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Book I Chapter 41 · I.41.1.18–I.41.1.19
Ancient Greek
p. 8301.18
Τῶν ὄντων τὰ μὲν ἐν σώμασίν εἰσι, τὰ δὲ ἐν ἰδέαις, τὰ δὲ ⟨ἐν⟩ ἐνεργείαις· σῶμα δὲ ἐν ἰδέαις, ἰδέα δὲ καὶ ἐνέργεια ἐν σώματί ἐστι.
Τὸ ἀθάνατον οὐ μετέχει τοῦ θνητοῦ, τὸ δὲ θνητὸν τοῦ ἀθανάτου μετέχει.
Τὸ μὲν θνητὸν εἰς ἀθάνατον σῶμα οὐκ ἔρχεται, τὸ δὲ ἀθάνατον εἰς θνητὸν παραγίνεται.
1.19
Αἱ ἐνέργειαι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀνωφερεῖς, ἀλλὰ κατωφερεῖς.
Οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ, πάντα ὠφελεῖ τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς σωμάτων ἀιδίων δεκτικός, ἡ γῆ σωμάτων φθαρτικῶν δεκτική.
Ἡ γῆ ἄλογος, ὁ οὐρανὸς λογικός.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 41
p. 8311.18 · Bodies, forms, and activities
Of things that exist, some are in bodies, some in forms, and some ⟨in⟩ activities. Body is in forms, while form and activity are in body.
The immortal does not share in the mortal, but the mortal shares in the immortal.
The mortal does not enter an immortal body, but the immortal comes into a mortal one.1075
1.19 · The direction of influence
Activities are not directed upward, but downward.
Earthly things bring no benefit to heavenly things; heavenly things bring every benefit to earthly things.
Heaven receives everlasting bodies; earth receives bodies subject to decay.
Earth is irrational; heaven is rational.1076
Socrates
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