# De partibus animalium 4.21

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/4.21

μόνον δὲ τῶν σπλάγχνων καὶ ὅλως τῶν 21 ἐν τῷ σώματι μορίων ἡ καρδία χαλεπὸν πάθος οὐδὲν ὑποφέρει, καὶ τοῦτʼ εὐλόγωςʼ φθειρομένης γὰρ τῆς ἀρχῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξ οὗ γένοιτʼ ἄν βοήθεια τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐκ ταύτης ἠρτημένοις. σημεῖον δὲ τοὺ μηθὲν ἐπιδέχεσθαι πάθος τὴν καρδίαν τὸ ἐν μηδενὶ τν θυομένων ίερείων ὦφσθαι τοιοῦτον πάθος περὶ αὐτὴν ὧσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων σπλάγχνων. οἵ τε γὰρ νεφροὶ πολλάκις φαίνονται λίθων μεστοὶ καὶ φυμάτων καὶ δσθιήνων καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὁ πλεύμων, μάλιστα δʼ ὁ σπλήν.

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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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