# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.13.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.13.1

Περὶ δὲ δὴ τῶν καρπῶν τῶν τροφίμων δῆλον ὅτι ῥᾴων ὁ λόγος· οὗτοι γὰρ καθαροὶ καὶ εἰλικρινεῖς οἷον ἐξηθημένοι πως ὑπὸ τῆς φύσεως ὥστε πλείοσι καὶ μᾶλλον ἁρμόττειν. ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν φαρμακωδῶν καὶ ὅλως τῶν κατὰ τὰς δυνάμεις θεωρητέον· καὶ γὰρ ἐν τούτοις οὔθ᾽ αἱ αὐταὶ δυνάμεις οὔτ᾽ ἴσαι πάντων εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν ἀρχομένοις· οὐδὲ δὴ τῶν ἄνω πᾶσιν οἷον φύλλοις καὶ κλωσὶ καὶ καρποῖς. καὶ τὸ μὲν τῷ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον διάφορον ἔχει τιν᾽ εὐλογίαν τὸ δ᾽ ὅλως ἔνια μηδὲ δύνασθαι ποιεῖν ὥσπερ τὰ τῶν ῥιζῶν τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τοὺς καυλοὺς ἢ πάλιν τὰ τῶν φύλλων τοὺς καρποὺς καὶ τὰς ῥίζας μᾶλλον ἄν τις θαυμάσειε.

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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.
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