# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 1

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/1

Πῶς ἀφορίσαι δεῖ καὶ ποίοις τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν πρώτων θεωρίαν; ἡ γὰρ δὴ τῆς φύσεως πολυχουστέρα, καὶ ὥς γε δή τινές φασι ἀτακτοτέρα μεταβολὰς ἔχουσα παντοίας· ἡ δὲ τῶν πρώτων ὡρισμένη καὶ ἀεὶ κατὰ ταὐτά. διὸ δὴ καὶ ἐν νοητοῖς, οὐκ αἰσθητοῖς, αὐτὴν τιθέασιν ὡς ἀκινήτοις καὶ ἀμεταβλήτοις. καὶ τὸ ὅλον δὲ σεμνοτέραν καὶ μείζω νομίζουσιν αὐτήν.

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Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, 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.tlg006.local001/.