ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
nĭmĭŏpĕre: more correctly separate, nĭmĭō ŏpĕre.