# De partibus animalium 5.6-2

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Γ., Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/5.6-2

ἔοικε δʼ ὥσπερ 6 ἔν τε τοῖς κήποις αἱ ὑὅραγωγίαι κατασκευάζονται ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρχῆς καὶ πηγης είς πολλοὺς ὀχετοὺς καὶ ἅλλους ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ πάντῃ μεταδιδόναι, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οἰκοδομίαις παρὰ πᾶσον τὴν τῶν θεμελίων ὑπογραφὴν λίθοι παραβέβληνται διὰ τὸ τὰ μὲν κηπευόμενα φύεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος, τοὺς δὲ θεμελίους ἐκ τῶν λίθων οίκοδομεῖσθαι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἡ φύσις τὸ αἷμα διὰ παντὸς ὸχέτευκε τοῦ σύματος, ἐπειδὴ παντὸς ὕλη πέφυκε τοὺτο.

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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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