# De victu attenuante 21

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/21

αὐτὴ γὰρ ἡ φύσις ἡγεῖται καὶ διδάσκει τὸ ποιητέον οὐ μόνον τούς τι σοφώτερον ἐπισταμένους ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἰδιώτας· καὶ ἔγωγε πολλάκις συνεχῶς χρῆσθαι τοῖς τοιούτοις ὑποτρίμμασιν ἐκέλευον <ἂν> οἷς μέλει διαίτης, εἰ μὴ τῆς σαρκὸς τῶν φοινίκων ἐμίγνυον αὐτοῖς ἔνιοι τῶν ὀψοποιῶν πάμπολυ.

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Galen, De victu attenuante, ed. Karl Kalbfleisch. 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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