# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 13.3

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/13.3

Πνεῦμα δὲ καὶ χυμοὶ ποιητικὰ μᾶλλον, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὑλικὰ νόσου καὶ πυρετῶν αἴτια. ἄλλως τε νόσον καὶ ὑγείαν, πάθη τῶν τοῦ ἐμψύχου, ᾗ ἔμψυχα, ὄντα, δεῖ ὡς ἐν ὑποκειμένοις εἶναι τοῖς ἐμψύχοις μόνα δὲ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ὄντων τὰ μόρια ἔμψυχα· πνεύματα γὰρ καὶ χυμοὶ ἄψυχα, μήτε τρεφόμενα, μήτ᾽ ἄλλην τινὰ φυσικὴν ἐνεργείαν ἔχοντα· ὥστε πᾶς πυρετός, εἴτ᾽ ἐφήμερος, εἴτ᾽ ἐπὶ χυμοῖς ἀναπτόμενος σηπομένοις, εἴτε καὶ ἐπτικὸς ἐν τοῖς μορίοις ἐστὶ τοῦ σώματος, κἂν οἱ μὲν γίγνωνται ἔτι καὶ ἐν τῷ γίγνεσθαι τὸ εἶναι ἔχωσιν, ὁ δ᾽ ἑκτικός, γεγονὼς ἤδη, οὐκέτι γίγνεται, οὐδ᾽ ἐν τῷ γίγνεσθαι τὸ εἶναι ἔχει.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], ed. Julius Ludwig Ideler. 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.
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