# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 25

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/25

μέχρι μὲν οὖν τινὸς δυνάμεθα δι᾽ αἰτίου θεωρεῖν ἀρχὰς ἀπὸ τῶν αἰσθήσεων λαμβάνοντες. ὅταν δὲ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὰ τὰ ἄκρα καὶ πρῶτα μεταβαίνωμεν οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα, εἴτε διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αἰτίαν εἴτε διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀσθένειαν ὥσπερ πρὸς τὰ φωτεινότατα βλέπειν. τάχα δ᾽ ἐκεῖνο ἀληθέστερον ὡς αὐτῷ τῷ νῷ ἡ θεωρία θιγόντι καὶ οἷον ἁψαμένῳ, διὸ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπατὴ περὶ αὐτά.

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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/.