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Cf. Galen, Hist. Phil. 118; Dox. 642.

Reading κινούμενον with Diels.

I.e. things are called after the element or elements (homoeomeries) which predominate in their make-up.

Cf. Herakleitos, Fr. 68.

Cf. 265 b 22.

Cf. Met. 989 b 15.

Cf. iii. 4; 429 b 24.

Cf. iv. 4; 1007 b 25.

Cf. Theophr. Phys. op. Frag. 19; Dox. 493.

I translate the suggestion of Diels in his notes.

Cf. Aet. iv. 1, supra, p. 256.

Cf. the consideration of this topic by Zeller in the Archiv f. d. Gesch. d. Philos. Bd. V. (1892) p. 165 f.

See I. Index of Sources, ‘Plato.’ Cf. Krat. 401 D, 402 A, 412 D, 439 B, 440 C, Theaet. 152 D.

Phaed. 97 B, Gorg. 465 C, Phaed. 72 C, Legg. 595 A.

Parm. 52, 53 ap. Soph. 237 A, 258 D; 98 ap. Theaet. 180 E; 103-105 ap. Soph. 244 E; 132 ap. Symp. 178 B.

Cf. Simpl. Phys. 7 r 29, 42 and 19 87, 1.

Theaet. 183 E, Soph. 237 A.

Phaedr. 261 D.

Parm. 128 B.

Apol. 26 D, Krat. 400 A, 409 A, 413 A, Legg. 967 B.

See supra, p. 133 f.; also Phileb. 16 C, 23 C, Pol. 530 D, 600 A.

Die Einheitslehre Heraklits, p. 17 f.

See I. Index of Sources, under ‘Aristotle.’

Emminger, Die vorsokratische Philosophie der Griechen nach den Berichten des Aristoteles. Würzburg 1878.

Meta. 1078 b 12.

Meta. 1036 b 18.

Meta. 987 a 1.

Herakl. 46; Parm. 146-149; Emped. 182-183, 219.

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