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Book I Chapter 1 · I.1.39a
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p. 9639 Ὀνάτου· περὶ θεοῦ καὶ θείου (αʹ)
Ὁ μὲν θεὸς τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων ἐπαΐει, οὔτε νοητῶς οὔτε ἐπαϊστῶς, εἰ μή τισι πάγχυ ὀλίγοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καὶ δυνάμιες δ’ αὐτῶ ἀλήθεια· ὧν οἶμαι νομεῖς εἰ ἐναργέα τε καὶ ἐπαϊστά. αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἔστιν νόος καὶ ψυχὰ καὶ τὸ ἁγεμονικὸν τῶ σύμπαντος κόσμω· τὰ δὲ δυνάμιες αὐτῶ τἀλήθεια, ὧν οἶμαι νομεῖς, τά τ’ ἔργα καὶ τὰ πράξεες καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν σύμπαντα κόσμον ἐπιστρωφῶσες. Ὁ μὲν ὦν θεὸς αὐτὸς οὔτε ὁρατὸς οὔτε αἰσθητός, ἀλλὰ λόγῳ μόνον καὶ νόῳ θεωρατός· τὰ δ’ ἔργα αὐτῶ καὶ τὰ πράξεες ἐναργέες τε καὶ αἰσθητὰ ἐντὶ πάντεσσιν ἀνθρώποις.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 1
p. 9739 Onatas, On God and the Divine (1)
God perceives the affairs of other living beings, yet is himself apprehensible neither to thought nor to perception, except to a very few human beings. His powers, however, are true realities—†hōn oimai nomeis ei†—manifest and perceptible.94
For God himself is mind, soul, and the governing principle of the entire cosmos. His powers in truth—†hōn oimai nomeis†—are his works and actions, those extending throughout the whole cosmos. God himself is neither visible nor perceptible, but can be contemplated only by reason and mind; his works and actions are manifest and perceptible to all human beings.
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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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