# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 24.2-3

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], 24.2 to 24.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/24.2

Ἐς τοῦτο δὲ φέρει καὶ ὃ τοῖς ἰατροῖς ἔθος λέγειν, ὅτι τὰ νοσερὰ αἴτια νόσον ἐμποιοῦσι τῷ σώματι καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔτι διαφυλάττουσιν. Ἀληθὲς μὲν οὖν καὶ πάνυ περὶ τοῦ ποιητικοῦ τῆς νόσου αἰτίου, ὡς, εἰ μὴ χωρισθείη τοῦ πάσχοντος, γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐκ ποιητικοῦ καὶ φυλακτικόν· οὗ πάντως αἴτιον ἡ τῆς ἐνεργείας τούτου συνέχεια καὶ ἡ ἀντικειμένου μάχη· ὅθεν καὶ ἀμηγέπη τῆς τοῦ εἰδικοῦ κεκοινώνηκε φύσεως, διαφυλάττον τὴν νόσον, ὡς τὸ εἶδος ἐκεῖνο, οὗ ἐστιν εἶδος.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg003.local001/.