ARISTOTLE 



735 a , , , ,« , , « ^ 



yevvTjTiKov erepov oiov avro' rovro yap Travros 



(f)va€L reXeiov epyov /cat t^cpov koI (^vtov. dvdyKrj 



20 Se 8ia ToSe, otl orav tl yiviqrai, av^dveadai dvd- 



yK7). eyevvrjcre fiev roivvv to avvoivvpiov, olov 



dvdpcoTTos dvdpcoTToVy av^€Tai Se 8t' iavrov. iaxrro^ 



apa TL ov av^ei.' el Srj ev ti /cat tovto irpaJTOv,^ 



TOVTO avayKT] yiyveadai TrpwTOV. wot el rj /capSta 



TTpaJTOv ev TtCTt t,(x)Ois yiyveTai, ev he tois fJirj exovat 



25 Kaphiav to TavTrj dvdXoyov, e'/c TavTr]s dv elrj rj 



o^PX") Tois exovGL, Tols 8' d'AAot? e/c tov dvdXoyov . 



Tt piev ovv eoTLV aiTiov d)s dp)(rj ttjs irepl €Ka- 



OTOV yeveaecDS , klvovv TrpcoTOV Kal Sr]piiovpyovv, 



etprjTaL Trpos Ta StarroprjdevTa rrpoTepov 



II 30 Ylepl Se TTJS" TOV aneppLaTO? ^vaecos dTTop-qaeiev 



dv Tt?. TO yap arreppLa e^epx^Tai p.ev e/c tov t,ipov 



naxv Kal XevKov, ipvxdpLevov Se ytVerat vypov 



warrep vhwp, /cat to xpdJP'O. vSaTOs. aTorrov hrj dv 



^ eavTo Peck : ai;T6 vulg. 



^ eatrro . . . av^ei] eariv dpa ti o av^CL Z, 



' TrpaJTOv om. PS : A..~W .cxini. ev movro, Kal rovro avdyKij. 



" Cf. De anima 41.5 a 26 ff., and for identity of nutritive 

 and generative faculty, 416 a 18 If., and note on 744 b 36 

 below. 



'' See note on 721 a 3. 



" This seems to be the meaning of this phrase ; cf. the^ 

 twice-repeated remark above, that once a thing has be 

 brought into being, it makes itself grow : Aristotle now sajT 

 " now that it is making itself grow, it is something — bi 

 what ? Some one thing — it is so far just that one thing whic 

 is al)le to cause growth, which contains the principle 

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