Adversus Lycum (Against Lycus)
Kühn 1829
νοείσθωσαν αἱ διαφοραὶ. ὡς εἴ γε. καθ’ ὃ λέγεται μόνον
ἕκαστον σκοποῖτο, πάντων τῶν πραγμάτων ἀναιρήσεις τὰς
διαφοράς. τὸ ζῶον ᾗ νενόηται ζῶον οὐδὲν ἑτέρου διαφέρει
ζώου. τὸ φυτὸν ᾗ νενόηται φυτὸν, οὐδὲν ἑτέρου διαφέρει
φυτοῦ. τὸ δένδρον ᾗ νενόηται δένδρον, οὐδὲν ἑτέρου διαφέρει
δένδρου. ἆρ’ οὐκ εἰσὶ τοῦ ζώου διαφοραὶ, τὸ πτηνὸν
καὶ πεζὸν καὶ νηκτὸν καὶ τὸ ἔνυδρον καὶ ἐγγεῖον καὶ ἀέριον
ἢ τὸ θνητὸν καὶ ἀθάνατον ἢ τὸ λογικὸν καὶ ἄλογον ἢ τὸ
ἥμερον καὶ τὸ ἄγριον ἢ τὸ δειλὸν καὶ ἄλκιμον ἢ τῶν ἄλλων
ὧν ἴσμεν ἕκαστον. τί γὰρ δεῖ μακρολογεῖν; οὕτω τῶν
φυτῶν τὸ μὲν δένδρον, τὸ δὲ θάμνος, τὸ δὲ ἄκανθα, τὸ
δὲ πόα, τὸ δὲ φρύγανον, ἢ τῶν πάντων, καθ’ ὃ νενόηται
ζῶα μηδεμίαν ἐχόντων διαφορὰν, ὅμως καὶ ταύτας ἁπάσας
ἃς εἴρηκε καὶ πρὸς ταύτας ἑτέρας οὐκ ὀλίγας ἀληθῶς ἄν
τις εἴποι ζώου διαφοράς; οὕτως δὲ κἀπὶ τῶν φυτῶν. οὐ
γὰρ φυτόν γε φυτοῦ διενήνοχε τῷ τὸ μὲν εἶναι λογικὸν αὐτῶν
Work
Title: Adversus Lycum
English: Against Lycus
Original: Πρὸς Λύκον
Domains: Medicine
Text information
Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1829
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 18
Number: 1
Pages: 196-245
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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