# De anima libri mantissa 1-12

Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, Πρὸς τοὺς διὰ τῆς ἀπορροίας τῆς ἀπ᾿ ἀμφοῖν τὸ ὁρᾶν λέγοντας.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/de-anima-libri-mantissa/1-12

Πρὸς δὲ τοὺς λέγοντας τὸ ὁρᾶν γίνεσθαι ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων, ἀπορροίας γινομένης ἀπό τε τῆς ὄψεως καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρωμένων, καὶ κατὰ τὴν τούτων μῖξιν γίνεσθαι τὴν ἀντίληψιν τῇ ὄψει (φῶς γάρ τι ἐκπέμπεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ὄψεως, ὃ τῇ ἀπορροίᾳ τῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρωμένου συμμιγὲν ἐχούσῃ τὸ εἶδος τοῦ ὁρωμένου ἀναλαμβάνον καὶ ἀναμασσόμενον τὸ παῤ ἐκείνου εἶδος ἀναγγέλλειν τῇ αἰσθήσει), πρὸς δὴ τούτους χρὴ λέγειν πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι, εἰ τὸ ἀφ᾿ ἑκατέρου ἐκπέμπεσθαί τι σῶμα κατ᾿ ἰδίαν ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψεως ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρωμένου ἄτοπον, δῆλον ὡς ἄτοπον καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τὴν ἀπόρροιαν αὐτῶν ποιεῖν (ἀπαντήσει γὰρ καὶ τούτοις ἄτοπα, ὅσα ἑκατέροις τέροις ἐκείνων·

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, ed. Ivo Bruns. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg011.local001/.