# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 3.2-3

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], 3.2 to 3.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/3.2

Ἐπειδὴ οὖν καὶ ἡ θερμασία τῶν πολλαχῶς ἐστι λεγομένων, ἡ μὲν γάρ ἐστι λέγεται, ἡ δὲ συστατικὴ τοῦ ζῴου, ἥτις καὶ κατὰ φύσιν φθαρτική, ἥπερ καὶ παρὰ φύσιν λέγεται, καὶ ἀμφστέρων τὸ εἶναι ἐν τῷ παρὰ φύσιν ἢ τῷ κατὰ φύσιν ἐστίν· ἀνάγκη τὸν περὶ ταύτης λόγον διασημᾶναι πρῶτον περὶ ποίας οἱ ὁ σκοπός. Σημαίνεται δὲ τὰ ὁμώνυμα τῷ λόγῳ τῆς οὐσίας αὐτῶν, ὁ δὲ λόγος τῆς οὐσίας γενικὸς ἑκάστου, γένος αὐτοῦ ἐστιν· εἰκότως ἄρα καὶ τὸ παρὰ φύσιν γένος ἐστὶ τοῦ πυρετοῦ, ὡς λόγος ὑπάρχων γενικὸς τῆς οὐσίας αὐτοῦ, ᾧ σημαίνεται, καὶ τὸ εἶναι ἔχει, καὶ οὐχ ἡ θερμασία

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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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