Hoti men oun hê threpsis alloioumenou te kai 143
homoioumenou gignetai tou trephontos tô trephomenô kai
hôs en hekastô tôn tou zôou moriôn esti tis dynamis, hên
apo tês energeias alloiôtikên men kata genos,
homoiôtikên de kai threptikên kat' eidos onomazomen, en
tô prosthen dedêlôtai logô. tên d' euporian tês hylês,
hên trophên heautô poieitai to trephomenon, ex heteras
tinos echein edeiknyto dynameôs epispasthai pephykuias
ton oikeion chymon, einai d' oikeion hekastô tôn moriôn
chymon, hos an || epitêdeios eis tên exomoiôsin ê, kai 144
tên helkousan auton dynamin apo tês energeias helktikên
te tina kai epispastikên onomazesthai. dedeiktai de kai,
hôs pro men tês homoiôseôs hê prosphysis estin, ekeinês
d' emprosthen hê prosthesis gignetai, telos, hôs an
eipoi tis, ousa tês kata tên epispastikên dynamin
energeias. auto men gar to paragesthai tên trophên ek
tôn phlebôn eis hekaston tôn moriôn tês helktikês
energousês gignetai dynameôs, to d' êdê parêchthai te
kai prostithesthai tô moriô to telos estin auto, di' ho
kai tês toiautês energeias edeêthêmen; hina gar
prostethê, dia touth' helketai. chronou d' enteuthen êdê
pleionos eis tên threpsin tou zôou dei; helchthênai men
gar kai dia tacheôn ti dynatai, prosphynai de kai
alloiôthênai kai teleôs homoiôthênai tô trephomenô kai
meros autou genesthai parachrêma men ouch hoion te,
chronô d' an pleioni symbainoi kalôs. all' ei mê menoi
kata to meros ho prostetheis houtos chymos, eis heteron
de ti methistaito kai pararrheoi dia pantos ameibôn te
kai hypallattôn ta chôria, kat' ouden autôn || oute 145
prosphysis out' exomoiôsis estai. dei de kantautha tinos
tê physei dynameôs heteras eis polychronion monên tou
prostethentos tô moriô chymou kai tautês ouk exôthen
pothen epirrheousês all' en autô tô threpsomenô
katôkismenês, hên apo tês energeias palin hoi pro hêmôn
ênankasthêsan onomasai kathektikên.
Ho men dê logos êdê saphôs enedeixato tên anankên tês
geneseôs tês toiautês dynameôs kai hostis akolouthias
synesin echei, pepeistai bebaiôs ex hôn eipomen, hôs
hypokeimenou te kai proapodedeigmenou tou technikên
einai tên physin kai tou zôou kêdemonikên anankaion
hyparchein autê kai tên toiautên dynamin.
II
Since, however, it is not our habit to employ this kind of
demonstration[304] alone, but to add thereto cogent and compelling
proofs drawn from obvious facts, we will also proceed to the latter
kind in the present instance: we will demonstrate that in certain
parts of the body _the retentive faculty_ is so obvious that its
operation can be actually recognised by the _senses_, whilst in other
parts it is less obvious to the senses, but is capable even here of
being detected by the _argument_.[305]
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