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Censorinus >super qua re Empedoclis disputata ratio talis profertur: si par calor in parentum seminibus fuit, patri similem marem procreari; si frigus, feminam matri similem. Quodsi patris calidius erit et frigidius matris, puerum fore, qui matris vultus repraesentet; at si calidius matris, patris autem fuerit frigidius, puellam futuram, quae patris reddat similitudinem. Anaxagoras autem eius parentis faciem referre liberos iudicavit, qui seminis amplius contulisset. Ceterum Parmenidis sententia est, cum dexterae partes semina dederint, tunc filios esse patri consimiles, cum laevae, tunc matri. Funny.⏱ 2d↩ 1
Anaxagoras is definitely one of my favorite ancients. He held that the elements that make men (hair particles, skin particles, blood, etc) exist within all things and that they just constantly get recombined in different ways. Example, when you eat bread the physical pieces of hair, skin, whatever go to your stomach and are sorted out to their places. >> Anaxagoras autem eius parentis faciem referre liberos iudicavit, qui seminis amplius contulisset. This would naturally be the end result of his biology theory. Lmao He isn’t even that wrong. You can change β€œhair particles” to potassium, sodium, etc. and his basic theory is technically correct.⏱ 2d↩