# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.6.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.6.9

ἡ δ᾽ οὖν φύσις ἔοικεν ὥσπερ ἐκ μεμιγμένων τινῶν χυμῶν ἐκκρίνειν τῇ πέψει τὸν ἁπλοῦν ᾗ καὶ δόξειεν ἂν ἐναντίως ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων. ἐν μὲν γὰρ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐκ μίξεως ἡ γένεσις ἐνταῦθα δ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀφαιρέσεως καὶ χωρισμοῦ, καὶ ἔνθα μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἀρχῶν ἔνθα δ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀρχῆς· ἀρχὴ γὰρ τὸ γλυκὺ, τούτου δ᾽ ἡ πέψις ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν.

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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/.