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Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.7a.heading–I.49.7b

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⟨Περὶ μερῶν⟩

I.49.7a.heading

⟨Περὶ μερῶν τῆς ψυχῆς.⟩

7a · ⟨Ἀετίου⟩

I.49.7a

. . . . .

Ἀπολλοφάνης ⟨ἐξ ἐννέα μερῶν φησι τὴν ψυχὴν συνεστάναι⟩.

Περὶ κινήσεως καὶ ἀφθαρσίας

I.49.7b.heading

Περὶ κινήσεως καὶ ἀφθαρσίας ψυχῆς.

7b · ⟨Ἀετίου⟩

I.49.7b

Ἀριστοτέλης ἀκίνητον τὴν ψυχήν, πάσης κινήσεως προηγουμένην, τῆς δὲ κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς μετέχειν, καθάπερ τὰ σχήματα καὶ τὰ πέρατα καὶ καθάπαξ τὰ παρὰ τοῖς σώμασιν εἴδη.

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⟨On the parts of the soul⟩

I.49.7a.heading

⟨On the parts of the soul.⟩¹²⁷⁸

7a · ⟨Aëtius⟩: Apollophanes

I.49.7a

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Apollophanes ⟨says that the soul consists of nine parts⟩.¹²⁷⁹

On motion and indestructibility

I.49.7b.heading

On the motion and indestructibility of the soul.¹²⁸⁰

7b · ⟨Aëtius⟩: Aristotle on motion

I.49.7b

Aristotle holds that the soul is unmoved and precedes every motion, but participates in motion incidentally, as do shapes, boundaries, and, in general, the forms belonging to bodies.¹²⁸¹

1278.This topic heading is restored by Wachsmuth. His apparatus, following Elter, uses Photius’s list of philosophers and the parallel account in Tertullian, On the Soul 14, as evidence that material on the soul’s parts has been lost here. The following dots and supplement belong to that reconstruction; they do not represent a cut made in this translation.

1279.Wachsmuth’s editorial attribution is to Aëtius IV.4 (Diels, pp. 389ff.). The name stands outside the angle brackets, but the doctrinal statement is supplied. The nine parts are not named here. Other lost material is inferred in the apparatus, but no further reconstruction is printed or inserted into this translation.

1280.Unlike the preceding topic heading, this one is printed without angle brackets. Aphtharsia means immunity from destruction or decay; athanasia, “immortality,” is the related but distinct term used in some of the following passages.

1281.The editorial source label reads Aëtius IV.3.2, Diels p. 392. “Incidentally” translates kata symbebēkos: a shape can move because the body whose shape it is moves. The report distinguishes this from movement belonging to the soul itself. “Precedes” preserves proēgoumenēn without making it a claim of temporal priority.

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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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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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