# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.6

ἄτοπον δὲ πρὸς τῷ μόνα καὶ ὅτι ἰσχυρότερα δοκοῦντα τῶν χεδροπῶν εἶναι· τὸ γὰρ ἀσθενὲς εὐφθαρτότερον, φθορὰ δέ τις ἡ ἔκστασις· καὶ μᾶλλον πυρὸς εἰ κριθῆς ἰσχυρότερον. ἔτι δὲ τὰ μὲν ἰσχυρότερα εἰς τὸ ἀσθενέστερον μεταβάλλειν· ἡ δὲ αἶρα καὶ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς ἰσχυρότερον ὥσθ᾽ ἅμα συμβαίνει καὶ τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἰσχυρότερον.

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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/.