《Tetrabiblos》Animal Quits The Womb, And Assumes Another State Of ExistenceClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
that the origin by conception affords the inference of occurrences which take effect previously to the birth, whereas the origin by birth can, of course, be available only for such as arise subsequently.
段落 tetra-3-animalquit-5public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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