# De anima libri mantissa 1-7

Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, Πρὸς τοὺς μηδὲν τῶν τεττάρων σωμάτων ἃ στοιχεῖα λέγομεν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν ὑφίστασθαι λέγοντας.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/de-anima-libri-mantissa/1-7

Εἰ τὰ τέσσαρα σώματα ἀεὶ μετ᾿ ἀλλήλων μέμικται καὶ καλεῖται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν τόδε τι ἀπὸ τοῦ πλεονάζοντος ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ δύναται δὲ κατ᾿ ἰδίαν τι αὐτῶν ληφθῆναι διὰ τὸ εἶναι γῆς μὲν ἴδιον τὸ ἀντιτυπές, πυρὸς δὲ τὸ ὁρατόν, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑκάστου ἄλλο τι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἕκαστον αὐτῶν πλείοσιν αἰσθήσεσιν αἰσθητὸν εἶναι, καθόσον κεκοινώνηκεν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων (καὶ γὰρ τὸ πῦρ ἁπτὸν καὶ ἀντιτυπές, διότι γῆν ἔχει, καὶ ἡ γῆ ὁρατόν.

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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/.