722 b 



ARISTOTLE 



5 TTfSs" ^fj; 6t 8e avve)(y], ^coov av etrj yuKpov. Kai ra 

 Tcov alSoLCOv TTCos; ov yap oy.oiov to avrtov oltto 

 rod dppevos Kal rov di^Xeos. 



"Eti el dp,(f>or€pa}v o/xotaj? oltto ttolvtcov drr- 

 epx^Tai, Svo ytyveraL ^oja* eKarepcov yap aTravra 

 €^€i. Sto Kal ^KfXTTeSoKXijs eoLKev, ei-Vep ourcu 

 XcKTeov, fidXtara Xeyeiv opboXoyoufxeva tovto) tw 

 10 Xoyo) [to ye roaovrov, aXX" e'lTrep ere pa tttj, ov 

 KaX(2)sf- (f)r]aL yap iv rw dppevi Kal rep diqXeL olov 

 avjx^oXov eveZvai, oXov 8' a.7r' ovherepov dinevai, 



aXXd SteoTTaaraL pLeXecov (f)vats, rj pcev ev dv- 

 Spos . . . 



Sid ri yap rd drjXea ov yewa e^ avrcov, elirep diro 

 TTavTOS T€ direpx^raL kol e^et v7to8o)(7]v; dXX 

 15 01? €OLK€V "q ovK direpx^Tai a770 jravros, r) ovrcos 

 axTTTep EKelvo? Xeyei, ov ravrd d(f>^ eKarepov, Sto 

 Kal heovrai rrjs dXX-qXcov avvovaias. dXXd Kal 

 tovt' dhvvarov . ooairep yap Kal jjueydXa ovr* dhv- 

 varov SieaTraafieva aco^eadat Kat kpujivxa elvai, 



^ seclusi. 



" i.e., which generative organs is the offspring to have — 

 male or female ones ? 



'' Sc, in this respect, though it may be identical in respect 

 of hand, nose, eyes, etc. 



"" Nature " seems to mean here, as often, "natural 

 substance," or " substance." 



■* Emped. fr. 63 (Diels, Vorsolcr.^) ; it probably continued, 

 e.g., " Seed, and the other portion is in woman's." 



58 



