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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.24.3–I.49.24.4
Ancient Greek
p. 109224.3
Πῶς οὖν ἡ μετ᾽ ὀργάνου οὐχ ἡ αὐτὴ ἔσται τῷ νῷ, εἴγε ὑφ᾽ ἓν γένος, τὸ τῆς ἀντιληπτικῆς, τέτακται καὶ ⟨τὸ⟩ μετ᾽ ὀργάνου ἐνεργοῦν μέρος καὶ τὸ ἄνευ ὀργάνου; ἢ ὅτι ἡ μὲν τῆς μορφῆς τῶν ὄντων ἀντιλαμβάνεται, ἡ δὲ τῆς οὐσίας; Αἴσθησις γὰρ οὐσίας οὐκ ἀντιληπτική, ἀλλὰ μορφῆς καὶ πλάσεως * *· ὅτι δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἢ ἵππος, ἄλλου ἡ ἀντίληψις.
24.4
Διάφορον οὖν τῆς ἀντιλήψεως κίνημα· ἡ μὲν γὰρ τυπουμένη ἔοικεν ἡ τῆς αἰσθητικῆς καὶ ἔξω ἑλκομένη ἐπὶ μορφήν, ἡ δὲ ἀφισταμένη τυπώσεως. Οἱ μὲν οὖν διῄρουν καὶ τὸ μὲν ἄνευ φαντασίας ⟨ἢ αἰσθήσεως⟩ διεξοδικόν, ἀπὸ τοῦ νοῦ ἠρτημένον διάνοιάν τε καὶ νοῦν προσηγόρευον, τὸ δὲ μετὰ φαντασίας ἢ αἰσθήσεως τὴν διέξοδον ἔχον δοξαστικόν. Οἱ δὲ μίαν μὲν τὴν οὐσίαν λογικὴν ἐτίθεντο, διαφόρους δὲ τὰς ἐνεργείας.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 109324.3 · Shape and essence
How, then, will the power that acts with an organ differ from intellect, if both ⟨the⟩ part acting with an organ and the part acting without one have been placed under a single genus, that of the apprehensive power? Is it because the one apprehends the shape of things, the other their essence? For perception does not apprehend essence, but shape and configuration . . . . .; apprehending that something is a human being or a horse belongs to another power.1362
24.4 · Discursive thought and opinion
The movement of apprehension is therefore different. The apprehension belonging to the perceptive power seems to receive an impression and to be drawn outward toward shape; the other stands apart from the receiving of impressions. Some accordingly made a division: what proceeds step by step without imagination ⟨or perception⟩, dependent on intellect, they called both discursive thought and intellect; what proceeds with imagination or perception they called the power of opinion. Others posited a single rational substance but different activities.1363
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