# De partibus animalium 2.4

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/2.4

ἔστι δʼ ἰσχύος μὲν ποιητικώτερον 4 τὸ παχύτερον αἷμα καὶ θερμότερον, αίσθθητικώτερον δὲ καὶ νοερώτερον τὸ λεπτότερον καὶ ψυχρότερον. τὴν αὐτὴν δʼ ἔχει διαφορὰν καὶ τῶν ἀνάλογον ὑπαρχόντων πρὸς τὸ αἷμα· διὸ καὶ μέλιτται καὶ ἄλλα τοιαύτα ζῷα φρονιμώτερα τὴν φύσιν ἐστὶν ἐναίμων πολλῶν, καὶ τῶν ἐναίμων τὰ ψυχρὸν ἔχοντα καὶ λεπτὸν αἷμα φρονιμώτερα τῶν ἐναντίων ἐστέν. ἄριστα δὲ τὰ θερμὸν ἔχοντα καὶ λεπτὸν καὶ καθαρὸν ἅμα γὰρ πρός τʼ ἀνδρείαν τὰ τοιαύτα καὶ πρὸς φρόνησιν ἔχει καλῶς. διὸ καὶ τὰ ἄνω μόρια πρὸς τὰ κάτω ταύτην ἔχει τὴν διαφοράν, καὶ πρὸς τὸ θῆλυ αὖ τὸ ἄρρεν, καὶ τὰ δεξιὰ πρὸς τὰ ἀριστερὰ τού σώματος.

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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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