[13] Εἰ δ’ ὅτι καὶ ἐν ἀριθμοῖς τὸ ὀλίγον πεπερασμένας ἔχει διαιρέσεις, καὶ ἐν γραμμαῖς τις ἀξιοίη τὸ μικρόν, εὔηθες. Ἔκεῖ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἀμερῶν τε ἡ γένεσις, καὶ ἔστι τι ὃ τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἀρχή ἐστι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ μὴ ἄπειρος πεπερασμένας ἔχει διαιρέσεις· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν μεγεθῶν οὐχ ὁμοίως.
De lineis insecabilibus. Aristotle. ed. Immanuel Bekker. Oxford. 1837.
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