[11] Probably his view was that worms arise out of a germ of moist
clay or mud, and are a sort of developed protoplasm. Compare §6 of
Ibn Tufayl’s «Hayy b. Yaqzân,» and the Note thereto in the English
Translation about field-rats.
[F] The germ of the Doctrine of Evolution as against Instantaneous
Creation.
[G] See Ibn Sînâ’s «_Qânûn_,» Section 2, where he says: As to the
nutritive power, it is that power which transforms the nutriment into
a resemblance with the nourishment-taker, in order that this nutriment
may succeed in the stead of what shall be wasted, and attach itself to
the taker instead of the waste.--See also «_Kitâb-ul-Najât_,» by Ibn
Sînâ.