# Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά 34

Theophrastus, Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, Section 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-4/34

φαίνεται δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις ἐπιθεωρούμενα πολλὰ καὶ ὡς ἔτυχεν οἷον τὰ περὶ τὰς τῆς γῆς λεχθέντα μεταβολάς· οὔτε γὰρ τὸ βέλτιον οὔτε τὸ τίνος χάριν ἀλλ᾽ εἴπερ ἀνάγκῃ τινὶ κατακολουθεῖν· πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι τοιαῦτα καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις. μάλιστα δ᾽ ἂν δόξειεν ἔχειν τὴν τάξιν τῶν μὲν αἰσθητῶν τὰ οὐράνια τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ πρότερα τούτων τὰ μαθηματικά· εἰ γὰρ καὶ μὴ πᾶν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τούτοις πλέον τὸ τεταγμένον· πλὴν εἴ τις τοιαύτας λαμβάνοι τὰς μορφὰς οἵας Δημόκριτος ὑποτίθεται τῶν ἀτόμων. ἀλλὰ δὴ τούτων μὲν πέρι σκεπτέον. ὃ δ᾽ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐλέχθη πειρατέον τινὰ λαμνβάνειν ὅρον καὶ ἐν τῇ φύσει καὶ ἐν τῇ τοῦ σύμιπαντος οὐσίᾳ καὶ τοῦ ἕνεκά του καὶ τῆς εἰς τὸ βέλτιον ὁρμῆς. αὕτη γὰρ ἀρχὴ τῆς τοῦ σύμπαντος θεωρίας, ἐν τίσι τὰ ὄντα καὶ πῶς ἔχει πρὸς ἄλληλα

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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/.