# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.5.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.5.3

ὁ δὲ πυρὸς εἰς τίφην οὐ μεταβάλλει καὶ ζειὰν ἐξαμβλούμενος ὅτι πλείων ἡ τροφὴ καὶ ἰσχυροτέρα δι᾽ ἣν συμμένει. τοιαύτη δ᾽ οὖσα οὐκ ἂν ἐκθηλύνειεν ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸ σφοδρότερον ἀγάγοι καὶ ὅλως ἐκστήσειε τοῦ γένους. ἐπεὶ μᾶλλον ἄν τις εὐλόγως θαυμάσειεν ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν ἄγριον πυρὸν ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλα. τυγχάνει δὲ καὶ τούτου παραπλησία τις ἡ αἰτία· μετακινεῖ γὰρ ἁπλῶς ἡ φύσις.

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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/.