On the Natural Faculties.

On the Natural Faculties.
By Galen
Edited by: Arthur John Brock (trans.)

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press


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ΓΑΛΗΝΟΥ ΠΕΡι ΦΥΣιΚΩΝ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΩΝ
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 [p. 248] καὶ οἷον ὄρεξιν τῆς οἰκείας ποιότητος, ἀποστροφὴν
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δέ τινα καὶ οἷον μῖσός τι τῆς ἀλλοτρίας. ἀλλ' ἐφιέμενα μὲν ἕλκειν εὔλογον, ἀποστρεφόμενα δ' ἐκκρίνειν.

Κἀκ τούτων πάλιν θ' ἑλκτικὴ δύναμις ἀποδείκνυται καθ' ἅπαν ὑπάρχουσα καὶ προωστική.

Ἀλλ' εἴπερ ἔφεσίς τέ τίς ἐστι καὶ ἕλξις, εἴη ἄν τις καὶ ἀπόλαυσιςοὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν ὄντων ἕλκει τι δι' αὐτὸ τὸ ἕλκειν, ἀλλ' ἵν' ἀπολαύσῃ τοῦ διὰ τῆς ὁλκῆς εὐπορηθέντος. καὶ μὴν ἀπολαύειν οὐ δύναται μὴ κατασχόν. κἀν τούτῳ πάλιν καθεκτικὴ δύναμις ἀποδείκνυται τὴν γένεσιν ἀναγκαίαν ἔχουσασαφῶς γὰρ ἐφίεται μὲν τῶν οἰκείων ποιοτήτων γαστήρ, ἀποστρέφεται δὲ τὰς ἀλλοτρίας.

Ἀλλ' εἴπερ ἐφίεταί τε καὶ ἕλκει καὶ ἀπολαύει κατέχουσα καὶ περιστελλομένη, εἴη ἄν τι καὶ πέρας αὐτῇ τῆς ἀπολαύσεως κἀπὶ τῷδ' καιρὸς ἤδη τῆς ἐκκριτικῆς δυνάμεως ἐνεργούσης.


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Ἀλλ' εἰ καὶ κατέχει καὶ ἀπολαύει, καταχρῆται πρὸς πέφυκε. πέφυκε δὲ τοῦ προς
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ήκοντος ἑαυτῇ κατὰ ποιότητα καὶ οἰκείου