# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.4.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.4.7

ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἡμῖν ἄτροφον ἑτέροις τρόφιμον καὶ τὸ ἄλλοις τρόφιμον ἄλλοις ἄτροφον. ὡς γὰρ ἂν αἱ φύσεις ἔχωσι κατὰ τὰς κράσεις οὕτως καὶ αἱ τροφαὶ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἁρμόσουσιν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ αἱ ἡδοναὶ καὶ αἱ λύπαι καὶ αἱ βοήθειαι πρὸς τὰ πάθη καὶ τὰς διαθέσεις ὃ καὶ φανερὰ ποιοῦντα πολλὰ τῶν ζώων ἐστὶν οὐ πρὸς τὰ συμβαίνοντα πάθη μόνον αὐτομάτως ἀλλὰ καὶ κατ᾽ αὐτὰς τὰς ἐδωδὰς ὅταν ἄλλο φάγωσιν ἕτερον ἐπεσθίοντα καθάπερ οἱ ἔχεις τὸ πήγανον ὅταν τὸ σκόρδον.

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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/.