# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.17.10

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.17.10

Συμβάλλεται δέ τι καὶ τοῦτο πρὸς εὐοσμίαν ὅταν ἡ φύσις ἅμα προϋπάρχῃ ποιά τις, ἀρχὴ γὰρ αὕτη καὶ πρῶτον· ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ τὰ δένδρα πάντα εὐώδη διὰ τὸ μὴ τὰς ὁμοίας ἔχειν κράσεις. Τάχα δὲ καὶ ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνδηλον ἐκ τῶν ζώων τὸ εὔοσμον διὰ τὸ χειρίστην εἶναι τὴν ὄσφρησιν· ἐπεὶ τά γ' ἄλλα καὶ πόρρωθεν αἰσθάνεται καὶ τὸ σύνεγγυς ἀκριβέστερον· ἢ καὶ τὰ μὲν ἴσως αὐτοῖς εὐώδη τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀηδῆ πάντα φαίνεται καθάπερ καὶ ἡμῖν ἕτερα ἑτέρων μᾶλλον ἔνια δὲ καὶ ὅλως φεύγομεν.

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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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