Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 19 · I.19.3.1–I.19.3.2

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3 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 1

I.19.3.1

Χρυσίππου. Κίνησιν δέ φησιν εἶναι ὁ Χρύσιππος μεταβολὴν κατὰ τόπον ἢ ὅλῳ ἢ μέρει, ἢ μεταλλαγὴν ἐκ τόπου ἢ καθ’ ὅλον ἢ κατὰ μέρος. Καὶ ἄλλως· κίνησιν μεταλλαγὴν κατὰ τόπον ἢ σχῆμα· φορὰν δὲ μετέωρον κίνησιν ὀξεῖαν, μονὴν δὲ τὸ μὲν οἷον ἀκινησίαν σώματος, τὸ δ’ οἷον σώματος σχέσιν κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως νῦν τε καὶ πρότερον.

3 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 2

I.19.3.2

Πολλαχῶς δὲ λέγεσθαι τὴν κίνησιν καὶ τὴν μονήν, διὸ καὶ πολλοὺς καθ’ ἕκαστον σημαινόμενον ἀποδίδοσθαι ὅρους. Τὰς δὲ πρώτας κινήσεις εἶναι δύο, τήν τε εὐθεῖαν καὶ τὴν καμπύλην· διὰ τούτων δὲ πολλαχῶς μιγνυμένων γίνεσθαι πολλὰς κινήσεις καὶ διαφερούσας.

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3 ⟨Arius Didymus⟩: Chrysippus

I.19.3.1

Of Chrysippus. Chrysippus says that motion is a change of place, of a whole or a part; or a shift from a place, either as a whole or in part. Again, motion is a change in place or shape; locomotion is a rapid motion aloft.⁵⁴¹ Rest may be, as it were, a body’s immobility, or a body’s disposition remaining the same and in the same manner now as before.⁵⁴²

3 Chrysippus: Primary motions

I.19.3.2

Motion and rest are spoken of in many senses, and for that reason many definitions are given, according to each meaning. There are two primary motions, straight and curved; from their combinations in different ways arise many distinct motions.⁵⁴³

541.The unusual qualification “aloft” follows the printed meteōron, a correction of meteōrou. The alternative proposal “from above” is recorded in the apparatus but not adopted. This definition of phora is more restricted than the general use of “locomotion” in the preceding Aristotelian report.

542.Monē is remaining or rest; schesis is a disposition or the way a body is held. The report expressly offers more than one definition, as the next sentences explain. The attribution to Arius Didymus is supplied by the editor (physical fragment 22 in Diels).

543.Kampylē means curved, a broader term than circular. The multiplicity of motions is explained through combinations of two primary paths; this is separate from the preceding observation that the words “motion” and “rest” have several meanings.

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Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.

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