# Concerning Odours 15.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/15.1

Fr. 15 Θ. ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ Τοπικοῖς τάδε γέγραφεν Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐναντίαι τῶν ἐναντίων αἱ ἀρχαὶ, δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐν ἑνὶ γένει ταῦτα, καθάπερ οὐδὲ τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν καὶ κίνησις καὶ στάσις. Εἴη δʼ ἂν καὶ ὑπεροχὴ καὶ ἔλλειψις ἐναντία γε καὶ ἀρχαὶ, καὶ εἶδος καὶ στέρησις. (Simpl. in Arist. Categ. f. 105.)

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Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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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