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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.25a.8
Ancient Greek
p. 110625a.8
Διαφέρει δὲ μέρους δύναμις· ⟨αἱ μὲν γὰρ δυνάμεις⟩ ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἑνὸς ὑποκειμένου ὅλου πλείους θεωροῦνται, οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ καὶ [ἐν] ἄλλῳ περατούμεναι τῷ ποσῷ τῆς ὑποκειμένης οὐσίας, τὰ δὲ μέρη ἀπολαμβάνει ἑαυτοῖς ποσόν τι τῆς οὐσίας καὶ περιγράφει ἀλλοῖόν τι μόριον αὐτῆς. Αὐτίκα τοῦ μήλου αἱ μὲν δυνάμεις πᾶσαι ἐν ἑνί, τὰ δὲ μέρη ἄλλα ἀλλαχοῦ κεχώρισται· ἐφάπτεται γὰρ ἡ μὲν τοῦ μέρους ἔννοια ποσοῦ, ὡς πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου κατασκευὴν ὀλιγωτέραν ποσότητα ἀπολαμβάνον· ἡ δὲ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ ὅλου τὴν ἐπίνοιαν ἀπείληφε. Διόπερ ἀμερεῖς μὲν αἱ δυνάμεις καὶ δι᾽ ὅλου κεχωρηκυῖαι, τὰ δὲ μέρη ἠλάττωται, μερικοῦ ἔχοντα ἀντὶ τοῦ ὅλου ποσότητα.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 110725a.8 · An apple’s powers and its pieces
A power differs from a part. ⟨For powers⟩ are observed in plurality throughout one and the same underlying whole, without being limited to one quantity and [in] another of the underlying substance. Parts, however, take for themselves a certain quantity of the substance and circumscribe a distinct portion of it. For example, an apple’s powers are all in one thing, whereas its parts are separated in different places. The concept of a part concerns quantity, since a part takes a smaller quantity in relation to the constitution of the whole; the concept of a power has taken in the conception of the whole. Hence powers are without parts and extend throughout the whole, whereas parts are lesser, having the quantity of a portion instead of that of the whole.1376
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