KOTES, BOOK 11. j. 55
of Plat0 and the existing practice of states. He would have men
lend or give to their neighbours more than they do, but he would
not enforce by law a community of goods ; he would unite them
by education, but would not destroy family life.
Omfp T& rcpi rhs m-&s iv Aardalpovr ra1 Kpia rois mootriois 6 6. 15.This remark more truly applies to Crete, where the common
tables were provided at the public expense (c. 10. $ 7), than to
Sparta, where he who could not afford to contribute to his mess
lost the rights of citizenship (c. 9. $8 30-32). Still in both there
was a common mode of life ; and an element of communism was
introduced by the legislator. Compare also the remarkable descrip-
tion of the effect of Lacedaemonian training (iv. 9. §$ 6-9) in pro-
ducing the same simple habits of life both among rich and poor ;
and Xen. De Rep. Laced. 6. $6 I, 3, 4.voposivs iraiuoucu.sdvra yhp uxc6br &pvrar piv, &h rh plv 06 uuyilmat, sois 6' OC 6. 16.
Xpiwar yruhurovrts.
06 uuvijmar, lit. 'they have not been put together,' implying that
no comparison has been made of them, nor inference drawn from
them. In other cases the inference has been drawn, but not
applied to a practical use. As in Pol. vii. 10. § 7, and Metaph. xi.
8, 1074 b. 8 (&FZ rrs xopiuas aCrB Xd,9or pdvou rb rpirav, &r BcoCs $OVTO
T~S rphar oCdap ch, Bcios Bv tip+dar vopiucrcv, Kai xarh rb tid~
~A~IZS dpp~pc'ys cis rA 8uvardv ~K~UT~S ra; ri,yys xa'r +rXouo+iar rai
rdXru $Bfipopr'vov ra1 rahs rhs 6di+ i~civou otou XciJIava rrprocoiro8ar
TOG vh), and several other passages, Aristotle SUP~OWS the
inventions of arts and laws to have been made many times over.
Compare Plat. Laws iii. 677 A foll.
pdhrora 6' hv yc'vorro +avcppdv, c; TLS rots Zppyots i8or qv rora6rqv 6. 17.
mhciav raTaoweua~opiyv.
' In the actual process of creation.'
cp. Plat. Tim. 19 B, rpo&utf 82 84 TLV~ POL roL$k SA scioas, olov
~19 @J ~a~d rou efa+fvos, Eire G~B ypa+js tipyaopiva &e rai Cima
%~Lv~c, juuxiav a; ayovra, cis irrBupiav ci#irorro BcdcraoBar K[VO+V~~
+e aC+h xal rr TGV rois ohpart aoro;vrov IrpOUjKflV KaTh njv dyoviau
daoim. rairbv rai iy; riovea rp~s njv rmiv ~r+~opv.