# In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]) 18

Galen, In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]), Fragment 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-platonis-timaeum-commentarii-fragmenta-e-cod-scorial-iii-11-230-revilla/18

ὅτι πυρὸς γένη πολλὰ γέγονε κατὰ Πλάτωνα, οἷον φλὸξ τό τε ἀπὸ τῆς φλογὸς ἀπιόν, ὃ καίει μὲν οὔ, φῶς δὲ τοῖς ὄμμασι παρέχει, τό τε φλογὸς ἀποσβεσθείσης ἐν τοῖς διαπύροις καταλειπόμενον αὐτοῦ. κατὰ τοῦτον οὖν τὸν λόγον καὶ τοῦ πυρὸς αὐτοῦ φυλάττων τις τὴν κατὰ τὸ καίειν ἔννοιαν δυνήσεται λέγειν καὶ τὴν αὐγὴν ἔχειν μέν τινα θερμότητα, διὰ δὲ τὸ λελεπτύνθαι μὴ καίειν ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα. διέρχεται γὰρ ἡ λεπτομερὴς οὐσία διὰ τῶν ἀραιῶν σωμάτων, ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις, ἀψαυστὶ χωρὶς τοῦ διακρίνειν αὐτὰ καὶ λυπεῖν.

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Galenus Med., In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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