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κατὰ ταῦτα νομίζω τὸν ἐγκέφαλον δύναμιν πλείστην ἔχειν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ: οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἐστι τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἠέρος γινομένων ἑρμηνεὺς, ἢν ὑγιαίνων τυγχάνῃ: τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀὴρ παρέχεται.

οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ τὰ οὔατα καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα καὶ αἱ χεῖρες καὶ οἱ πόδες οἷα ἂν ὁ ἐγκέφαλος γινώσκῃ, τοιαῦτα πρήσσουσι: γίνεται γὰρ παντὶ τῷ σώματι τῆς φρονήσιος, ὡς ἂν μετέχῃ τοῦ ἠέρος.

ἐς δὲ. τὴν ξύνεσιν ὁ ἐγκέφαλός ἐστιν ὁ διαγγέλλων: ὁκόταν γὰρ σπάσῃ τὸ πνεῦμα ὥνθρωπος ἐς ἑωυτὸν, ἐς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον πρῶτον ἀφικνέεται, καὶ οὕτως ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν σῶμα σκίδναται ὁ ἀὴρ, καταλιπὼν ἐν τῷ ἐγκεφάλῳ ἑωυτοῦ τὴν ἀκμὴν καὶ ὅ τι ἂν ἔῃ φρόνιμόν τε καὶ γνώμην ἔχον: εἰ γὰρ ἐς τὸ σῶμα πρῶτον ἀφικνέετο καὶ ὕστερον ἐς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον, ἐν τῇσι σαρξὶ καὶ ἐν τῇσι φλεψὶ καταλελοιπὼς τὴν

διάγνωσιν ἐς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἂν ἴοι θερμὸς ἐὼν καὶ οὐχὶ ἀκραιφνὴς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιμεμιγμένος τῇ ἰκμάδι τῆ ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν καὶ τοῦ αἵματος, ὥστε μηκέτι εἶναι ἀκριβής.

Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate. Hippocrates. A. Littre. Amsterdam. Adolf M. Hakkert.

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