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Book I Chapter 41 · I.41.6.10–I.41.6.11
Ancient Greek
p. 8586.10
Ἀεὶ δὲ γίγνεσθαι δεῖ καὶ πολλά, μᾶλλον δὲ πάντα· οὐδέποτε γὰρ χηρεύει τῶν ὄντων τινὸς ὁ κόσμος, ἀεὶ δὲ φερόμενος ἐν ἑαυτῷ κυΐσκει τὰ ὄντα, οὐδέποτε ἀπολειφθησόμενα αὐτὰ τῆς φθορᾶς. Πᾶσα οὖν ἐνέργεια νοείσθω, ὡς ἀεὶ ἀθάνατος οὖσα, ἥτις ἂν ᾖ ἐν οἱῳδήποτε σώματι.
6.11
Τῶν δὲ ἐνεργειῶν αἱ μὲν εἰσι τῶν θείων σωμάτων, αἱ δὲ τῶν φθαρτῶν, καὶ αἱ μὲν καθολικαί, αἱ δὲ εἰδικαί, καὶ αἱ μὲν τῶν γενῶν, αἱ δὲ τῶν μερῶν ἑνὸς ἑκάστου. Θεῖαι μὲν οὖν εἰσιν αἱ εἰς τὰ ἀίδια σώματα ἐνεργοῦσαι· αὗται δὲ καὶ τέλειαί εἰσιν, ὡς εἰς τέλεια σώματα· μερικαὶ δὲ αἱ δι᾽ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου γένους τῶν ζῴων· εἰδικαὶ δὲ αἱ εἰς ἕκαστον τῶν ὄντων τι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 41
p. 8596.10 · A cosmos always bringing forth
And many things must always come to be - indeed, all things. For the cosmos is never bereft of any of the things that exist; always moving, it conceives existing things within itself, while they themselves will never be exempt from decay. Let every activity therefore be understood as always immortal, whatever it may be and in whatever body.1108
6.11 · Kinds of activity
Of activities, some belong to divine bodies, others to perishable ones; some are general, others specific; some belong to genera, others to the parts of each individual. Divine activities are those acting upon everlasting bodies; these are also perfect, since they act upon perfect bodies. Partial activities operate through each genus of living creatures; specific activities act upon each particular existing thing.1109
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