# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.5.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.5.4

ἀλλὰ τούτου μὲν τὴν αἰτίαν ἐν τῇ δριμύτητι ληπτέον ὥσπερ καὶ τῆς ὀριγάνου καὶ τῶν τοιούτων· ἅπαντα γὰρ φεύγει. τὸ δὲ μὴ αἰσθάνεσθαι καθάπερ λέγουσιν οὐ σαφὲς ἡμῖν· εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ τοὺς πόρους ἐνταῦθα ἄν τις αἰτιάσαιτο καθάπερ ἔνιοι τῶν φυσικῶν τῷ ἢ ἁρμόττειν ἢ μή· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ διαιροῦσι τοῖς μεγέθεσι τὰ μὲν μικρὰ φάσκοντες τῶν τοιῶνδε αἰσθάνεσθαι τὰ δὲ μείζω τῶν τοιῶνδε μᾶλλον οὐχ ἱκανὴν οὐδ᾽ οἰκείαν ἴσως διαίρεσιν διαιροῦντες. οὐδ᾽ ἐν τοῖς πόροις ἡ αἴσθησις ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὴν διάθεσιν καὶ τὴν κρᾶ σιν τό τε πάθος ἀποδοίη καὶ τὴν ἀπάθειαν ἐν οἷς τὸ ἡδὺ καὶ τὸ λυπηρόν.

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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/.