α4093Ἀρχή
principle
[Meaning something that is] efficient; formal; final. Aristotle says that the soul is like a principle of animals, inasmuch as [it is] efficient, formal, and final; for these are the principles in the strict sense. Now…
Ἀρχή· ποιητική· εἰδική· τελική. ὁ δὲ Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν, ὅτι ἡ ψυχὴ οἷον ἀρχὴ τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν, ὡς ποιητικὴ, εἰδικὴ, τελική· αὗται γάρ εἰσιν αἱ κυρίως ἀρχαί. ὡς μὲν οὖν ποιητικὴ, ὅτι…