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THEOPHRASTUS’ METAPHYSICS.
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U. v. b. 27, κάλλιον ἄν τι παρὰ τοῦ πρώτου δέοι τῆς κυκλοφορίας κτλ.

فقد يحتاج من ال . . . . . . . م سی يلى الوسط الى شی هو افضل من الحركة الدورية

It would require . . . . . . . which comes near the middle something better than the circular motion.

U. vi. a. 14, §11, καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ὥσπερ ἑτέρων λόγων κτλ.

واخلق لقائل ان يقول ان الكلام فی هذا المعنی ليس هذا موضعه لكن ليت شعری للانسان ان يعتقد من هذا المبدا او من هذه انما . . . ثم ينقطع

And it is fitter for the speaker [i.e. any one] to say that this is not the place for the discussion of this subject. Only would I knew whether a man should believe from this beginning or from these beginnings or from the rest of the beginnings existing together at one time.

Wimmer conjectured in l. 17 ἄλλων ἀρχῶν, which is perhaps confirmed.

vi. b. 3, §12, χρόνον δ’ ἅμᾳ καὶ οὐρανόν.

These words occur at the end of a line in the Arabic والزمان مع السماء which is not therefore in favour of U.’s athetesis.

vi. b. 5, οὐδεμίαν ἔτι ποιοῦνται μνείαν,

لم يذكروه اصلا فضلا عن ان يشرعوا فيه

they did not mention them at all, not to speak of dealing with them; شرع is used below for ἅπτεσθαι.

vi. b. 10, §13, Πλάτων μέν — μόνον:

[واما] افلاطون فانه عند رده الى المنادی قد يظن انه قد شرع فی سائر الاشياء بانه رد الاشياء [الى] الصور الى الاعداد وترقی