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On arithmetic · Arith.5b–Arith.5c
Ancient Greek
p. 205 συνέχεια
Ὁ περισσὸς τοῦ ἀρτίου τελεώτερός ἐστιν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος καὶ μέσον ἔχει, ὁ δὲ τοῦ μέσου στερεῖται. Καὶ ὁ μέν, ὁπόταν γεννῶνται ἀνὰ λόγον καὶ πρὸς μονάδας, ταῖς αὐτοῦ χώραις καταλαμβάνει τὰς ταῖς γραμμαῖς περιεχομένας· ὁ δ’ ἐν οἰκείᾳ μὲν γινόμενος οὐδέποτε περαίνεται, ὅταν δ’ ἐν περισσῇ γένηται, αὐτός τε πέρατος τυγχάνει καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν λόγον ἔχουσαν ἴσχει.
5 συνέχεια
Τὸ ἓν οὐσία καὶ φύσις καὶ νοῦς καὶ μήνυμα· ἀρχὴν γὰρ καὶ μέσον καὶ πέρας ἔχον ἐστί· καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δὲ τούτου μετείληφεν ἃ ἔστι καὶ νοεῖται τῇ τούτου φύσει ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων εἰλικρινούμενον καὶ εἰκὼν τε καὶ εἴδωλα τοῦ ἑνὸς γιγνόμενα.
Stobaeus, Volume I: On arithmetic
p. 215 continued
Odd number is more complete than even number. The former has a beginning, an end, and a middle; the latter lacks the middle. And when they are generated proportionally and in relation to units, the former fills with its own areas the areas enclosed by the lines. The latter, when it comes to be in its own area, is never bounded; but when it comes to be in an odd one, it is itself bounded and has a side possessing a ratio.18
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The One is being, nature, mind, and disclosure: for it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The other things that exist and are thought have also partaken of it; through its nature each is distinguished from the others, becoming an image and likenesses of the One.19
Socrates
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