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μετίωμεν ἀπὸ τῶν χρωμένων ἐπὶ ταῦθ᾽ οἷς χρώμεθα, φυτὰ καὶ καρπούς. τούτων ἃ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ὅλως θερμοῦ μετείληφεν, ἃ δ᾽ ἣκιστα καὶ ἀδήλως: ἡ δ᾽ ὑγρὰ φύσις βλαστάνοντα πάντα παρέχεται, αὐξανόμενα καὶ καρποφοροῦντα καὶ τί δεῖ καταριθμεῖσθαι με καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ πάνθ᾽ ὅσα τρυγῶμεν καὶ ἀμέλγομεν καὶ βλίττομεν ἐν φανερῷ κείμενα, ὅπου γε καὶ ὁ πυρός, δοκῶν [p. 4] εἶναι τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς, μεταβολῇ καὶ σήψει καὶ διαχύσει τοῦ ὑγροῦ γίγνεται;
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