# Περὶ πυρός 7.54

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/7.54

τοῦτο μὲν οὖν πρὸς τῷ μὴ ἀληθὲς οὐδ᾽ ἄγαν συνετόν. εἰ δ᾽ ἐν φορᾷ τινὶ καὶ ῥύσει τὸ πῦρ, ἀεὶ δὲ τῶν ῥεόντων εἰς ἔλαττον ἡ ἀποτελεύτησις μὴ γινομένης ἄλλοθεν ἐπιρροῆς, ἀναγκαῖον εἰς τὸν πλείω τόπον διατεινόμενον καὶ τὸ συνεχὲς διατηροῦν ἀποστενοῦσθαι μᾶλλον. ὥστε τοῦτο ἂν εἴη καὶ τῆς φλογὸς αἴτιον εἰς τὸν σχηματισμόν· ἡ γὰρ ἀρχὴ κάτωθεν ἰσχυροτάτη καὶ πλείστη, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐλάττων ἀεὶ καὶ ἀπολήγουσα ἀσθενεστέρα διασώζουσα δὲ τὸ συνεχές.

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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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