# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.5.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.5.6

ἑκάστου τῶν χυμῶν καὶ τῶν ὀσμῶν ἐστί τις φύσις ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν ζώων ἣ πρὸς ἑκάστην διάθεσιν ἁρμόττει καὶ κρᾶσιν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾽ ὥστε καθόλου καὶ κοινῶς εἰπεῖν οἱ γλυκεῖς καὶ οἱ κατὰ ταύτην τὴν συστοιχίαν τροφιμώτεροι καὶ μᾶλλόν εἰσι κατὰ φύσιν· ἐναντίωμα δέ τι τάχα δ᾽ οὐκ ἀκόλουθον ἔσται τὸ ἀνάλογον, ὅτι χυμὸς μὲν ἅπασι προσφιλὴς ὁ γλυκὺς ὀσμὴν δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω λαβεῖν, οὕτω γε τῷ γένει λαμβάνοντας εἰ μή τις ἄρα λανθάνει διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀσθένειαν τῆς αἰσθήσεως. ἴσως δ᾽ οὐδὲ τὸ περὶ τοῦ γλυκέος εἰρημένον ἁπλῶς ἀληθές. ὑπὲρ μὲν οὖν τούτων ἀρκείτω τὰ εἰρημένα.

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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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