# Fragmenta 4

Diogenes of Apollonia, Fragmenta, Fragment 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-of-apollonia/fragmenta/4

[4b] ἔτι δὲ πρὸς τούτοις καὶ τάδε μεγάλα σημεῖα. ἄνθρωποι γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ζῶια ἀναπνέοντα ζώει τῶι ἀέρι. καὶ τοῦτο αὐτοῖς καὶ ψυχή ἐστι καὶ νόησις, ὡς δεδηλώσεται ἐν τῆιδε τῆι συγγραφῆι ἐμφανῶς, καὶ ἐὰν τοῦτο ἀπαλλαχθῆι, ἀποθνήισκει καὶ ἡ νόησις ἐπιλείπει. εἰτα μετ’ ὀλίγα σαφῶς ἑπήγαγε·

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Diogenes of Apollonia, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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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