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Book I Chapter 48 · I.48.6.7–I.48.6.8
Ancient Greek
p. 9706.7
Τῶν γὰρ ἐόντων ἐντὶ τὰ μὲν αἰσθατά, τὰ δὲ δοξαστά, τὰ δ᾽ ἐπιστατά, τὰ δὲ νοατά. Καὶ τὰ μὲν σώματα, ὧν ἐντί τις ἀντιτυπία, αἰσθατά· δοξαστὰ δὲ τὰ μετέχοντα τῶν εἰδέων ὡς αἱ εἰκόνες, οἷον ὁ τὶς ἄνθρωπος τῶ ἀνθρώπω καὶ τὸ ⟨τι⟩ τρίγωνον τῶ τριγώνω· ἐπιστατὰ δὲ τὰ τοῖς εἴδεσι συμβεβακότα ἐξ ἀνάγκας, ὡς ἐν γαμετρίᾳ τὰ τοῖς σχήμασι· νοατὰ δὲ αὐτὰ τὰ εἴδεα καὶ αἱ ἀρχαὶ τῶν ἐπιστατῶν οἷον αὐτὸ κύκλος καὶ τρίγωνον καὶ σφαῖρα.
6.8
Τυγχάνοντι δὲ καὶ ἐν ἁμῖν αὐτοῖς κατὰ ψυχὰν γνώσιες τέτταρες· νόος, ἐπιστάμα, δόξα, αἴσθασις· ὧν αἱ μὲν δύο τῶ λόγω ἀρχαί ἐντι, οἷον νόος καὶ αἴσθασις, τὰ δὲ δύο τέλεα, οἷον ἐπιστάμα καὶ δόξα. Τὸ δ᾽ ὅμοιον ἀεὶ τῶ ὁμοίω γνωστικόν. Φανερὸν ⟨ὦν⟩ ὅτι ὁ μὲν νόος ἐν ἁμῖν τῶν νοατῶν γνωστικός, ἁ δὲ ἐπιστάμα τῶν ἐπιστατῶν, ⟨ἁ δὲ δόξα τῶν δοξαστῶν,⟩ ἁ δὲ αἴσθασις τῶν αἰσθατῶν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 48
p. 9716.7 · Four classes of objects
For among things that are, some are perceptible, some objects of opinion, some objects of knowledge, and some intelligible. Bodies, which have a certain resistance, are perceptible. Objects of opinion are things that participate in forms as images do, as a particular human being participates in human being, and a ⟨particular⟩ triangle in triangle. Objects of knowledge are the properties that necessarily belong to forms, as in geometry those that belong to figures. Intelligibles are the forms themselves and the principles of the objects of knowledge, such as circle itself, triangle, and sphere.1241
6.8 · Four kinds of cognition
In our own souls too there are four kinds of cognition: intellect, knowledge, opinion, and perception. Two are starting points of reason, namely intellect and perception; the other two are its completions, namely knowledge and opinion. Like always has the capacity to know like. It is clear, ⟨then⟩, that intellect in us knows intelligibles, knowledge knows objects of knowledge, ⟨opinion knows objects of opinion,⟩ and perception knows perceptibles.1242
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