# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.1.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.1.2

τὰ δ᾽ εἴδη τῶν χυμῶν ὡς μὲν εἰς ἀριθμὸν ἀποδοῦναι ῥᾴδιον οἷον γλυκὺς λιπαρὸς αὐστηρὸς στρυφνὸς δριμὺς ἁλμυρὸς πικρὸς ὀξύς. ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὴν οὐσίαν ἑκάστου χαλεπώτερον. αὐτὸ γὰρ τοῦτο πρῶτον ἔχει τινὰ σκέψιν πότερον τοῖς πάθεσι τοῖς κατὰ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἀποδοτέον ἢ ὥσπερ Δημόκριτος τοῖς σχήμασιν ἐξ ὧν ἕκαστοι· εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ ταῦτα συνάπτει πως εἰς τὰς δυνάμεις κἀκείνων λέγεται χάριν· ἢ καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος τρόπος ἐστὶ παρὰ τούτους.

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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/.