# Enquiry into Plants 1.4

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/1.4

Ὅλως δὲ καθάπερ εἴπομεν οὐδὲ πάντα ὁμοίως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων ληπτέον. δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς ἀόριστος· πανταχῆ γὰρ βλαστητικὸν ἅτε καὶ πανταχῆ ζῶν. ὥστε ταῦτα μὲν οὕτως ὑποληπτέον οὐ μόνον εἰς τὰ νῦν ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν μελλόντων χάριν· ὅσα γὰρ μὴ οἶόν τε ἀφομοιοῦν περίεργον τὸ γλίχεσθαι πάντως, ἵνα μὴ καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀποβάλλωμεν θεωρίαν. ἡ δὲ ἱστορία τῶν φυτῶν ἐστιν ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἤ κατὰ τὰ ἔξω μόρια καὶ τὴν ὅλην μορφὴν ἢ κατὰ τὰ ἐντός, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἀνατομῶν.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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