# Περὶ πυρός 2.14

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/2.14

ἐκ ταύτης δὲ τῆς αἰτίας καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἐνιαχοῦ δοκεῖ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιεῖν τῷ θερμῷ καὶ ἁπλῶς καὶ ταῖς ὑπερβολαῖς· πέττειν τε γὰρ τοὺς καρπούς φασι τὰ ψύχη, καὶ ἀποκαίειν καὶ τὸ καῦμα καὶ τὸ ψύχος, οὐκ ἀληθῆ λέγοντες. ἀποκαίει γὰρ οὕτω καὶ πέττει τὸ ψψύχος οὐ προηγουμένως ἀλλὰ κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς ὅτι συστέλλει καὶ συνάγει τὸ θερμὸν τὸ ἐργαζόμενον ἐκεῖνο· πλέον δὲ ὂν καὶ ἰσχυρὸν μᾶλλον.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, 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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