# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.4.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.4.3

σχεδὸν δέ τι παρόμοιόν ἐστι τὸ ζητούμενον καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζώων πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον πότερα κατὰ φύσιν ἢ κατὰ στέρησιν τἆλλα. καθάπερ γὰρ καὶ τούτων ἴδιαί τινες αἱ οὐσίαι καὶ τῶν φυτῶν ὁμοίως. εἰ οὖν ἡ μὲν στέρησις ἐν ἀτελείᾳ τινὶ καὶ ἐνδείᾳ ταῦτα δὲ καὶ γεννᾷ καὶ ἐκτρέφει τὰ ὅμοια καὶ ἰσχυρότερα πολὺ τῶν ἑτέρων οὐκ ἂν εἴησαν κατὰ στέρησιν. ἔτι δὲ ἔν γε τοῖς φυτοῖς ἅμα συμβαίνει μὴ τελεοκαρπεῖν καὶ ἧττον εἶναι πικρὰ τὰ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ γένει, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ κενταυρίου καὶ ἀψινθίου καὶ τῶν τοιούτων, ὡς ἐκεῖσε τῆς φύσεως φερομένης καὶ τὴν γλυκύτητα καθάπερ ἀπεψίαν τινὰ οὖσαν ἢ ἔλλειψιν πέψεως.

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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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