# Concerning Odours 47.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/47.1

Fr. 47 Εἰπόντος τοῦ Ἀναξαγόρου ὅτι οὔτε τοῦ σμικροῦ ἐστὶ τοὐλάχιστον ἀλλὰ τὸ ἔλασσον ἀεὶ, οὔτε τὸ μέγιαε στον, ὡς καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ λέξις τοῦ Ἀναξαγόρου δηλοῖ, καὶ μέντοι Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἀναξαγόρου δευτέρῳ τάδε γράφων· "ἔπειτα τὸ διὰ τοῦτο λέγειν πάντα ἐν παντὶ, διότι καὶ ἐν μεγέθει καὶ ἐν σμικρότητι ἄπειρα, καὶ οὔτε τὸ ἐλάχιστον οὔτε τὸ μέγιστον ἔστι λαβεῖν, οὐχ ἱκανὸν πρὸς πίστιν," ἅμα μὲν ἀναιρεῖ τοῦτο ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης κ. τ. λ. (Simpl. in Arist. Phys. fr. 35.)

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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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