# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.9.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.9.2

Πρὸς δὴ ταύτας τὰς ἀπορίας καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλη παραπλησία ταύταις καθόλου μὲν καὶ κοινὴν τήνδε λαβεῖν χρὴ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὡς οὐ πᾶσι ταὐτὰ πρόσφορα κατὰ τὰς τροφὰς ἀλλ' ἑκάστοις κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας φύσεις. Ὅπερ ἐν πολλοῖς μὲν φανερὸν ἐκ πλείστης δ' ἀποφάνσεως ὡς εἰπεῖν τῶν γε γνωρίμων τὸ περὶ τὰς ἐλάφους αἳ τοὺς ἔχεις ἐσθίουσιν ὑφ' ὧν τὰ ἄλλα θνήσκουσι πολὺ μείζω καὶ ἰσχυρότερα τὴν φύσιν ὄντα· καὶ ἐπ' ἄλλων δὲ τό γε τοιοῦτόν ἐστι ὥστ' ἀναιρεῖσθαι ταῖς πληγαῖς ὑφ' ὧν οὐδὲν ἄνθρωποι πάσχουσι καθάπερ οἱ ὄφεις ὑπὸ τῶν σκορπίων.

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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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