# De sensu et sensibilibus 4.1-2

Aristotle, De sensu et sensibilibus, 4.1 to 4.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-sensu-et-sensibilibus/4.1

Τί μὲν οὖν ἐστὶ χρῶμα καὶ διὰ τίν’ αἰτίαν πολλαὶ χροιαί εἰσιν, εἴρηται· περὶ δὲ ψόφου καὶ φωνῆς εἴρηται πρότερον ἐν τοῖς περὶ ψυχῆς· περὶ δὲ ὀσμῆς καὶ χυμοῦ νῦν λεκτέον. Σχεδὸν γάρ ἐστι τὸ αὐτὸ πάθος, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς δ’ ἐστὶν ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν. Ἐναργέστερον δ’ ἐστὶν ἡμῖν τὸ τῶν χυμῶν γένος ἢ τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς. Τούτου δ’ αἴτιον ὅτι χειρίστην ἔχομεν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων τὴν ὄσφρησιν καὶ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς αἰσθήσεως, τὴν δ’ ἁφὴν ἀκριβεστάτην τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων. Ἢ δὲ γεῦσις ἁφή τις ἐστίν.

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Aristotle, De sensu et sensibilibus, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg041.local001/.