ARISTOTLE 



722 a 



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30 TOVTiov aTTieWt ro a7r' eKeivcov av eirj ajnivai /cat 



T^S" avvueaecos' woTrep Kav ei oltto tov yeypapb- 



fxevov ovofj-aros aTTiyet rt/ et fxeu aTTo Travros, koLv 



arro tcov avXXa^oJv iKaarrjs, et 8' auo tovtcov, (xtto 



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35 (Tti^, arro tcov crTOL)(ei(ov av eh] piovov^' airo yap 



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aLTLov, aAA' ov to aTreXdelv oltto navTos. 



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" The point of the argument is this. There is no addi- 

 tional material in the non-uniform parts beyond what there 

 was in the uniform ones ; the only additional factor is the 

 assemblage (composition, combination, arrangement) of the 

 uniform parts so as to make the non-uniform ones {e.g., of 

 flesh, bone, blood, sinew, etc., so as to make a face or an 

 arm). And as the assemblage, the fact that the vmiform 

 parts are arranged in a particular manner, is not a material 

 thing, obviously nothing can be drawn from it as an ingredient 

 for the semen. The argument can be carried a stage further 

 still, as Aristotle points out, for the uniform parts themselves 

 are merely assemblages of the elementary forms of matter. 

 Earth, Air, Fire, Water. (See Introd. § 24, and 715 a 10 ff.) 



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