# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 3.1.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 3, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/3.1.2

Ἄτοπον δ' ἂν ἴσως δόξειε τὸ νῦν λεχθὲν εἰ τὸ προσλαμβάνον θεραπείαν ὥσπερ χώραν οἰκείαν μὴ μᾶλλον εὐσθενεῖ καὶ καλλικαρπεῖ συνεργούσης τῇ φύσει τῆς τέχνης· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστιν ἄτοπον οὐδ' ἀλλότριον, ἀρχὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ ληπτέον τήνδε, τὴν φύσιν ἑκάστου μὴ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν εἶναι μηδὲ ἐκ μιᾶς τινος ὕλης μηδ' αὖ πᾶσι ταὐτὸ τέλος τῆς πέψεως καὶ δυνάμεως τῶν καρπῶν ἀλλ' ἕκαστον πρὸς ὃ πέφυκε καὶ χυλοῖς καὶ ὀσμαῖς καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις. Μάλιστα δέ πως ἐν δυοῖν τούτοιν ὁρίζομεν τὴν πέψιν ὀσμαῖς καὶ χυλοῖς ἀναφέροντες καὶ ταῦτα πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν χρείαν ὥσπερ διωρίσθη καὶ πρότερον.

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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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