# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 26

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/26

χαλεπὴ δὲ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦθ᾽ ἡ σύνεσις καὶ ἡ πίστις, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἄλλως μέγα καὶ πρὸς τὰς καθ᾽ ἕκαστα πραγματείας ἀναγκαῖον καὶ μάλιστα τὰς μεγίστας, ἐν τίνι ποιητέον τὸν ὅρον, οἷον περί τε τῆς φύσεως καὶ περὶ τὰς ἔτι προτέρας. οί γὰρ ἀπάντων ζητοῦντες λόγον ἀναιροῦσι λόγον ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ εἰδέναι. μᾶλλον δ᾽ ἀληθέστερον εἰπεῖν ὅτι ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ πέφυκεν ὅσοι τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀΐδιον ὑπολαμβάνουσιν.

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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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