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CTxrep/xa e/c rcuv yevvcovrajv. Slo rod avrov Xoyov 

 eoTL, TTorepov /cai to drjXv /cat to dppev Trpotevrai^ 

 ajJLcpa) ■^ OoLTepov pcovov, Kal TTOTepov amo rravTos 

 10 aTTepx^Tat, rod acopLaros t) ouk dno TravTOS' ev- 

 Xoyov yap, el pL-rj oltto Travro^, /^^S' (xtt' dpi(f)OT€pa>v 

 Tcov yevvcjVTOJV. hionep e7TLaK€TTT€ov, eTreihrj (j>aaL 

 TLveg ttTTO TTavTog dinevat tov adj/Ltaros", Trepl tovtov 



TTU)? e)(€L TTpOJTOV. eOTL he aX^hoV, ols dv TLS XPV~ 



aaiTO reKpiripioLS ojs dcf)' CKaaTov tcDv pbopioiv 

 aiTLOVTog TOV OTTeppiaTOs^ TeTTapa, TrpcoTov p.ev rj 

 a(f)oSp6T'qs TTJg rjSovrjs' pLaXXov yap tjSv irXeov 

 TavTO yivopLevov rrddos, TrXeov he to Tracrt TOt? 

 pLopioig Tj TO evl rj oXiyoLS avpi^aZvov avTcbv. ctl 

 TO €K KoXo^dJv KoXo^d yiveodaL' hid puev ydp to 

 TOV pLoplov evhees etvat ov /3aSt^etv arrepp-a ev- 

 20 Teudev 0a<Ttv, odev S' dv pur] eXdjj, tovto ox»/x/3aivetv 

 fXT) yiveadai. irpos he tovtois olI opioioTrjTes irpos 

 Tovg yevvTjaavTas- yivovTai ydp eoLKOTes, ojoTrep^ 

 Kal oXov TO crcDjua, Kal pbopia piopiois' e'nrep ovv 

 Kal TO) oXo)* acTtov ttjs opiOLorrjTO? to d(f>^ oXov 

 eXdelv TO aneppia, Kal tois piopLOLs a'lTLOv dv e'irj to 



^ irpotevTou PSZ* : irpoterai vulg. 

 ^ <x)S . . . airipixaros om. PZ. 



^ uxjrrep om. P. 

 * TO) oAoi Z : TOV oXov vulg. 



" This is a view which is found in the remarkable Hippo- 

 cratic treatise tt. 70^17? ktX. 3 and 8 (vii. 474 and 480 Littre), 

 and seems also to have been held by Democritus (see Diels, 

 Vorsokr.^ 68 A 141 and 68 B 32). It closely resembles 

 the hypothesis (" pangenesis ") which was put forward by 

 Darwin, that every imit of an organism contributes its share 

 to the germ of the future offspring ; in other words, that the 



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