though if they were, they might be thought to be causes, as white causes whiteness in a white object by entering into its composition. But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
bestela haietan lirateke eta) ezta beraien izaterako 15) ere, parte hartzen duten gauzetan berebaitakoak ez direlarik. Horrela balitz, pentsa liteke zuria zuriarekin nahastuta bezala direla kausak, baina adierazpen hau-Anaxagorasek lehenengoz eta Eudoxosek eta beste batzuek geroago adierazi zutena-oso erraz bota daiteke atzera (erraza baita honelako iritziaren kontra zailtasun konponezin asko biltzea).