# De partibus animalium 10.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/10.6

ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἀρχὴ τῶν αἰσθήσεωόν ἐστιν ὁ 6 περὶ τὴν καρδίαν τόπος, διωρισται πρὸτερον ἐν τοῖς περὶ αἰσθήσεωςςʼ καὶ διότι αἱ μὲν δύο φανερῶς ἠρτημέναι πρὸς τὴν καρδίαν εἰσίν, ἢ τε τῶν ἀπτῶν καὶ ἡ τῶν χυμῶν, τῶν δὲ τριῶν ἡ μὲν τῆς ὀσφρήσεως μέση, ἀκοὴ δὲ καὶ ὄψις μάλιστʼ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ διὰ τὴν τῶν αἰσθητηρίων φύσιν εἰσί, καὶ τούτων ἡ ὄψις πᾶσιν, ἐπεὶ ἦ γʼ ἀκοὴ καὶ ἡ ὄσφρησις ἐπὶ τῶν ἐχθύων καὶ τάν τοιούτων ποιεῖ τὸ λεγόμενον φανερόν· ἀκούουσι μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὁσφραίνονταε, αἰσθητήριον δʼ οὐδὲν ἔχουσι φανερὸν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τούτων τῶν αἰσθητῶν. ῶν. ἡ δʼ ὄψις πἀσι τοῖς ἔχουσιν εὐλόγως ἐστὶ περὶ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὑγρὸς καὶ ψυχρός, ἡ δʼ. ὕδωρ τὴν φύσιν ἐστίν· τούτο γὰρ τῶν διαφανῶν εὐφυλακτότατόν ἐστιν.

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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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