# Concerning Odours 22.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/22.1

Fr. 22 Καὶ Θ. ἐν τοῖς Φυσικοῖς φαίνεται τὴν ἐννοίαν ταύε την ἐσχηκὼς περὶ τοῦ τόπου ἐν οἷς φησὶν ὡς ἐν ἀπορίᾳ προάγων τὸν λόγον μήποτε οὐκ ἔστι καθʼ αὑτὴν οὐσία τις ὁ τόπος ἀλλὰ τῇ τάξει καὶ θέσει τῶν σωμάτων λέγεται κατὰ τὰς φύσεις καὶ δυνάμεις· ὁμοίως δ' ἐπὶ ζώων καὶ φυτῶν καὶ ὅλως τῶν ἀνομοιομερῶν, εἴτε ἐμψύχων εἴτε ἀψύχων, ἔμμορφον δὲ τὴν φύσιν ἐχόντων· καὶ γὰρ τούτων τάξις τις καὶ θέσις τῶν μερῶν ἐστὶ πρὸς τὴν ὅλην οὐσίαν. Διὸ καὶ ἕκαστον ἐν αὑτοῦ χώρᾳ λέγεται τῷ ἔχειν τὴν οἰκείαν τάξιν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν τοῦ σώματος μερῶν ἕκαστον ἐπιποθήσειεν ἂν καὶ ἀπαιτήσειε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν καὶ θέσιν. (Simpl. in Arist. f. 149b.)

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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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