726 b 



ARISTOTLE 



ivaijJLOLg, toIs 8' avaiybois to avaXoyov, etprjrai 

 TTpoTepov e7T€i 8e /cat r] yovrj Treptrrcond iari 

 rpo(j>r\s Kol rrjs iaxo-TTjs, tJtol af/xa av eirj ■^ ro 

 5 avaXoyov 'q ck tovtcov tl. inei S' e/c rov aifxaros 

 TrerropLivov Kal p,€pi,l,op,4vov nrios yiverai twv 

 p,opto)v eKaaroVy ro Se OTrepp-a TT€(f)dev p,€v dX- 

 Xoiorepov aTTOKpiverat rod at/xaro?, dnev-rov S' 

 6v, Kal orav n? 7Tpoa^idl^r]rai TrXeovdKLS )(^pcoiX€vos 

 ra> d(f>poSLaidt,€LV, eviois alfiarcoSes rjSr] rrpoeX-q- 



10 Xvdev, (jyavepov on rrjs alp^arLKYJ^ av etiq Tvepirroopua 

 rpo(f)rj<; ro arreppia, rrjg ets rd p^^prj StaSiSo/Ltevi^s' 

 reXevraiag. Kal 8id rovro pLcydXrjv e^et Svvapiiv — 

 K:at ydp rj rov Kadapov Kal vyieivov atpiarog (xtto- 

 )(^(I)p'qaLg eKXvrLKOv — Kal ro o/zoia yiyveaOai rd 

 CKyova roZs yevvrjaaaiv evXoyov op,oiov ydp rd 



15 rrpoaeXdov rrpos rd piepT] ra> VTToXeL(f)dlvrL. atare 

 rd aTT€pp,a iarl rd rrjs x^''P^^ V ''"° '''^^ TrpoacoTTov 

 T] oXov rod S^ipov ahiopiarois X^''P V T^pdocoTTov rj 

 oXov ^wov Kal olov eKeivcov eKaarov evepyeia, 

 roLovrov rd aireppia Svvap,€L, rj Kard rov oyKov rov 

 iavrov, rj e;i^et^ rivd hvvapnv iv iavro) (rovro ydp 



20 ovTTO) hrjXov rjpZv e/c rd)v hicopLapievcov, norepov rd 



^ exov A.-W. 



" See Introd. § 18. " Cf. P. A, 678 a 8 ff . 



•^ Dynamis : see below, b 19. 



<* And concocted into semen. Cf. also 725 a 25 ff. 



« Introd. § 36. 



f See Introd. §§ 26 ff. This is an important passage for 

 the meaning of dynamis in this particular connexion. Cf. 

 727 b 14, and ch. 21. 



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