Galen
Isaac Hoskins /
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- Translated by A.J. Brock
- Aligned by Isaac Hoskins
Galens "On the Natural Faculties Book 1 Chapter 1
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1.1
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg010.perseus-eng1:1.1
ἐπειδὴ τὸ μὲν αἰσθάνεσθαί τε καὶ κινεῖσθαικατὰ προαίρεσιν ἴδια τῶν ζῴων ἐστί , τὸ δ᾽ αὐξάνεσθαί τε καὶ τρέφεσθαι κοινὰ καὶ τοῖςφυτοῖς , εἴη ἂν τὰ μὲν πρότερα τῆς ψυχῆς , τὰ δὲδεύτερα τῆς φύσεως ἔργα . εἰ δέ τις καὶ τοῖςφυτοῖς ψυχῆς μεταδίδωσι καὶ διαιρούμενος αὐτὰςὀνομάζει φυτικὴν μὲν ταύτην , αἰσθητικὴν δὲ τὴνἑτέραν , λέγει μὲν οὐδ᾽ οὗτος ἄλλα , τῇ λέξει δ᾽οὐ πάνυ τῇ συνήθει κέχρηται . ἀλλ᾽ ἡμεῖς γεμεγίστην λέξεως ἀρετὴν σαφήνειαν εἶναιπεπεισμένοι καὶ ταύτην εἰδότες ὑπ᾽ οὐδενὸς οὕτωςὡς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀσυνήθων ὀνομάτων διαφθειρομένην , ὡς τοῖς πολλοῖς ἔθος , οὕτως ὀνομάζοντες ὑπὸ μὲνψυχῆς θ᾽ ἅμα καὶ φύσεως τὰ ζῷα διοικεῖσθαίφαμεν , ὑπὸ δὲ φύσεως μόνης τὰ φυτὰ καὶ τό γ᾽αὐξάνεσθαί τε καὶ τρέφεσθαι φύσεως ἔργα φαμέν , οὐ ψυχῆς .
Since
feeling
and
voluntary
motion
are
peculiar
to
animals
,
whilst
growth
and
nutrition
are
common
to
plants
as
well
,
we
may
look
on
the
former
as
effects
of
the
soul
and
the
latter
as
effects
of
the
nature
.
And
if
there
be
anyone
who
allows
a
share
in
soul
to
plants
as
well
,
and
separates
the
two
kinds
of
soul
,
naming
the
kind
in
question
vegetative
,
and
the
other
sensory
,
this
person
is
not
saying
anything
else
,
although
his
language
is
somewhat
unusual
.
We
,
however
,
for
our
part
,
are
convinced
that
the
chief
merit
of
language
is
clearness
,
and
we
know
that
nothing
detracts
so
much
from
this
as
do
unfamiliar
terms
;
accordingly
we
employ
those
terms
which
the
bulk
of
people
are
accustomed
to
use
,
and
we
say
that
animals
are
governed
at
once
by
their
soul
and
by
their
nature
,
and
plants
by
their
nature
alone
,
and
that
growth
and
nutrition
are
the
effects
of
nature
,
not
of
soul
.