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Book I Chapter 1 · I.1.25–I.1.27
Ancient Greek
p. 5425 Πορφυρίου ἐκ τοῦ Περὶ ἀγαλμάτων
Ζεὺς οὖν ὁ πᾶς κόσμος, ζῷον ἐκ ζῴων καὶ θεὸς ἐκ θεῶν. Ζεὺς δὲ καὶ ⟨ὁ θεός⟩, καθὸ νοῦς ἀφ’ οὗ προφέρεται πάντα, ὅτι δημιουργεῖ τοῖς νοήμασι.
26 Χρυσίππου
Ζεὺς μὲν οὖν φαίνεται ὠνομάσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ πᾶσι δεδωκέναι τὸ ζῆν. Δία δὲ αὐτὸν λέγουσιν, ὅτι πάντων ἐστὶν αἴτιος καὶ δι’ αὐτὸν πάντα.
27 Πλάτωνος ἐκ τοῦ Κρατύλου
Οἱ μὲν γὰρ Ζῆνα, οἱ δὲ Δία καλοῦσι· συντιθέμενα δὲ εἰς ἓν δηλοῖ τὴν φύσιν τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃ δὴ προσήκειν φαμὲν ὀνόματι οἵῳ τε εἶναι ἀπεργάζεσθαι. οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσιν, ὅστις ἐστὶν αἴτιος μᾶλλον τοῦ ζῆν ἢ ὁ ἄρχων τε καὶ βασιλεὺς τῶν πάντων.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 1
p. 5525 Porphyry, from On Images
Zeus, then, is the whole cosmos, a living being made up of living beings and a god made up of gods. ⟨The god⟩ too is Zeus insofar as he is mind, from which everything is brought forth, because he creates by his thoughts.52
26 Chrysippus
Zeus, then, appears to have received his name from giving life to all. They call him Dia because he is the cause of everything and all things are through him.53
27 Plato, from Cratylus
Some call him Zēna, others Dia. Put together as one, the names reveal the nature of the god—precisely what we say a name ought to be capable of doing. For to us and to everything else there is no greater cause of life than the ruler and king of all.54
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