Reading with Oehler εἰ δέ μικρότερον…ἐστὶν, ὥστε…κεχωρίσθαι. The Paris Edit. and the Benedictine S. Basil read εἰ δὲ μικρότερον…ἐστὶν, ἢ ὥστε…χωρῆσαι. “If, according to their phrase, He is too small to be capable of community,” &c. Oehler’s reading seems to fit better in the argument. If the new idea of “capacity” had been introduced at this point, we should expect some other phrase than μετέχειν ἄξιον at the end of the sentence.