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John Stobaeus

Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Κεφάλαιον Ηʹ

I.8.heading

Περὶ χρόνου οὐσίας καὶ μερῶν καὶ πόσων εἴη αἴτιος.

1 Σοφοκλέους

I.8.1

Πάντ’ ἐκκαλύπτων ὁ χρόνος εἰς ⟨τὸ⟩ φῶς ἄγει.

2 Ξενοφάνους

I.8.2

Οὔ τοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς παρέδειξαν, ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητοῦντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον.

3 Φιλήμονος

I.8.3

Ὦ Πάμφιλ’, ὁ χρόνος οὐ μόνον τὰ σώματα αὔξει βαδίζων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ πράγματα.

4 ⟨Χαιρήμονος⟩

I.8.4

Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ὅ τι οὐκ ἐν χρόνῳ ζητοῦσιν ἐξευρίσκεται.

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 8

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Chapter 8: Time

I.8.heading

On the nature and parts of time, and the many things of which it is a cause.²⁴⁸

1 Sophocles

I.8.1

Time uncovers everything and brings it into ⟨the⟩ light.

2 Xenophanes

I.8.2

The gods did not reveal everything to mortals from the beginning; by searching, however, they discover better in time.²⁴⁹

3 Philemon

I.8.3

Pamphilus, as time walks on it makes not only bodies grow, but troubles too.²⁵⁰

4 ⟨Chaeremon⟩

I.8.4

There is nothing in human affairs that those who search do not discover in time.²⁵¹

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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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The Greek follows Curt Wachsmuth’s 1884 Volume I, checked against the supplied scan. Gaps, lost-chapter headings, and uncertain attributions remain visible. Chapter 2 includes a labeled proposed reconstruction. The appendix outlines Books I–IV; the full texts of Books II–IV are outside this volume. Reader pages preserve the companion PDF’s numbering.

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