# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 28.2

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/28.2

Τοσαῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ παρόντι περὶ τῶν αἰτίων ἐν γένει τε καὶ καθόλου. Ἑξῆς δὲ περὶ τῶν αἰτίων εἰπεῖν ἀνάγκη, δι᾽ ὧν οἱ πυρετοὶ γίγνονται· ἀγνοουμένων γὰρ τῶν αἰτίων, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πυρετοὶ γένοιντ᾽ ἄν, οὔτ᾽ ἀκριβῶς ἂν εἰδείη τις, τίς πότ᾽ ἐστιν ὁ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν πυρετός, οὔτε τὰ συνοίσοντα φάρμακα· ποιητικὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὑγείας, καὶ φθαρτικὰ πυρετοῦ καὶ τῶν αἰτίων ἐκείνου οὔθ’ εὑρεῖν οὔτ᾽ εἰσηγήσασθαι τέχνῃ τινὶ καὶ μεθόδῳ δυνήσαιτ᾽ ἄν, ὃς δὴ τῆς θεραπευτικῆς μεθόδου σκοπός ἐστιν ἐξοχώτατός τε καὶ

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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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