741 b 



ARISTOTLE 



reXog- ro yap appev [xdr-qv av rjv, rj Se (Jjvols ovSev 

 5 TTOieZ pLarrjv. hioTrep iv rolg tolovtoi? del to dppev 

 CTTiTeAet TTjv yeveatv. e/X7rotet yap tovto rqv ai- 

 adrjTiKrjV ifjvxrjv, rj 8t' avrov t] Sio. rrjg yovrjs. 

 evvTTap)(6vr(jL>v S' ev rrj vXr) SwdfieL tcov /xopicov, 

 orav dp)(7] yevqrat Kivijaecos, wajrep iv rocs avro- 

 fiaroig davjJLaai, avveiperai to e^e^T^?* Kal o ^ov- 



10 XovraL Xeyeiv TLves tcov <f)vaiKcJjv, to " <f)ep€adai els 

 TO ofjioiov," XeKTeov ovx d)9 tottov pbeTa^dXXovTa 

 ra fjiopia KiveladaL, aAAa fzevovTa Kal dXXoi.oup,€va 

 fxaXaKOTr^Ti Kal aKXrjpoTrjTL Kal ;)^pcu/xaCTt Kal Tats 

 dXXats rats' tcov 6p.OLop.€pix)v Siacfiopals, ytvojjieva 



15 ivepyeia a. VTrrjp)(ev ovTa hvvdpbet irpoTepov. yly- 

 V€Tat 8e TTpaJTOv rj dp^ij- avTrj 8' cotIv tj Kaphia 

 TOLS ivaipLois, Tolg 8' aAAot? to dvdXoyov, ojOTrep 

 etprjTai TToAAa/cij. Kal tovto (f>av€p6v ov jjlovov 

 /caro. TT^i' atadrjOLVy otl ytveTac TrpcoTOV, aAAa Kal 

 TTepl TTjV TeXevTriv ctTroAetVet yap to t/qv IvTeWev 



20 TeAeuratov, avfx^aLvei 8' €7tI TrdvTcov to TcXevTatov 

 yivoijcevov^ TrpcjTov aTToXeiiTeiv , to Se TTpcoTOv TeXev- 

 Talov, uiortep Trjs (jivaecjs SLavXoSpofxovcrrjs xal 



^ yevofievov P. 



" i.e., the matter provided by the female. 



* See note on 734 b 10. 



" <f>vGi,KOL, sometimes (f>vat.oX6yot, a term used by Aristotle 

 to describe the early writers on <f)vms, i.e., nature, or the 

 nature (stuff) of the universe and its contents. They include 

 the so-called " early philosophers," and apparently also 

 Hippocrates, as here (see note on 740 b 14). Several of the 

 pre-Socratic philosophers had made use of this principle in 

 various connexions. — See also pp. xvi f. 



<« Cf. above, 740 b 14. ' See Introd. § 48. 



f See App. B §§ 4-6, 9-10. 



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