# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 2

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/2

ἀρχὴ δὲ ποτέρα συναφή τις καὶ οἷον κοινωνία πρὸς ἄλληλα τοῖς τε νοητοῖς καὶ τοῖς τῆς φύσεως, ἢ οὐδεμία, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἑκάτερα κεχωρισμένα συνεργοῦντα δέ πως εἰς τὴν πᾶσαν οὐσίαν. εὐλογώτερον οὖν εἶναί τινα συναφὴν καὶ μὴ ἐπεισοδιῶδες τὸ πᾶν, ἀλλ᾽ οἷον τὰ μὲν πρότερα τὰ δὲ ὕστερα, καὶ ἀρχὰς τὰ δ᾽ ὑπὸ τὰς ἀρχὰς, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἀΐδια τῶν φθαρτῶν. εἰ δ᾽ οὖν οὕτω, τίς ἡ φύσις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν ποίοις;

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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.
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