Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Stobaeus, Volume IBook I Chapter 15 · I.15.6d.1–I.15.6e.1

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Book I Chapter 15 · I.15.6d.1–I.15.6e.1

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6d ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 1

I.15.6d.1

Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ἔλεγε μὴ διὰ παντὸς ἑστῶτας εἶναι μηδ’ ὡρισμένους τοὺς τόπους τῶν στοιχείων, ἀλλὰ πανταχῶς ἀλλήλων μεταλαμβάνειν.

6d ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 2

I.15.6d.2

Τοῦ δὲ ἀέρος εἴξαντος τῇ τοῦ ἡλίου ὁρμῇ ἐπικλιθῆναι τὰς ἄρκτους καὶ τὰ μὲν βόρεια ὑψωθῆναι, τὰ δὲ νότια ταπεινωθῆναι, καθὸ καὶ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον.

Καὶ δεξιὰ μὲν αὐτοῦ τὰ κατὰ τὸν θερινὸν τροπικόν, ἀριστερὰ δὲ τὰ κατὰ τὸν χειμερινόν.

6e ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 1

I.15.6e.1

Πυθαγόρας, Πλάτων, Ἀριστοτέλης δεξιὰ τοῦ κόσμου τὰ ἀνατολικὰ μέρη, ἀφ’ ὧν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κινήσεως [διὰ τὰς ἀνατολάς], ἀριστερὰ δὲ τὰ δυτικά.

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 15

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6d ⟨Aëtius, Opinions⟩: Empedocles, part 1

I.15.6d.1

Empedocles said that the regions of the elements are not always fixed or bounded, but share in one another in every way.⁴³⁹

6d ⟨Aëtius, Opinions⟩: Empedocles, part 2

I.15.6d.2

When the air yielded to the sun’s impetus, the Bears tilted, the northern regions rose, and the southern regions sank; the whole world was correspondingly inclined.⁴⁴⁰

Its right-hand regions are those along the summer tropic, and its left-hand regions those along the winter tropic.⁴⁴¹

6e ⟨Aëtius, Opinions⟩: Right and left

I.15.6e.1

Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle held the eastern regions of the world to be its right side, from which motion begins [because of the risings], and the western regions its left.⁴⁴²

439.The wording describes a mutual occupation of regions rather than permanent, exclusive allotments. “In every way” follows Wachsmuth’s pantachōs; his apparatus records other proposals, including pantachou, “everywhere.” Excerpt 6d gathers three short reports, separated in the base edition.

440.The Bears are the northern constellations. The passage explains a tilt of the heavens through the action of the sun upon the air. Its compressed final clause extends the inclination to the world as a whole.

441.The summer and winter tropics mark the sun’s northern and southern turning circles. This orientation differs from the next report, which assigns right and left to east and west.

442.The motion is described from the side where the heavenly bodies rise. Wachsmuth brackets “because of the risings” as an addition to be omitted; the English retains it within the same editorial signs.

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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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