734 b 



ARISTOTLE 



(f)va€L yiyveraL r) Texvj], utt' ivepyeia ovros yiverai 

 €K Tov SvvdjJieL TOiovrov. TO fiev ovv airepiia 

 roLOvrov, /cat e;!^et KLvrjaLV /cat o.px'rjv roiavrriv, 

 axTTe TTavojjLevqs^ ttjs KLvqaecos yiveaQai eKaarov 



25 T(x)v ybopiuiv Kol epLipv^ov. ov yap ean irpocroiTTOv 

 {.iTj €xov ipvxiqv, ouSe adp^, d\Xd ^dapeina oficovv- 

 (Jicos Xexd-qaerai to fiev elvai irpoacxiTTOv to Se 

 crdp^, (Larrep Koiv el eyiyvero XiQ iva rj ^vXiva. d/xa 

 8e Tct ojJjOLopiepri yiverai /cat rd opyaviKa' Kat 

 wairep ou8' dv rriXeKw ou8' dXXo opyavov (f)r]- 

 aaifxev dv TTOLrjaat to rrvp jxovov, ovTwg ovSe iroha 



30 ovhe x^^p(^' "^dv avTov Se Tpoirov ovhe adpKa- /cat 

 yap TavTTjs epyov tL ioTiv. oKXrjpd p-ev ovv /cat 

 IxaXaKa kol yXtcrxpa /cat Kpavpa, Kal oaa dXXa 

 TOtauTa' Trddr] vTrdpxeL Tots if.Li/jv)(OL'; /xoptot?, dep- 

 jLtoTT^S" /cat i/jvxpoTTjs TTOL'qaeLev dv, tov 3e Xoyov to 

 Tjhrj TO {xev adp^ to 8' ootovv, ovkItl, dXX rj KLvrjacs' 



35 7] dno tov yewrjaavTos tov ivTeXex^ia ovtos o eoTt 

 SvvdfJLei t6^ i^ ov yiveTai, aymrep /cat eiru TCJbv ytvo- 



^ quieverit S : Auo^e'viy? coni. Piatt. 

 ^ Toiavra P, om. vulg. 

 3 TO Y : ij vulg. : om. P, A.-W., Piatt. 



" Cf. below, 734 b 36 and 735 a 4. Also see Introdj 

 §§ 34 flf. 



" i.e., the principle of movement. 



" If the text is sound, this can only refer to the oiigina 

 " movement " imparted by the generating parent whic' 

 produced the semen ; and this would be comparable wit 

 the initial movement imparted to the automaton mentione 

 above. 

 152 



