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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.17–I.49.18
Ancient Greek
p. 107617 · Πορφυρίου
Ἐκ τῶν Πορφυρίου Πρὸς τὰ νοητὰ ἀφορμῶν.
Ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ τῆς ἀμερίστου καὶ ⟨τῆς⟩ περὶ τὰ σώματα μεριστῆς οὐσίας μέσον τι· ὁ δὲ νοῦς ἀμέριστος οὐσία μόνον, τὰ δὲ σώματα μεριστὰ μόνον. Αἱ δὲ ποιότητες καὶ τὰ ἔνυλα εἴδη περὶ τὰ σώματα ⟨τὰ⟩ μεριστά.
18 · Ἐν ταὐτῷ
Ἐν ταὐτῷ.
Ψυχὴ καταδεῖται πρὸς σῶμα τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ τῇ πρὸς τὰ πάθη τὰ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ λύεται διὰ τῆς ἀπαθείας.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 107717 · Porphyry: soul between indivisible and divisible
From Porphyry’s Points of Departure toward the Intelligibles.
Soul is something intermediate between indivisible substance and ⟨the⟩ substance divided among bodies. Intellect is simply indivisible substance, and bodies are simply divisible. Qualities and forms in matter concern bodies, ⟨the⟩ divisible things.1344
18 · Attachment to bodily affections
In the same work.
Soul is bound to body by turning toward the affections that come from it, and is released through freedom from those affections.1345
Socrates
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