ARISTOTLE 



762 b 



8' ■^ e/c T-iy? yevviLarj's -q e/c jJiopLov rod Kvrjfjiaro?' 



35 cSctt' et ddrepov dSvvarov, eTTippelv €K Trjs yrjs 



763 a uxjTTep iv rolg^ ^cool? €K ttjs ixrjrpo?, dvayKolov e/c 



pLopiov XafjL^dvecv rov KvrjpuaTos' rrjv Se roiavrrjv 



i^ (hod Xeyo/xev eti^ai yeveaiv. on [xev ovv, e'lrrep 



r^v TLS dp^Tj rrj? yerecrecos" Trdai rots ^wocg, evXoyov 



TOLV SvoLV TOVToiv elvaL TTjv iripav, cftavepov tJttov 



5 S' e;!^et Xoyov €K tojv (hibv ovdevos yap roiavTrjv 



6pa)pL€v l,(x)ov yeveoLV, dXXd rrjv erepav, Kal t(x>v 



ivaLfxajv twv pr^devrajv Kal raJv dvaljjiojv. rotavra 



8' earl rcov t' evropujjv evia /cat rd oarpaKoSepfxa 



Trepl cLv 6 Xoyos' ov yap e/c pbopiov yivovrai rivog, 



(Lairep rd (LoroKovpieva, TTOLovvrai 8e /cat tt^v 



10 av^7]aLV opLOLOJS rots ctkcoX-q^lv evrt Ta dvcu yap 



/cat rr]v dpx^jv av^dvovrai at aKcoXrjKes' ev tu) 



/cctTco ydp 7] Tpotj^T] rot's dv<x>. /cat rovro ye opLOiws 



e;)^ei rols e/c rcbv axhv, nXrjv e/cetra jxev Karava- 



XiaK€L TTav, iv 8e rot? aKajXrjKoroKovpievots , orav 



av^r]dfj e/c ri]? iv rep /carcu p-opno avaraaeoj'S ro 



15 dvu) puopiov, ovrojg e/c rov vttoXoittov hiapOpovrai 



rd Kdrwdev. alriov 8' on Kal varepov rj rpo(f)r] ev 



rd) p,opicp rd) vird ro vTr6t,a>pia ylverai vdcrLV. on 



8e rovrov rov rpdirov Troteirat rd aKOiXi)K(Lhr] rr]V 



^ dXXois post TOiS vulg. : om. PZ. 



" i.e., in the uterus. 



* i.e., the egg. Thus the three possibiUties are — produc- 

 tion as larvae ; viviparously ; oviparously. It should not 

 be supposed that Aristotle seriously envisages the possibility 

 of this sort of " evolution " ; but in view of the popular 

 nature of the belief he thinks fit to show by which of the three 

 modes of generation these " earthborn " men would have 

 been produced, if they had been produced. 



" Spontaneous generation from eggs. 



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