# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.2

διαμφισβητοῦσι δέ τινες τῷ εἰκότι προσάγοντες ὡς ἄτοπον τὸ μηδὲν πληθύεσθαι τῆς τροφῆς καὶ ὑδάτων ἐπιγινομένων καὶ τῇ αἰσθήσει· φανερὸν γὰρ εἶναι καὶ τῇ πιείρᾳ· λευκὰς γὰρ τριβομένας ἔλαττον ἀφιέναι· πασῶν γὰρ ἄριστα ῥεῖν τὰς ἐσχάτας συλλεγομένας καὶ κεχειμασμένας τε μάλιστα καὶ τετελεωμένας· διὰ γὰρ τὴν τελέωσιν καὶ διὰ τὸ κεχειμάσθαι τοῦ ὑδατώδους ἀφῃρημένου τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκπέττεσθαι μᾶλλον· ὁ μὲν οὖν λόγος ὁ ἀντιλεγόμενος οὗτος.

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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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