spermata

Japanese: spermata
spermata

…He is also famous as a teacher and friend of the Athenian leader Pericles. He believed that before the formation of the universe, an infinite number of extremely small substances called the ``seeds of all things (spermata)'' were mixed together in one place. These seeds were also diverse in terms of shape, color, taste, and smell, but when ``reason (nūs)'' struck this huge group of seeds with the first blow, they began to rotate, which led to division, and the division in turn led to various new combinations. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "spermata" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アテナイの指導者ペリクレスの師友としても有名。彼は宇宙形成以前においては〈万物の種子(スペルマタspermata)〉と呼ばれる無限に多数の極微の物質が渾然一体となっていたと考えた。それらの種子はまた形,色,味,香などの点で多種多様であるが,この巨大な種子の集団に〈理性(ヌースnūs)〉が最初の一撃を与えることによって旋回運動が始まり,その運動は分裂を招き,分裂はまたあらたにさまざまの結合をもたらした。…

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