# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.13.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.13.2

τὰς δ᾽ αἰτίας καὶ τούτων ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἀνασκεπτέον. ἑκάστου γὰρ ἰδία κρᾶσις οὖσα καὶ φύσις διαφόρους ποιεῖ καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις ὥστε τὰ μὲν συντήκειν καὶ διακρίνειν τὰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ τὰ μὲν μᾶλλον τὰ δ᾽ ἧττον καὶ θερμαίνειν καὶ πέττειν καὶ ψύχειν καὶ ξηραίνειν καὶ τἆλλα ὡσαύτως. τὸ δὲ δὴ μάλιστα τοὺς καρποὺς εἶναι τοιούτους οὐκ ἄλογον εἴπερ μηδ᾽ ἡ ὅλη φύσις ὁμοία ῥίζης τε καὶ καρτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων μορίων ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ὅλως ἄπεπτα τὰ δὲ πεπεμμένα καὶ ὅλως ἐκ πλειόνων σύνθετα δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τοῖς χυλοῖς καὶ ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἕτερα.

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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/.