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ἡ δὲ δύναμις οὐκ
ἄνευ οὐσίας, οἷον ἀνθρώπου 1 εἴτε γένεσις εἴτε γενητὸν οὐκ ἄνευ τῆς
δυνάμεως, αὕτη [p. 474] δὲ περὶ ἄνθρωπον, οὐσία δ᾽ ὁ
ἄνθρωπος. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς δυνάμεως μεταξὺ οὔσης, ἡ μὲν οὐσία δυνάμενον, ἡ
δὲ γένεσις καὶ τὸ γιγνόμενον ἄμφω δυνατά. τριῶν τοίνυν τούτων 2, δυνάμεως
καὶ δυναμένου καὶ δυνατοῦ, δυνάμεως μὲν ὡς τὸ
εἶναι προϋπόκειται τὸ δυνάμενον, δυνατοῦ δ᾽ ἡ δύναμις προϋφίσταται. σαφὲς
μὲν οὖν καὶ οὕτω τὸ δυνατόν: τύπῳ δ᾽ ἂν ἀφορισθείη κοινότερον μὲν τὸ
κατὰ δύναμιν πεφυκὸς γίγνεσθαι, κυριώτερον δὲ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο, ὁπόταν
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