Even the Latin could mean that the 'thoughts' were "implanted in or grew up" with the mind (as Bailey points out).
Bryan Don Kudos to both of you in these last entries. It is a lot of fun for me to discover you both and how much you know about the writings of the classical sages.
And, this gets us into the very fascinating arena of genetics and epigenetics. So, we come to the questions: 1) how much do we "know" genetically from our lineage, and 2) how much does this explain prolepsis (as classically conceived and represented here in EpicureanFriends)?
Your most recent entries suggests that Epicurus and his colleagues did have a sense of this, though they did not know the mechanics of it. And, if we accept that then we come - perhaps with hesitation - to creationist philosophies and the question whether there is some hidden "knowledge" of creation in us.
I've long thought that religions are largely adult extended metaphors derived of the parent-child relationship (the need of the baby to look for support in a parental figure). This is not a big jump. It easily explains such things as "God the Father". However, what if all of it is a form of prolepsis.
Okay, your turn, "run with the ball" as they say.