# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.5.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.5.4

ἄτοπον δὲ καὶ λόγου δεόμενον εἰ καὶ τὸ λίνον ἐξαιροῦται· μεγάλη γὰρ ἡ διάστασις· εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ τοῦτο τῆς τροφῆς ὄγκῳ· φιλεῖ γοῦν χώραν ἀγαθὴν ὥστ᾽ ἐκ τῆς ὑπερβολῆς ἡ ἔκστασις. ὁ δὲ θέρμος ἰσχυρὸς ὢν καὶ πρώϊος σπειρόμενος οὐδὲ εἰς ἓν μεταβάλλει διὰ τὴν ἄγαν ἰσχύν· ἐπικρατεῖ γάρ· δεῖ δὲ τὸ μέλλον μεταβάλλειν μὴ ἀπαθὲς εἶναι μήτ᾽ ἄγαν εὐπαθές· τὸ μὲν γὰρ οὐ μετακινεῖται τὸ δ᾽ ὅλως ἀσθενὲς ὂν φθείρεται καθάπερ ἐλέχθη.

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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/.