# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 2.6.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 2, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/2.6.2

Ὑπερβολὴ δέ τίς ἐστιν ἴσως καὶ τοῦ ψυχροῦ καὶ πρὸς τροφὴν καὶ πρὸς γένεσιν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων, εἴπερ ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν τοῦ θερμοῦ δύναμιν· ἀφαιρεῖται γὰρ τὴν ζωήν· οὐ μὴν πολλή γε οὐδ' ἐν πολλοῖς ἐὰν μή τινα καὶ ἄλλον ἔχῃ χυμὸν ἀλλότριον· οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδ' ὅμοια τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν φυτοῖς· ἐκεῖνα μὲν γὰρ ὅλως ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑγροῦ περιέχεται καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ξυνίσταται ταῦτα δ' ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι· μιγνυμένου δὲ τοῦ ὕδατος τούτοις οὔτε τὴν ἐκ τῆς γῆς οὔτε τὴν οἰκείαν ἀφαιρεῖται θερμότητα πλήν γ' εἴ που καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ὅλος τοιοῦτος· οὕτως γὰρ ἀβλαστὴς καὶ ἄγονος ἡ γῆ τὸ ὅλον.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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