ARISTOTLE 



723 a 



ovde TO jxepos o ex^i iSiov to t€ dppev /cat to drjXv, 

 €t7Tep to avTO anepiia kol drjXv Kal appev SvvaTai 

 35 yLyveudai d)s ovk ovto^ tov fioptov iv to) arrepixaTi. 

 723 b TL ovv Sca<f>€p€i, cttl tovtov Xiyeiv rj inl twv a'AAcot' 



ixoptojv; a yap /xtiS' oltto ttjs vaTepas anepixa 

 yiVerat, o auro? Adyo? /cat eVt tojv a'AAoiv qv etr] 

 fxopcojv. 



'Ert evta ytverat tcov t^cpiov ovt* i^ ofioyevaJv 

 ovT€ TO) yevei 8ia(f)6pajv , olov at fxvlai /cat ra yevt) 

 6 Tcijt' KaXov/Jievcov ifjvXXtbv} e/c Se tovtojv yiVerat 

 pL€V t,o)a, oy/cert 8' ojxoLa tyjv (jivaiv, dAAa yevos tl 

 aKOjXrjKCov. hrjXov ovv otl ovk drro TravTos piepovs 

 aTnovTog yiyvovTai oaa eTepoyevrj- opioia yap dv 

 rjv, eiTTep tov oltto rravTOS (XTTteVai arjjjieiov ioTLV r) 



0/XOtOT77?. 



"Ert OLTTO puds avvovaiag /cat tcov t,cx)U)v evLa 

 10 yewd TToXXd, ra 8^ ^uto. /cat TravraTraCTiv 8'^Aov 

 yap OTL aTTO pads Kivrjaecos tov eTreretor TrdvTa 

 <j)epei KapTTOv. Katroi tt-cDs" SvvaTov, et aTTO rravTog 

 aTTeKpivcTO to crTrep/xa; pclav yap aTTOKpiaiv diro 

 puds dvayKaZov yiveadai avvovaiag /cat /xta? 8ta/cpt- 

 crecus". ev 8e rat? voTepais ;;^a>/)i^eCT^at aSwarov'- 



1 ipvXXdiv Em, Aldus, Buss., A.-W.,Tlatt : tjjvXcov SZ : ifivxoiv 

 vulg. ; cf. 721 a 8 supra. 



" And that the differentiation takes place in the uterus. 



* This does not of course imply a belief in plant fertiliza- 

 tion ; but the precise meaning of the remark is not clear. 

 On comparison with 728 b .S5 ff., it appears that the product 

 of the " one act of coition " in animals corresponds to the 

 " seed " of plants, which also is a " fetation," in which male 

 and female are not separate, just as male and female are 



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