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Book I Chapter 41 · I.41.1.14–I.41.1.15
Ancient Greek
p. 8261.14
Πᾶν ⟨τὸ⟩ ἐν οὐρανῷ ἀμετάθετον, πᾶν τὸ ἐπὶ γῆς μεταθετόν.
Οὐδὲν ἐν οὐρανῷ δοῦλον, οὐδὲν ἐπὶ γῆς ἐλεύθερον.
Οὐδὲν ἄγνωστον ἐν οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲν γνώριμον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
1.15
Οὐ κοινωνεῖ ⟨τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς, κοινωνεῖ⟩ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς τοῖς ἐν οὐρανῷ.
Πάντα τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄμωμα, πάντα τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς ἐπίμωμα.
Τὸ ἀθάνατον οὐ θνητόν, τὸ θνητὸν οὐχ ἀθάνατον.
Τὸ σπαρὲν οὐ πάντως γενητόν, τὸ δὲ γενητὸν πάντως καὶ σπαρέν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 41
p. 8271.14 · Heaven and earth
Everything ⟨that is⟩ in heaven is unalterable; everything on earth is alterable.
Nothing in heaven is enslaved; nothing on earth is free.
Nothing in heaven is unknown; nothing on earth is known.1071
1.15 · Participation and generation
⟨Things in heaven⟩ do not participate ⟨in earthly things;⟩ earthly things ⟨participate⟩ in things in heaven.
Everything in heaven is blameless; everything on earth is blameworthy.
The immortal is not mortal; the mortal is not immortal.
What has been sown does not necessarily come to birth; what comes to birth has necessarily also been sown.1072
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