ARISTOTLE 



776 a 



25 -x^p-qaiiJiov. evXoyoj? he avjx^aivei /cat hia rrjv e'f 

 dvdyKTjs alriav veTrefifjievov et? rovg reXevraiovg 

 Xpovovs' TO jxev yap npajrov rj rod roiovrov 

 TrepLTTcoixaTOS dnoKpLai? els rrjv rajv i/jL^pvcov 

 dvaXioKerai yiveaiv TrdvTOJV 8' t^ Tpo(f)r] to 

 yAvKVTaTov /cat TreTre/xjU-eVov, coctt' dcfiaLpovpLevrjs 



30 TTJ? ToiavTTjs Svvdixecos dvdyKrj to Xolttov dXfxvpov 

 yiveadai Kal SvaxvfJiov. reXeovpLevcjov Se twv Kvrj- 

 jjidTwv TiXeov TO TTeptTTCOfJ-a TO 7T€piyLv6[xevov 

 [eXaTTOV yap to dvaXiaKOjjicvovy Kal yXvKVTepov, 

 ovK d(f)aipov[ji€vov ojxolcos tov €V7T€7ttov. ^ov yap 

 ert els TiXdaiv tov €[x^pvov yiyveTai rj harrdvy), dAA' 



35 els piiKpdv av^rjaiv, coartep eoTTjKos rjhrj Sid to 



776 b reXog ^x^lv to efi^pvov eoTt ydp tls Kal Kvrj- 



piaros TeXeioiais. hioTrep i^epx^Tau Kal /xerajSaAAet 



TTjv yeveaiv, wg c^ov ra avTOV Kal ovKeri Xapi^dvei 



TO pLT] avTov, €V c5 Kaipcp ylverai to ydXa ;^p')^crt/.ioi/. 



Et? 8e TOV dvco TOTTov /cat Tovg /xaarous" avX- 



6 XeyeTai 8ta ri^v e^ ^PXV^ ra^tv t^j avoTdaecos ■ 



TO jLtev ydp dvco tov VTTO^cJopiaTOS to Kvpiov tov 



^a)ov^ ecTTt, TO he Kctro) tottos* Trjs Tpo(f)rjs Kal tov 



TTepLTTWjjiaTos, oTTcos" ooa TTopevTiKa rdJv ^(pujv ev 



^ sic interpunxit Bussemaker. 



^ pro ov yap en . . . xp^oiixov 776 b 3 habet S quoniam 

 non indigetur ea. non ergo accipitur in illo tempore quod 

 accipiebatur ante ex lacte. vide 777 a. 22-27. 



* Ttjs C(^ijs coni, Btf. * ronos P : om. vulg. 

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" Cf. P. A. 676 a 35. 



"" Aristotle here notes correctly that growth proceeds long 

 after differentiation has ceased. 



" i.e., as well as a creature which has reached an indepen- 



468 



