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πότερον δι᾽ ἢν αἰτίαν οῦδὲ τῶν ζᾠων τὰ χερσαῖα;
ζῷον γὰρ ἔγγειον τὸ φυτὸν εἶναι, οἱ περὶ Πλάτωνα καὶ Ἀναξαγόραν καὶ Δημόκριτον οἴονται:
οὐ γὰρ διότι τοῖς ἐναλίοις φυτοῖς τρόφιμόν ἐστι καὶ πότιμον ὥσπερ τοῖς ἰχθύσιν, ἤδη καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ χέρσῳ φυτά τε καὶ δένδρα τρέφει: οὔτε γὰρ ἐνδύεται
ταῖς ῥίζαις ὑπὸ πάχους οὔτ᾽ ἀναφέρεται ὑπὸ βάρους: ὅτι δ᾽ ἐμβριθές ἐστι καὶ γεῶδες, ἄλλοις τε πολλοῖς ἀποδείκνυται καὶ τῷ μᾶλλον ἀνέχειν καὶ ὑπερείδειν τὰ πλοῖα καὶ τοὺς κολυμβῶντας: ἢ μάλιστα μὲν βλάπτεται ξηρότητι τὰ δένδρα ξηραντικὸν
δὲ τὸ θαλάττιον; ὅθεν πρός γε τὰς σήψεις οἱ
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