# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.17.13

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-2-6/6.17.13

Ὅτι δὲ ἀληθὲς τὸ λεγόμενον ἐκ πολλῶν φανερόν. Ἄλλα γὰρ ἐν ἄλλῃ χώρᾳ καὶ εὔοσμα καὶ εὔχυλα καὶ κάρπιμα καὶ ἄκαρπα καὶ βλαστητικὰ καὶ ἀβλαστῆ. Καὶ γὰρ ἂν ταῦθ' ὑπὸ τὴν αἰτίαν τὴν αὐτὴν πίπτοι περὶ ὧν οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἄν τις αἰτιάσαιτο παρὰ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀέρος κρᾶσιν καὶ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἐδάφους τροφήν. Καὶ γὰρ τὰ κωλύοντα καὶ αὔξοντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τὴν πέψιν ποιοῦντα καὶ εὐχυλίαν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ αἱ ὀσμαὶ καὶ οἱ χυλοὶ πολυειδεῖς διὰ τοῦτ' οὐ μία κρᾶσις οὐδὲ μία τροφὴ πᾶσι πρόσφορος ἀλλ' ἑκάστοις ἡ πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν.

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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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