But (2) if that which is later in generation is prior in nature, and that which is concocted and compounded is later in generation, the contrary of what we have been saying must be true,-water must be prior to air, and earth to water.
Baina genesiaren aldetik ondorengoa dena izaera aldetik aurrekoa baldin bada, eta osatutakoa eta nahastutakoa genesiaren aldetik ondorengoak baldin badira, esandakoaren kontrakoa gertatuko da: