347. (7) Each of these two kinds of forms receives when it comes into existence the means of reproducing. We showed in nos. 313-318 above that all productions from the earth-which, as we said, belong either to the plant kingdom or to the animal kingdom-have in them some image of creation, and also some image of the human being, and moreover some image of the Infinite and Eternal. We also showed there that an image of the Infinite and Eternal is manifest in them from their ability to reproduce to infinity and to eternity. As a consequence they all receive the means of reproducing-constituents of the animal kingdom through seeds planted in an egg or in a womb, or through live births, and constituents of the plant kingdom through seeds in the ground. It can be seen from this that although the lower and harmful animals and plants arise as a result of an immediate influx from hell, still they reproduce after that by means of seeds, eggs, or offshoot. Consequently the one proposition does not take away the other.