# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.5.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.5.5

ὅπερ συμβαίνει καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· οὐ γὰρ πᾶσιν αἱ αὐταὶ προσφιλεῖς ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐν ταῖς κακώδεσι καὶ βαρείαις ὧν ἔνιαί γε κοιναὶ πᾶσιν οἷον αἱ ἔκ τινων ἐκπνέουσαι χασμάτων καὶ ἄντρων θανατηφόροι τοῖς προσπελάζουσιν. εἰ δ᾽ ἄρα καὶ αὗται τοῖς ἀναπνευστικοῖς μόνον ἀλλὰ τοῦτό γε φανερὸν ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν χυμῶν ὅτι καὶ ὀσμαί τινες ἑκάστοις εἰσὶν οἰκεῖαι καὶ ὅτι τὸ εὐῶδες τὸ μὴ κατὰ τὴν τροφὴν ὀλίγοις ἢ οὐδενὶ προσφιλές· εἰ δὲ δή τινι καὶ συμφέρον ἀδηλότερόν ἐστιν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ταῦτα μὲν ἐπὶ πλέον εἴρηται τῶν ὑποκειμένων, ὅθεν δὲ ὁ λόγος ἐκεῖσε ἐπανιτέον.

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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/.