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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.30.5–I.49.30.6
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p. 114030.5
Ταῦτα μὲν τοίνυν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, δύο ἡμῖν ὡρίσθω εἴδη ἐν ψυχῇ ἐνόντα· τὸ δὲ δὴ τοῦ θυμοῦ καὶ ᾧ θυμούμεθα πότερον ⟨τρίτον⟩, ἢ τούτων ποτέρῳ ἂν εἴη ὁμοφυές; - Ἴσως, ἔφη, τῷ ἑτέρῳ ⟨τῷ⟩ ἐπιθυμητικῷ.
30.6
Ἀλλ᾽, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ποτὲ ἀκούσας τι πιστεύω τούτῳ, ὡς ἄρα Λεόντιος ὁ Ἀγλαΐωνος ἀνιὼν ἐκ Πειραιέως ὑπὸ τὸ βόρειον τεῖχος ἐκτός, αἰσθόμενος νεκροὺς παρὰ τῷ δημίῳ κειμένους, ἅμα μὲν ἰδεῖν ἐπιθυμοίη, ἅμα δὲ δυσχεραίνοι καὶ ἀποτρέποι ἑαυτόν, καὶ τέως μὲν μάχοιτο καὶ παρακαλύπτοιτο, κρατούμενος δ᾽ οὖν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας, διελκύσας τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, προσδραμὼν πρὸς τοὺς νεκρούς, ἰδοὺ ὑμῖν, ἔφη, ὦ κακοδαίμονες, ἐμπλήσθητε τοῦ καλοῦ θεάματος. - Ἤκουσα, ἔφη, καὶ αὐτός. - Οὗτος μέντοι, ἔφην, ὁ λόγος σημαίνει τὴν ὀργὴν πολεμεῖν ἐνίοτε ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, ὡς ἄλλο ὂν ἄλλῳ. - Σημαίνει γάρ, ἔφη.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 114130.5 · Is spirit a third element?
“Let these, then,” I said, “be distinguished for us as two kinds present in soul. But what belongs to spirit, that with which we become angry: is it a ⟨third⟩, or would it be of the same nature as one of these?”
“Perhaps,” he said, “as the other, ⟨the⟩ appetitive element.”1407
30.6 · Leontius and the conflict of impulses
“But,” I said, “I once heard a story that I believe. Leontius, son of Aglaion, was coming up from the Piraeus, outside the northern wall, when he noticed corpses lying beside the public executioner. He wanted to look, yet at the same time felt disgust and turned himself away. For a while he struggled and covered his face; but, overcome by desire, he pulled his eyes open, ran toward the corpses, and said: ‘There you are, you wretches! Fill yourselves with the lovely sight!’”
“I have heard it too,” he said.
“This story,” I said, “shows that anger sometimes makes war on desires, as one thing against another.”
“It does,” he said.1408
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