De Temperamentis (On Mixtures)
Kühn 1821
τὰ τῶν γινομένων τε καὶ φθειρομένων στοιχεῖα· τὰ δ’ ἄλλα
σώματα, τά τε τῶν ζώων, καὶ τὰ τῶν φυτῶν, καὶ τὰ τῶν
ἀψύχων ἁπάντων, οἷον χαλκοῦ, καὶ σιδήρου, καὶ λίθων, καὶ
ξύλων, ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ τῶν πρώτων ἐκείνων τετάχθαι. οὐδὲν γὰρ
αὐτῶν οὔτ’ ἄκρως θερμὸν, οὔτ’ ἄκρως ψυχρὸν, οὔτ’ ἄκρως ὑγρὸν,
οὔτ’ ἄκρως ξηρόν ἐστιν. ἀλλ’ ἤτοι μέσον ἀκριβῶς ὑπάρχει
τῶν ἐναντίων, ὡς μηδὲν μᾶλλον εἶναι θερμὸν, ἢ ψυχρὸν,
ἢ ξηρὸν, ἢ ὑγρὸν, ἢ θατέρῳ τῶν ἄκρων προσκεχώρηκεν,
ὡς μᾶλλον εἶναι θερμὸν ἢ ψυχρὸν, ἢ μᾶλλον ὑγρὸν ἢ ξηρόν.
εἰ μὲν δὴ μέσον ἀκριβῶς εἴη καθ’ ἑκατέραν τῶν
ἐναντιώσεων, ὡς μηδὲν μᾶλλον εἶναι θερμὸν, ἢ ψυχρὸν, ἢ
ξηρὸν, ἢ ὑγρὸν, εὔκρατον ἁπλῶς τοῦτο λεχθήσεται. θατέρου
δὲ πλεονεκτήσαντος, ἤτοι κατὰ τὴν ἑτέραν ἀντίθεσιν,
ἢ κατ’ ἀμφοτέραν, οὐκ ἔτ’ εὔκρατον. εἰ μὲν δὴ θερμὸν εἴη
μᾶλλον, ἢ ψυχρὸν, ὃ μᾶλλόν ἐστι, τοῦτο λεχθήσεται·
ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ξηρὸν καὶ ὑγρόν· κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὲ καὶ εἰ
Work
Title: De Temperamentis
English: On Mixtures
Original: Περὶ κράσεων
Domains: Medicine
Text information
Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1821
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 1
Pages: 509-694
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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