# De partibus animalium 2.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/2.7

εἰ δʼ ἔχει τοσαύτην τὸ 7 θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἀμφισβήτησιν, τί χρὴ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὑπολαβεῖν; ταῦτα γὰρ ἡμῖν ἐναργέστατα τῶν περὶ τὴν αἴσθησιν. ἔοικε δὲ διὰ τὸ πολλαχῶς λέγεσθαι τὸ θερμότεροον ταύτα συμβαίνειν· ἕκαστος γὰρ δοκεῖ τι λέγειν τἀναντία λέγων. διὸ δεῖ μὴ λανθάνειν πῶς δεῖ τῶν φύσει συνεστώτων τὰ μὲν θερμὰ λέγειν τὰ δὲ ψυχρὰ καὶ τὰ μὲν ξηρὰ τὰ δʼ ὑγρά, ἐπεὶ ὅτι γʼ αἴτια ταῦτα σχεδὸν καὶ θανάτου καὶ ζωῆς ἔοικεν εἶναι φανερόν, ἔτι δʼ ὕπνου καὶ ἐγρηγόρσεως καὶ ἀκμῆς καὶ γήρως καὶ νόσου καὶ ὑγιείας, ἀλλʼ οὐ τραχύτητες καὶ λειότητες οὐδὲ βαρύτητες καὶ κουφότητες οὐδʼ ἄλλο τῶν τοιούτων οὐδὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν. καὶ τούτʼ εὐλόγως συμβέβηκεν· καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑτέροις εἴρηται πρότερον, ἀρχαὶ τῶν φυσικῶν στοιχείων αὗταί εἰσι, θερμὸν καὶ ψυχρὸν καὶ ξηρὸν καὶ ὑγρόν.

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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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