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[4] 4 αἴττιον δʼ ὅτι ὀλίγη ἦν χρεία τούτοις τῆς γλώττης διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐνδέχεσθαι μασᾶσθαι μηδὲ προγεύεσθαι, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν τῇ καταπόσει γίνεσθαι τὴν αἴσθησιν καὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν πάσι τούτοις τῆς τροφῆς. ἡ μὲν γὰρ γλῶττα τῶν χυμῶν ποιεῖ
τὴν αἴσθησιν, τῶν δὲ ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ καθόδῳ ἡ ἡδονή· καταπινομένων γὰρ αἰσθάνονται τῶν λιπαρῶν καὶ θερμῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων.
τὴν αἴσθησιν, τῶν δὲ ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ καθόδῳ ἡ ἡδονή· καταπινομένων γὰρ αἰσθάνονται τῶν λιπαρῶν καὶ θερμῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων.
De partibus animalium. Aristotle. ed. Bernhard Langkavel. United States. 2016.
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