eer 7d ev yryvdpevov evOds yiyverOas kai ravtév. He
adds, by way of marking the priority and purity, so
to speak, of the one as here viewed, rév pev yap ody-
ev Sa Tiyv avTiOeoww [erepov v. érepov is present to the
mind] érepov yiyveras (7d €v)* KaGd Se Ev 7d ev éorev
&, ov« dv tay mpds TH Kad’ atrd yap, ... Ta yap Ka?
aiird mpourdpxe. TavTayov TOV mpds TL... 7d be TAdTOV
tov mpos Tt Aeyouévev éotiv, This is how we must,
if possible, conceive of the one in our present course
of argument—od yap drorrarel Tod wAyOovs 1) TavTs-
ts [we can say something is tadrév trois roAAois],
7 8¢év [he also says évorys 52] €fw trav rerAnOvopévov
éoriv’ éxdoty yap Tékis cvverpépea Te EavTy TdvTWSs
8 po) Av mpd adrys. And so we are to think of the
following hierarchy of existences, each step down-
wards (or, if we treat the first as lowest, upwards)
bringing in its own special characteristic 6 pa) jv mpd
airhs :
rd dv—eyet dwdbryra Kpelrrova Tabréryros


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7d dv—exet Thy Tadroryra Kal érepornra fw ovk elxe 7d ev
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Svois— ,, Tod vod dpeiw 5 99 OV
q ior 3, MeTaBarexhy vonow 35 6 vods
é jepuctes 19 KUKN@ Klenow Thy TomKi ,, n vuxn
q qéscnte— +» Kar’ ovclay peraSoryy v3 6 ovpavés.
