# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.6.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.6.2

εὐαυξῆ δὲ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα διὰ τὸ κατειργάσθαι τὰς τροφὰς καὶ τὰς διὰ τῶν ἐνοφθαλμισμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον· καθαρωτάτη γὰρ αὕτη ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς στελέχεσιν ἤδη τῶν καρπῶν. εὐπρόσφυτον δ᾽ ἀεὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ τὸ ὅμοιον· ὁ δὲ ὀφθαλμὸς ὥσπερ ὁμογενές. εὐλόγως δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀντίληψις μάλιστα τῶν ὁμοιοφλοίων· ἐλαχίστη γὰρ ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῶν ὁμογενῶν καὶ ὥσπερ μετάθεσις γίνεται μόνον· ἅμα γὰρ συμβαίνει καὶ τοὺς καρποὺς ὀργᾶν καὶ τὰ ὅλα δένδρα πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν, ὥσθ᾽ ὅταν ὅμοιόν τε ᾖ καὶ ὁμοιοπαθὲς τοῖς καρποῖς ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων εὔλογον τὸ τάχος τῆς αὐξήσεως· ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὅσῳ ἂν ἥττων ᾖ καὶ τοῖς γένεσι καὶ τοῖς τόποις καὶ τοῖς καιροῖς παραλλαγή.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.