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Book I Chapter 50 · I.50.10–I.50.12
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⟨Ἀετίου.⟩
Οἱ Στωικοὶ σωμάτων τὰς αἰσθήσεις.
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Οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχαίων τῶν περὶ τὰ σώματα ἀσωμάτων λόγων ἅπερ ἤδη σχήματα προσαγορεύουσι.
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Λεύκιππος, Δημόκριτος, Ἐπίκουρος τὴν αἴσθησιν καὶ τὴν νόησιν γίνεσθαι εἰδώλων ἔξωθεν προσιόντων· μηδενὶ γὰρ ἐπιβάλλειν μηδετέραν χωρὶς τοῦ προσπίπτοντος.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 50
p. 158910 · Perception of bodies
⟨Aëtius.⟩
The Stoics hold that perceptions are of bodies.1921
11 · Incorporeal structures
The followers of the ancients hold that perceptions are of the incorporeal structures associated with bodies, which they call shapes.1922
12 · Images arriving from outside
Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus hold that perception and thought arise through images approaching from outside. For neither engages with anything without something impinging upon it.1923
Socrates
Reading Stobaeus, Volume I · Book I Chapter 50 · I.50.10–I.50.12
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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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