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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.36.2–I.49.36.3
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p. 117636.2
Εἰ δ᾽, ὡς ἔνιοι λέγουσι, τέλος καὶ συνοχὴ καὶ ἕνωσις καὶ μόνιμος αἰτία τῶν κινήσεών ἐστιν ἡ ἐνέργεια καὶ ταύτην ἐν ἑαυτῇ συνείληφεν ἡ κατ᾽ Ἀριστοτέλην ἀκίνητος ἐντελέχεια τῆς ψυχῆς, ἔσται ἀπὸ τῆς τελειοτάτης ἐνεργείας προϊοῦσα [ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς] ἡ ἐν τοῖς καθ᾽ ἕκαστα τῶν ζῴων ἔργοις ἀπεργασία.
36.3
Αὕτη τοίνυν κατά γε Πλάτωνα πολλοῦ δεῖ ἡ αὐτὴ εἶναι τῇ συμφύτῳ τῆς ψυχῆς οὐσίᾳ καὶ ζωῇ. Δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι δίδοται μὲν εἰς τὸ κοινόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ μεταβολὴ καὶ διαίρεσις καὶ παράτασις περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ χρόνον καὶ τόπον διάστασις ἐπισυμπίπτει, ὧν οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ καθ᾽ αὐτὴν ἀσωμάτῳ ζωῇ, φανερὸν δὴ καὶ τοῦτο γέγονεν, ὡς οὐδὲν ὑπάρχει κατὰ Πλάτωνα τῶν τοῦ συνθέτου ζῴου κινημάτων ἴδιον αὐτῆς τῆς ψυχῆς.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 117736.2 · Activity as an abiding cause
But if, as some say, activity is the end, cohesion, unification, and abiding cause of motions, and if the unmoved actuality of soul according to Aristotle comprehends this activity within itself, then the accomplishment of living beings’ individual functions will proceed from the most complete activity [from soul].1449
36.3 · Activity in the living composite
This accomplishment, at least according to Plato, is far from being identical with soul’s inherent substance and life. Clearly it is imparted to the composite. But change, division, extension about the body, and separation in time and place accompany it; none of these belongs to life that is incorporeal in itself. Thus this too becomes clear: according to Plato, none of the motions of the composite living being belongs exclusively to soul itself.1450
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