Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.67.1–I.49.67.3

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67.1

I.49.67.1

Ἐν ταὐτῷ.

Περὶ τῆς ἐπικαρπίας τῶν ψυχῶν, ἣν κομίζονται εἰσαῦθις, ἐπειδὰν ἐξέλθωσι τοῦ σώματος *, ἰσαγγέλους δὲ καὶ ἀγγελικὰς ψυχὰς *, τὸ ὅλον δὴ τοῦτο οἱ πρεσβύτεροι *.

67.2

I.49.67.2

Καὶ τηροῦσι μὲν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκείας τάξεως Πλούταρχος καὶ Πορφύριος καὶ οἱ παλαιότεροι· Πλωτῖνος δὲ πάντων τούτων αὐτὴν ἀφίστησιν.

67.3

I.49.67.3

Οἱ δ᾽ ἀρχαιότεροι παραπλησίαν τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ νοῦν διάθεσιν ἀγαθοειδῆ καὶ προστασίαν τῶν τῇδε αὐτῇ ἀπονέμουσι καλῶς, Πορφύριος δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ἀφαιρεῖ.

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67.1 · Iamblichus: the soul’s reward

I.49.67.1

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Concerning the reward of souls, which they receive hereafter when they leave the body *, and souls equal to angels and angelic souls *, this whole matter, then, the older thinkers *.¹⁸²⁵

67.2 · The soul’s own rank

I.49.67.2

Plutarch, Porphyry, and the older thinkers preserve it in its proper rank; Plotinus, however, removes it from all these.¹⁸²⁶

67.3 · Intellect and care for the world

I.49.67.3

The more ancient thinkers rightly assign to it a disposition of intellect resembling that of the gods and bearing the form of the good, together with oversight of things here. Porphyry, however, takes this too away from it.¹⁸²⁷

1825.The heading continues Iamblichus’s On the Soul. The editor marks three gaps in this damaged opening; the surviving fragments are not joined by invented clauses. Epikarpia is the fruit or benefit received. Isangelous follows the printed correction. The source moves directly from excerpt 65 to 67. Decimal subdivisions are modern comparison divisions.

1826.The feminine singular it is understood as the soul, but the damaged opening leaves its precise antecedent unstated. All these is likewise not fully specified. The contrast is preserved without filling the preceding gaps or identifying Plutarch more closely than this excerpt permits.

1827.Rightly expresses Iamblichus’s approval of the older account. Agathoeidēs describes a likeness to the good; prostasia denotes oversight or protective governance. The author contrasts a godlike intellectual condition accompanied by worldly responsibility with the removal of that responsibility.

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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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