# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.13.1

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.13.1

Περὶ δὲ δὴ τῶν καρπῶν τῶν τροφίμων δῆλον ὅτι ῥᾴων ὁ λόγος· οὗτοι γὰρ καθαροὶ καὶ εἰλικρινεῖς οἷον ἐξηθημένοι πως ὑπὸ τῆς φύσεως ὥστε πλείοσι καὶ μᾶλλον ἁρμόττειν. Ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τῶν φαρμακωδῶν καὶ ὅλως (τῶν) κατὰ τὰς δυνάμεις θεωρητέον· καὶ γὰρ ἐν τούτοις οὔθ' αἱ αὐταὶ δυνάμεις οὔτ' ἴσαι πάντων εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν ἀρχομένοις· οὐδὲ δὴ τῶν ἄνω πᾶσιν οἷον φύλλοις καὶ κλωσὶ καὶ καρποῖς. Καὶ τὸ μὲν τῷ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον διάφορον ἔχει τιν' εὐλογίαν τὸ δ' ὅλως ἔνια μηδὲ δύνασθαι ποιεῖν ὥσπερ τὰ τῶν ῥιζῶν [τὰ] σπέρματα καὶ τοὺς καυλοὺς ἢ πάλιν τὰ τῶν φύλλων τοὺς καρποὺς καὶ τὰς ῥίζας μᾶλλον ἄν τις θαυμάσειε.

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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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