778
auvopay 984"2 70 avadoyov 48°37
avvovola 459, 13
owTarrev 75°16, 19
ovvreivay mpds Tt 50%23, 74°18
avvTibévar 12%4, 2419, 5110
ovvTopos 41%20 curiae 988*18
ouvdovupos 987? 10, 99325, 6°18
ovvevdpou Meiget =: ovota 7 5

ovororxia 986% 23, 4 °273 54°35, 58°13

o. ovata 33°
7) 5.995) 35;
Daas

vont? v7] (Erépa o. 72°31, 35 Hu
Tov Kadod 93°12
opaipa 33°30, P14, 34°11, 35°32

opatpa Tov dor pay A.8

oxfpa = puopds Atom. 985 "14, 42 14,
19 math. 999%9, 2%21, 70%23
émimedov, Oe Tp aR EO, Tpiyavoy abe
by evap av awy: TavToV Ge T@ pidro-
abpy Anis o. Katnyopias 10" 34,
17°23, 24°13, 26°36, 51°35, 54°29
a. THs ideas 29%4 évy pvOov oxN~
part 74? 2

oxConodia 38°15

oxiCorrouy hae

Txoaacey 981? 23

Txoat 999*I0, 1°23

Swxpatns 9871, 2, 78°17, 28, 863
6 =. 7830 3.6 vecorepos 3625
=. ut exemplam 981" 19; 98313,
18*2-4, 32 he eViaiicnyh 35) etc.

cGpa 992%6, 1 doy, 1628, 71°3 ama 0. 984°6, 42°8 pound 28°10

gapariny & apxn 987"4 puots 98823

aropevars 7629

ge 409, 41°12, 44°4, 45%9, 84°

ee gt 18

fe eae 17; 985 P14, 22°, agree

Dir ovn oT ev TH viola 38°33 ee mundi 751 3-15,” 25

Tapaxn 86°2

tavTérns 18°7

Taxos bir Tév 52 boy

Te... 5€ 994 »18

reXeropévo.0 xpeHoNo Emp. ors

rédevov def. 23°34, 55°11 TOTaXaS

A. 16 tT. % Sexds Pyth. 986°8
Plat. 84°32 Ypa pep) Tae LO 1
TO T. &Y Tos &k FOV apxay Pyth.
Speus. va ia4, ch. 9°13 TEAElwS
aE 27 TEAEwS 62°27

Tedelwois 21” 20

Tedevtatoy. eis & pOeiperm T. 9830,
ch. 7o"21 dmoKelwevov T. Tpos TO
eldos 16%20 Te eos 185, 61924

TedeuTy dist. TéAOs 21°28

TéAos 21° 23— 29: coni. ov eta 994”
9» 13°33) 59°38, cf 994°16, 74°30
coni. poppy 23°34 coni. évépyeva
51°16 sr, émiBeivaur 424

TeTparyoviCeny 996 21

TET payovov 54” 2 Pyth. dpOpol r. 93°7, cf. 9212

Terpagés 7632

Ue. 63%21

Terps go 23

Texyn 980? 28—981» 27
bud, Ths éprerpias 981 *3
meipia, ib, 25, 8 dist. émorqun
981>26, cf. 46°3 = emorTnyn
997"5 dist. vods, Sivamis, didvowa
25° 2240152228, 33°8 ryiryvec bau
pice, "rey, dio ravtoparov Z. 7-9,
cf. 25522 dist. pois 33°8, yo",
17 q 7. TO eldos, 34°24, 70°15
yeyerau adn oer 47” 23, Ch 462347
Ta ward id 70°17 7. GPXITEK-
Tovical ried)

rexvirgs dist. épmetpos 981 bay

Thktos I #10; 50" 22, 23°28

ridevar 2°14, 63% 23, P11, 85%25 pera Twos 984% a eis piav pvow 69°35

Tepat Emp. o

Tipwov 983" 33, “640 4, 74°21, 26, 30
Tim@rarn emoThHn, TipuwTaToY yEvos
983%5, 7520, 26%21

Tipddeos 993° 15, 1 16

Tphpara KKrov 34°25, 35°34

TynTUKds 20" 29

amoBaive. opp. ép-

TpnTEs 20°30

To.ovTos ad ea quae sequuntur pertinens 987°” 4, 998*10, 26? 2a

roun math, 994>25, 6014 log. 38°28

tomum, tAn 42°6

tomos 67%8-31, 68526, g2%17-21 peraBoA? Kata Tomov 42°34, 69°13

TooavTax@s 134, 17%24

TpameCa 988%4

Tpepecdar Emp. o° 14

Tpl-yavov gar ia T. 70 Oddo dpOds EXov ANE Us cf. 51°24, 86°35

TpiTnUOprov 20°27

Tpiros dvOpwmos ggot7, 39%2, 59°8,

ee 1828

tpiTTés 76" 30

Tpixh Siaperov 16" 27

Tpomn Democr. 985°16, 17, Atou Tpomal 983 °15

Tpoms 13°5

Tporo. aitiwy 996”5, 13°07) 29 avy- repadaodpevor 7. 52® 17

TUYXGVELW, 7 dedi ETUXE CY ak by sige cf. aT, 64°36, 65%9, 12

Tiny chen Tae 29°7

Tuprds 23%4, 47°8

Tvxn 981%5, 65* 27-3 — coni. rabré-
parov 984°14, 32°29 dist. radrd-
parov 70°6 yhyveobau TEXYN, poe,
TUXT, TH adTopaty 7076, cf. 32%29,
49°4

ipedcew 981°18, 26°37

dypatvery ae aes 32°18

dylea 340 10, 28, 29, 68%22, 26, 70"17, 2 ?

falcon ge *35; 60937, 77 »36

bdaToOpeppov Emp. 0*31

dap 983°21, 31

Brn 983°7—984°18, H. 3, 4 syn.

dowel pevoy 983% 29, 22°18, 24°09,
42°32; G1” ee 70° D0) ch, 985° 10,
988*11, 992” 2, 42° 9 dist. imo-

welpevov 29%2, 42°27, 44°9 = se
ob yiyverau gary, cf, 42°32, 699
év bAns elder 9837, 984° iF apx7)
as v, 986°17, cf. 983” 7 46*23
opp. Adyos, 7} ovota 7% Kata TOY O10"
tyre exeia, évépryeia 986” 20, 74°34,
849, 38°6, 43°6, 45°35, 71°21,
72-9 ope lbes, Hopon 988%3,
29%4, 6, 41°8, 50% 15, 70%2 coni.
GRAV 988% 2- “l 24°35, Cf. 44°35
eyryte 999? 12 igh 15°77,
17°5) 44°18, 49°25, cf. 23°27
Tov eldovs , 232 revos as U
248, 38°6, 58% 23, cf. 232 ai-
o@nrn, vonty 25°34, 30°9, 37°34,

45°34, cf. 36°35 b. T&v pabn-
parinav 59°16, cf. gg2%2 coni.
kino 20%3 Gravta Ta ~yyvo-
peva €xe Any 32°20, 42°26, 44”

24 aitia Tod cupBeBnkdtos 27%13
méTepov ovoia Z. 3, 42°27 def.
29% 20 dyvwotos Kad’ attny 36°8

doprarov 37%27, 491 coni. dv-
vous 42°27, °O, 49°23,50°15, 227
60*20, 69"14, 7012, 71*10, 75°22,
88255" 192%) Jol soP 29 TOMLKN,
yevvnth 42°6, 69°26, cf. 42%32-"1,
ZW Pn Cos6-) h évépyea dAdn
GdAns U. kat 6 Adyos 43712, cf. 69? 24
H €oxaTn VU. Kal 4 pwoppy TavTd 45°
18 ov more’ diapopdy 586, 14

9 0. Th TL TO palvecbar 7o"9 a)
evaytia , éxer 75°22
bAucés. 7d bAucdv 35%8 b. ovoia

44°15, 49°30, 77°36 — bArw@s 78%

pelagha 181

bmapxewv 37°16, 40°15 imapxew
KOO avr. 2% 22,625" 3 1 Paietso las
7a bnapxovra opp. Ti éoTt 26°32

imatrn 57% 22

dreivar 09°6

brevayTiov 85°15

bmempopiov 21%2

bmép Huds O° 15, cf. 77730

bmepBodn 21°15

brepéxe 84°17 imepéexov, bmepexd- pevov 2028, 21%4, 6, 57%13, 87°18

imépOupoy 4219

bmepoxn coni. €dAAeuis 9926, 4°12, 42°25, 35, 52°30

bmeprnday els Tr 276

banpeTodoa éemotHyn 982° 17

bird. tp ob} = mp@rov mvovy 701, cf.
33°24 tnd THY avTnY Gratin,
pice émotnyny, etc. 18% 29, bbe 31,
61” 15, 63°37,93°10 TaUT0 THY
apxny 60* 30

broBddAay Tov SaxtvdAov ind THY oY

bmodveabat TavTov oxHpA TO pirocdpw 4°18

brddeos, e@f b. 5°13, 55°34 iv
dvaykatov éxew tov oT.ody <uyievTa
obx 0. 5°16 = mpotacis 1316,
>20 mpos Thy & 8232 rar
kat ov pa@nyuarical b. 86710, cf, 83°6
coni. dpxai 86°15 KaTa Tas wv,
go*27