De Temperamentis (On Mixtures)
Kühn 1821
οὐδὲ τὴν θερμὴν κρᾶσιν ἐξ ἀνάγκης εἶναι καὶ ξηρὰν, ἀλλὰ
δύνασθαί ποτε τὸ μὲν θερμὸν τοῦ ψυχροῦ πλεονεκτεῖν ἐν
τῇ κράσει τοῦ ζώου, τὸ δ’ ὑγρὸν τοῦ ξηροῦ. καὶ
γὰρ δὴ καὶ τὴν γένεσιν, καὶ τὴν ἀλλοίωσιν, καὶ τὴν μεταβολὴν
ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων εἰς τὰ ἐναντία γίνεσθαι. τίς γὰρ
οὖν εἰπὼν, ὅτι τὸ λευκὸν ἠλλοιώθη τε καὶ μετέβαλεν, ἐγένετο
γὰρ θερμὸν, οὐκ ἂν εἴη καταγέλαστος; ἐπιζητεῖ γὰρ ὁ λόγος,
οὐ τὴν κατὰ ψυχρὸν καὶ θερμὸν ἀντίθεσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν κατὰ
τὸ χρῶμα μεταβολήν· μεταβάλλει γὰρ τὸ μὲν λευκὸν εἰς
τὸ μέλαν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ μέλαν εἰς τὸ λευκὸν, καὶ τὸ
θερμὸν αὖ εἰς τὸ ψυχρὸν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν εἰς τὸ
θερμόν. οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἰς τὸ ξηρὸν, τὸ δ’ αὖ
ξηρὸν εἰς τὸ ὑγρόν. εἰ γὰρ δὴ φάσκει τις ἠλλοιῶσθαι τὸ
σῶμα τῷ τέως ὑγρὸν ὑπάρχον εἶναι νῦν λευκὸν, ἢ τῷ
τέως ξηρὸν ὂν τὸ νῦν φαίνεσθαι μέλαν, οὐκ ἂν ὑγιαίνειν
δόξειεν. εἰ δέ γε τὸ τέως ὑγρὸν τὸ νῦν ξηρὸν φαίη γενέσθαι,
ἢ τὸ πρότερον ὑπάρχον μέλαν νῦν εἶναι λευκὸν, ἢ
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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