# De partibus animalium 10.3-2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/10.3-2

ἔστι δὲ τὸ διάζωμα πρὸς μὲν τὰς 3 πλευρὰς σαρκωδέστερον καὶ ἰσχυρότερον, κατὰ μέσον δʼ ὑμενωδέστερον· οὕτω γὰρ πρὸς τὴν ἐσχὺν καὶ τὴν τάσιν χρησιμήτερον. διότι δὲ πρὸς τὴν θερμότητα τὴν κάτωθεν οἷον παραφυάδες εἰσί, σημεῖον ἐκ τῶν συμβαινόντων· ὅταν γὰρ διὰ τὴν γειτνίασιν ἑλκύσωσιν ὑγρότητα θερμὴν καὶ περιττωματικὴν, εὐθὺς ἐπιδήλως ταράττει τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ τὴν αἴσθησιν, διὸ καὶ καλοῦνται φρένες ὡς μετέχουσαί τι τού φρονεῖν.

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Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ed. Bernhard Langkavel. 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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