ernähren, alimentar, Sichernährenkönnens, ability-to-nourish-oneself

The vital strength of the being-character of θρεπτικóν and of αὐξητικóν is shown in De Anima β, chapter 4: ὥστε πρῶτον περὶ τροφῆς καὶ γεννήσεως λεκτέον· ἡ γὰρ θρεπτικὴ ψυχή καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὑπάρχει, καὶ πρώτη καὶ κοινοτάτη δύναμίς ἐστι ψυχῆς, καθ᾿ ἣν ὑπάρχει τὸ ζῆν ἅπασιν. (De Anima B 4, 415 a 22 seq.) “The mode of the ability-to-nourish-oneself is there from the outset, even in other living things, and it is the first and most immediate manner of being-in-the-world. And it is with regard to it that living is there in opposition to all other being-possibilities that are founded in the aforementioned mode.” (GA18:111-112; GA18MT:76-77)