# Concerning Odours 58.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 58. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/58.1

Fr. 58 Ὁ γοῦν Θ. ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν Προτέρων Ἀναλυτικῶν λέγων περὶ τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀναγκαίου σημαινομένων οὕτως γράφει· " Τρίτον τὸ ὑπάρχον· ὅτε γὰρ ὑπάρχει τότε οὐχ οἷόν τε μὴ ὑπάρχειν. Ἴδιον δὲ τοῦ ἐνδεχομένου τὸ τὸ μὴ ὂν ὑποτίθεσθαι εἶναι, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον καὶ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἂν λάβῃ τις εἶναι, οὐκ ἀδύνατόν τι ἀκολουθήσει. Καὶ ἔσται ἐφαρμόζων ὁ λόγος καὶ τῷ ἀναγκαίῳ καὶ τῷ ὑπάρχοντι· διὸ ἴδιον τοῦ ἐνδεχομένου τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχον αὐτὸ ὡς ὑπάρχον ὑποτεθὲν μηδὲν ἀδύνατον ἔχειν ἑπόμενον." (Alex. in Arist. Anal. pr. f. 51.)

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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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