# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.2.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.2.1

Τάχα δ᾽ ἂν δόξειεν ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη καὶ οὗτος ἐκείνων εἶναι χάριν· αὐτῶν γὰρ τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ οὕτως ἀποδιδοὺς οἴεται τὰς αἰτίας ἀποδιδόναι δι᾽ ἃς ὁ μὲν στύφει καὶ ξηραίνει καὶ πήγνυσιν ὁ δὲ λεαίνει καὶ ὁμαλύνει καὶ καθίστησιν ὁ δὲ ἐκκρίνει καὶ διαχεῖ καὶ ἄλλο τι τοιοῦτο δρᾷ. πλὴν ἴσως ἐκεῖνα ἄν τις ἐπιζητήσειε παρὰ τούτων ὥστε καὶ τὸ ὑποκείμενον ἀποδιδόναι ποιόν τι· δεῖ γὰρ εἰδέναι μὴ μόνον τὸ ποιοῦν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ πάσχον ἄλλως τ᾽ εἰ καὶ μὴ πᾶσιν ὁ αὐτὸς ὁμοίως φαίνεται καθάπερ φησίν. οὐθὲν γὰρ κωλύει τὸν ἡμῖν γλυκὺν ἑτέροις τισὶ τῶν ζώων εἶναι πικρὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων δὲ ὁμοίως.

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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/.