740 a 



ARISTOTLE 



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 a<p rjs /cat voTepov rj SiaKoafi'qais rod aajjuaro? 

 yLverai rots ^cools. et yap e^codev TTor earai kol 



10 varepov eveaofjuevrj, ov jJiovov SiaTropijaeLev dv ris 

 ro nore, dAA' on dvdyKrj, orav eKaarov )((jopL^rjrat, 

 rojv fjLopLOJv, ravr'qv inrapx^LV Trpcorov, i^ ■j^? Kal 

 rj av^7]ais vrrapx^L Kal -f] KLvrjois rols aXXois [xo- 

 piOL'S. hiorrep oaoL Xeyovatv, uJOTrep Ar][ji6KpLros, 

 ra k^co Trpcvrov htaKpiveaOai roJv l^cpcov, varepov 



15 06 rd evros, ovk opddjs Xeyovaiv, wairep ^vXlvojv 

 T] Xidivoiv ^(Lcov. rd fiev yap roiavr' ovk e^^et 

 ap'XTfv bXios, rd he t,cpa rrdvr* e;)(et Kal evros e;)(et. 

 Old Trpdjrov rj Kaphia (jyaiverai, Siojptanevr] rrdai 

 rots evaipots' dpx"^ ydp avrr] Kal rcbv ojJLOiojJiepcbv 

 Kai ra)V avopLOiopepcov. rjSrj ydp dpx^v ravrr^v 



20 d^tov dKovaai rod iC,<l)ov Kal rod avarrjfjiaros, orav 

 BerjraL rpocjyrjS' ro ydp Sr] ov^ av^dverai. rpo(f)rj 

 8e t,cpov rj iaxdrrj aifxa Kal ro dvdXoyov. rovrcov 

 o' dyyelov at (f)Xe^es' Sto tj KapSia Kal rovrcov 



^ ov] la)ov Y. 



« See Diels, Vorsokr.^ 68 A 145. 



" See Introd. § 19. 



" The point is that by this time the fetation is definitely 

 constituted — it is an individual — it exists, and that which 

 exists can correctly be said to have an dpx'i]- Also, that 

 which exists needs nourishment, and in animals nourishment 

 means blood, of which the heart is the apx^]- (As Aristotle 

 says elsewhere, 735 a, the heart supplies the principle of 

 growth, and the nutritive faculty of Soul operates through 

 the heart.) This, then, is why, as soon as the fetation is 

 definitely constituted, the heart is formed — otherwise no 

 growth could take place. 



'' It is unnecessary to read ^oJov for ov : 6v gives better 

 point to the argument, with which compare the passage 



194 



