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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.28.5–I.49.28.6
Ancient Greek
p. 112828.5
Ἅτε οὖν ἐκ τῆς ταὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς θατέρου φύσεως ἔκ τε οὐσίας τριῶν τούτων συγκραθεῖσα μοιρῶν, καὶ ἀνάλογον μερισθεῖσα καὶ ξυνδεθεῖσα, αὐτή τε ἀνακυκλουμένη πρὸς ἑαυτήν, ὅταν οὐσίαν σκεδαστὴν ἔχοντός τινος ἐφάπτηται καὶ ὅταν ἀμέριστον, λέγει διὰ πάσης ἑαυτῆς κινουμένη, ὅτῳ τ᾽ ἄν τι ταὐτὸν ᾖ καὶ ὅτου ἂν ἕτερον, πρὸς ὅ τι τε μάλιστα καὶ ὅπῃ καὶ ὅπως καὶ ὁπότε ξυμβαίνει κατὰ τὰ γιγνόμενά τε πρὸς ἕκαστον ἕκαστά τε εἶναι καὶ πάσχειν καὶ πρὸς τὰ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχοντα ἀεί·
28.6
λόγος δὲ ὁ κατὰ ταὐτὸν ἀληθὴς γιγνόμενος, περί τε θάτερον ⟨ὢν⟩ καὶ περὶ τὸ ταὐτόν, ἐν τῷ κινουμένῳ ὑφ᾽ αὐτοῦ φερόμενος ἄνευ φθόγγου καὶ ἠχῆς, ὅταν μὲν περὶ τὸ αἰσθητὸν γίγνηται καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ τοῦ θατέρου κύκλος ὀρθὸς ὢν εἰς πᾶσαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ψυχὴν διαγγείλῃ, δόξαι καὶ πίστεις γίγνονται βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς· ὅταν δὲ αὖ περὶ τὸ λογιστικὸν ᾖ καὶ ὁ τοῦ ταὐτοῦ κύκλος εὔτροχος ὢν αὐτὰ μηνύσῃ, νοῦς ἐπιστήμη τε ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἀποτελεῖται. Τούτω δὲ ἐν ᾧ τῶν ὄντων ἐγγίγνεσθον, ἄν ποτέ τις αὐτὸ ἄλλο πλὴν ψυχὴν εἴπῃ, πᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ τἀληθὲς ἐρεῖ.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 112928.5 · Knowing the same and the different
Since it is blended from these three constituents, the nature of the same, that of the different, and being, and has been divided and bound together in proportion, it revolves upon itself. Whenever it comes into contact with something whose being is dispersed, or with something whose being is indivisible, it declares, moving throughout itself, what a thing is the same as and what it differs from; and especially in relation to what, in what respect, how, and when each thing is or is affected in relation to each other thing, both among things that come to be and in relation to those that always remain the same;1398
28.6 · Opinion, understanding, and knowledge
and the account that becomes true in the same manner, ⟨being⟩ concerned with the different and the same, is carried without voice or sound within what moves itself. When it concerns what is perceptible, and ⟨the⟩ circle of the different, being correct, reports throughout its entire soul, opinions and beliefs become firm and true. When, in turn, it concerns what is rational, and the smoothly revolving circle of the same declares these things, understanding and knowledge necessarily result. If anyone should ever call that being in which these two arise anything other than soul, he will say anything but the truth.1399
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