# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 30

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/30

καὶ τὸ μέγνστον δὴ καὶ μάλιστα δοκοῦν περὶ τὰς τροφὰς καὶ γενέσεις τῶν ζώων· οὐθενὸς γὰρ ταῦθ᾽ ἕνεκα ἀλλὰ συμπτώματα καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρας ἀνάγκας. ἔδει γὰρ εἴπερ τούτων χάριν ἀεὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως. ἔτι δ᾽ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς καὶ μᾶλλον τοῖς ἀψύχοις ὡρισμένην τιν᾽ ἔχουσι φύσιν, ὥσπερ δοκοῦσι καὶ μορφαῖς καὶ εἴδεσι καὶ δυνάμεσι, τίνος ἕνεκα ταῦτα ζητήσειεν ἄν τις. αὐτὸ γὰρ τοῦτο ἄπορον τὸ μὴ ἔχειν λόγον καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἐν ἑτέροις μὴ ποιοῦσι προτέροις καὶ τιμιωτέροις. ἦ καὶ ἔοικεν ὁ λόγος ἔχειν τι πιστὸν ὡς ἄρα τῷ αὐτομάτῳ ταῦτα καὶ τῇ τοῦ ὅλου περιφορᾷ λαμβάνει τινὰς ἰδέας ἢ πρὸς ἄλληλα διαφοράς.

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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/.