4007. as from one principle: just as so many elements are afterwards produced from a single seed that were in no way in the seed, and so forth.
4007. as originating from one principle: just as so many various things are afterwards produced from a [single] seed, which were never [except potentially] in the seed; and so on.
4007. sicut ex uno principio, sicut ex semine producuntur tam varia postea, quae nusque in semine sunt: et sic porro.