764 b 



ARISTOTLE 



crcD/xa Tov (nrepixaro?^ elvai, ro jxev iv rco diqXeL to 

 8' iv to; dppevi, Kadajrep ^^^fineSoKXrjs (f)T]aiv elrrajv 



dXXa hUaTTaarai /xeAecov <j>vais, rj fiev iv 

 dvSpos • . ., 



OVT* i^ eKarepov ttoLv dTTOKpivojJievov, ro) Kparrjaai 

 20 TL fJiipos dXXov pbipovs yiveadai, ro juev dT]Xv to 

 8' dppev. oXcos 8e to ye rrjv tov fiipovs VTT€po-)(rjv 

 KpaTT^aacrav TTOceiv drjXv ^e'ArtoK /xev rj jXTjOev 

 (f>povTlaavTa to depjxov atTtdadai jjiovov, to jxevToi 

 CTU^jSatVetv a/xa /cat ttjv tov atSoiov p,op(f)7jv erepav 

 Setrat Xoyov Trpos to crvvaKoXovdelv aet raur 

 25 dXX-qXoLS' €L yap otl avveyyvg, /cat Tcjv Xonrcbv 

 e/cacTTOV e8ei piopicov dKoXovdelv ire pep yap krepov 

 iyyvg tcov vlkcovtojv, ware djxa dfjXv r av rjv /cat 



TT] fJLTjrpL ioLKO'S, T] dpp€V /Cat TO) TTttTpt. CTt aTOTTOV 



/cat TO jjiovov TavT* o'Uadai Seiv yiyveadai Ta 

 fxopia, /cat jjiT] TO avvoXov ^eTajSejSAi^/cei'at acbpia, 



1 Tou anepixaros velit secludere Piatt. 



" See above, note on fieyeOos, 1. 7. 



*" Perhaps " of the semen " should be deleted. 



« Cf. 7-22 h 12. 



** This is Democritus's view. Empedocles had said that 

 each parent supplied only half the tale of the parts ; 

 Democritus said that each parent supplied a full tale of 

 parts. See also note on pangenesis, 7:31 b 9. 



* i.e., one sexual part over the other ; see 764 a 10, 11. 



f i.e., the conformation of the part employed in intercourse 

 as well as the conformation of the uterus : in all cases they 

 both exhibit a diflference from the corresponding parts in 

 males, the penis and the testes respectively. 



" e.ff., why no individual is found having uterus and penis. 



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