# Concerning Odours 17.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/17.1

Fr. 17 Θ. ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν αὐτοῦ Φυσικῶν καὶ ταύτην τὴν πρότασιν ἀπέδειξε λέγων· τὸ μέντοι τῶν φυσικῶν ὁ ἀρχὰς εἶναι δῆλον ἐκ τοῦ τὰ μὲν φυσικὰ σώματα σύνθετα εἶναι, πᾶν δὲ σύνθετον ἀρχὰς ἔχειν τὰ ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται· ἅπαν γὰρ τὸ φύσει ἢ σῶμά ἐστιν ἢ ἔχει γε σῶμα· ἄμφω δὲ σύνθετα. (Simpl. in Arist. Phys. f. 1b.)

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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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