# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.2.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.2.4

Οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆς μορφῆς ἀλλὰ τῶν ὄγκων αἱ δυνάμεις ... οὓς εἰς μὲν τὸ διαβιάσασθαι καὶ ἁπλῶς τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ἧττον τάχ' ἄν τις ἀποδοίη εἰς δὲ τὸ μὴ ταὐτὸ δύνασθαι μηδὲ ποιεῖν οὐκ εὔλογον· ἐπεὶ ἐν τοῖς σχήμασιν αἱ δυνάμεις· εἰ γὰρ ὁμοιοσχήματα ταὐτὸν ἂν εἴη τὸ ὑπάρχον ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις. Τὸ γὰρ τρίγωνον τὸ ποδιαῖον καὶ τὸ μυριόπουν ὁμοίως δυσὶν ὀρθαῖς καὶ τὸ τετράγωνον τέτταρσιν ὀρθαῖς. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ κατὰ τὸ ποσὸν διάφορα· τὰ δὲ λόγῳ μὲν ὄντα τὰ αὐτὰ οἷον ἡ ἀσυμμετρία τῆς διαμέτρου τὸ δὲ ποσὸν διάφορον· ὥστ' εἰ ἐκ τούτων ἢ ἀπὸ τούτων ἐγίνετο τὸ μὲν ποσὸν διάφορον ἂν ἦν τῷ δ' εἴδει ἀδιάφορον. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ αἱ μὲν κατὰ τὰ σχήματα καὶ τὰς μορφὰς δυνάμεις πλείω καὶ περὶ πλειόνων ἔχουσιν ἀπορίαν.

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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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