Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 48 · I.48.6.5–I.48.6.6

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6.5

I.48.6.5

⟨Καὶ⟩ καθάπερ ⟨ὁ⟩ νόος τὸ πρᾶτον βλέπει καὶ τὸ παράδειγμα, οὕτως ἁ αἴσθασις τὰν εἰκόνα καὶ τὸ δεύτερον· ὁ μὲν γὰρ νόος οὐρανὸν ἁπλῶς ⟨ἢ τέχναν⟩, ἁ δ᾽ αἴσθασις ἁπλῶς τὰν τῶ ἁλίω σφαῖραν ἢ τὰς χειροτεχνατῶν.

6.6

I.48.6.6

Ἔτι ⟨ὁ⟩ μὲν νόος ἀμερὴς καὶ ἀδιαίρετος, καθάπερ μονὰς καὶ στιγμά, παραπλασίως δὲ καὶ τὸ νοατόν (τὸ γὰρ εἶδος οὔτε πέρας σώματός ἐντι οὔτε ὅρος, ἀλλὰ μόνον τύπωσις τῶ ἐόντος, ᾇ ἐόν ἐντι), ἁ δ᾽ αἴσθασις μεριστὰ καὶ διαιρετά.

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6.5 · Paradigm and image

I.48.6.5

⟨And⟩ just as intellect beholds what is primary and the paradigm, so perception beholds the image and what is secondary. For intellect beholds heaven without qualification ⟨or art⟩, while perception simply beholds the sun’s sphere or those of craftsmen.¹²³⁹

6.6 · The indivisibility of intellect and form

I.48.6.6

Further, intellect is without parts and indivisible, like a unit and a point, and likewise the intelligible. For form is neither a body’s limit nor its boundary, but solely an impress of what is, insofar as it is. Perception, however, has parts and is divisible.¹²⁴⁰

1239.The printed ouranon, “heaven,” is Wachsmuth’s correction of corrupt wording; he also supplies “or art.” The final phrase, literally “the [feminine plural] of craftsmen,” lacks its noun. “Those” leaves that ellipsis visible: spheres or crafted works may be intended, but the text does not securely decide. De Cesaris and Horky (2018), pp. 248-249, discuss the uncertainty. The restored Greek article ho before “intellect” has no separate English equivalent.

1240.Monas is a unit, and stigma a geometrical point. Typōsis, “impress,” is a difficult description of form: the text contrasts it with a bodily outline or boundary rather than defining it as a physical imprint. The supplied Greek article is retained on the facing page. Meineke proposed adding an analogy between perception and a dyad and line; Wachsmuth does not print that addition, and it is not inserted here.

About This Reading Edition

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.

Historical Text and Translation

The Greek follows Curt Wachsmuth’s 1884 Volume I, checked against the supplied scan. Gaps, lost-chapter headings, and uncertain attributions remain visible. Chapter 2 includes a labeled proposed reconstruction. The appendix outlines Books I–IV; the full texts of Books II–IV are outside this volume. Reader pages preserve the companion PDF’s numbering.

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