# Fragmenta 13

Philolaus of Croton, Fragmenta, Fragment 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philolaus-of-croton/fragmenta/13

[B. 159] Theol. arithm. p. 20, 35 Ast καὶ τέσσαρες ἀρχαὶ τοῦ ζωίου τοῦ λογικοῦ, ὥσπερ καὶ Φ. ἐν τῶι Περὶ φύσεως λέγει, ἐγκέφαλος, καρδία, ὀμφαλός, αἰδοῖον. ἐγκέφαλος μὲν νόου, καρδία δὲ ψυχῆς καὶ αἰσθήσιος, ὀμφαλὸς δὲ ῥιζώσιος καὶ ἀναφύσιος τοῦ πρώτου, αἰδοῖον δὲ σπέρματος [καὶ] καταβολᾶς τε καὶ γεννήσιος. ἐγκέφαλος δὲ ⟨ σαμαίνει⟩ τὰν ἀνθρώπω ἀρχάν, καρδία δὲ τὰν ζωίου, ὀμφαλὸς δὲ τὰν φυτοῦ, αἰδοῖον δὲ τὰν ξυναπάντων· πάντα γὰρ καὶ θάλλουσι καὶ βλαστάνουσιν.

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Philolaus of Croton, 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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