# Concerning Odours 68.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 68. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/68.1

Fr. 68 Ἔστιν ὁ τόπος, ὡς λέγει Θ., ἀρχή τις ἢ στοχεῖον ἀφʼ οὗ λαμβάνομεν τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχὰς, ἐπιστήσαντες τὴν διάνοιαν, τῇ περιγραφῇ μὲν ὡρισμένως, ἢ γὰρ περιλαμβάνει τὰ κοινά τε καὶ καθόλου ἅ ἐστι τὰ κύρια τῶν συλλογισμῶν, ἢ δύναταί γε ἐξ αὐτῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα δείκνυσθαί τε καὶ λαμβάνεσθαι, - τοῖς δὲ καθʼ ἕκαστα ἀορίστως· ἀπὸ τούτων γὰρ ὁρμώμενον ἔστιν εὐπορεῖν προτάσεως ἐνδόξου πρὸς τὸ προκείμενον· τοῦτο γὰρ ἡ ἀρχή. (Alex. in Arist. Top. 5.)

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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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