# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.22.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.22.2

ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς τὴν ζωογονίαν καὶ εἰς τὴν καρποτοκίαν καὶ πέπανσιν συμμετρίας τινὸς δεῖ τοῦ θερμοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβολῆς, εἴπερ αὕτη μὲν ξηραίνει καὶ πυκνοῖ μᾶλλον. ὥστε ταῦτα μὲν ἐν ἀμφιδόξῳ, προσδεόμενα δέ τινος διορισμοῦ. περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐνύδρων ῥᾴων ἡ ἀμφισβήτησις· οὐ γὰρ οὔτε γεννᾶν οὔτε εὖ τρέφειν οὔτε σώζειν πέφυκε τὸ ἐναντίον, ἀλλὰ τὸ ὅμοιον. ἐπεὶ καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἄτοπον, ὅπερ καὶ ἐν ἑτέροις εἴρηται, τὸ γεννήσασαν ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τὴν φύσιν μεταίρειν εἰς τὸ ὑγρόν· πῶς γὰρ ἂν διέμενεν ἢ πῶς οἷόν τε καὶ διαμένειν ὁντιναοῦν χρόνον εἴπερ ἦν ὅμοια τοῖς νῦν·

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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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