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Book I Chapter 17 · I.17.4.4–I.17.4.5
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p. 4004 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 4
Μῖξιν δ’ εἶναι δύο ἢ καὶ πλειόνων σωμάτων ἀντιπαρέκτασιν δι’ ὅλων, ὑπομενουσῶν τῶν συμφυῶν περὶ αὐτὰ ποιοτήτων, ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρὸς ἔχει καὶ τοῦ πεπυρακτωμένου σιδήρου, ἐπὶ τούτων γὰρ ⟨δι’⟩ ὅλων γίγνεσθαι τῶν σωμάτων τὴν ἀντιπαρέκτασιν. Ὁμοίως δὲ κἀπὶ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ψυχῶν ἔχειν· δι’ ὅλων γὰρ τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν ἀντιπαρεκτείνουσιν, ἀρέσκει γὰρ αὐτοῖς σῶμα διὰ σώματος ἀντιπαρήκειν.
4 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 5
Κρᾶσιν δὲ εἶναι λέγουσι δύο ἢ καὶ πλειόνων σωμάτων ὑγρῶν δι’ ὅλων ἀντιπαρέκτασιν τῶν περὶ αὐτὰ ποιοτήτων ὑπομενουσῶν· [Τὴν μὲν μῖξιν καὶ ἐπὶ ξηρῶν γίγνεσθαι σωμάτων, οἷον πυρὸς καὶ σιδήρου, ψυχῆς τε καὶ τοῦ περιέχοντος αὐτὴν σώματος· τὴν δὲ κρᾶσιν ἐπὶ μόνων φασὶ γίνεσθαι τῶν ὑγρῶν·]
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 17
p. 4014 ⟨Arius Didymus⟩: Mixture
Mixture is the mutual extension of two or more bodies through one another in their entirety, while their inherent qualities persist, as happens with fire and glowing iron; for in these cases the mutual extension occurs ⟨through⟩ the whole of the bodies.481 The same holds for the souls within us: they extend throughout the whole of our bodies, for these thinkers hold that body extends through body.482
4 ⟨Arius Didymus⟩: Blending
Blending, they say, is the mutual extension of two or more liquid bodies throughout one another, while their qualities persist. [Mixture occurs also in dry bodies, such as fire and iron, and the soul and the body that contains it; blending, however, they say occurs only in liquids.]483
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