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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.69.21–I.49.69.23
Ancient Greek
p. 156069.21
Καθόλου γάρ, ὦ τέκνον, εὑρήσεις, ἐὰν ἐξετάζῃς, πολλοὺς καὶ πολλῶν ἄρχοντας καὶ πολλοὺς πολλῶν βασιλεύοντας. Ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν πάντων κρατῶν, τέκνον, ἐκ τῆς ὑπεράνω χώρας ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἐκείνην ἔσχε τάξιν, ἀφ᾽ οὗ τόπου ἐστίν·
69.22
βασιλικωτέραν ⟨μὲν . . . . . . τοῦ βασιλικοῦ⟩ διαζώματος τετευχότες·
69.23
⟨οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρώδους⟩ πυρὸς ἐργάται γίγνονται καὶ τροφεῖς· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑγροῦ ἐν ὑγροῖς διαζῶσιν· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ ⟨τοῦ⟩ ἐπιστημονικοῦ καὶ τεχνιτικοῦ περὶ ἐπιστήμας καταγίγνονται καὶ τέχνας· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ ⟨τοῦ⟩ ἀργοῦ ἀργῶς καὶ ἐπιρρεμβῶς διαζῶσι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 156169.21 · Universal and particular rule
“In general, my child, if you examine the matter, you will find many rulers over many things, and many holding kingship over many. But the one who rules all, my child, comes from the region above; the one who rules particular things has the rank of the place from which he comes.”1882
69.22 · The damaged royal comparison
“More royal ⟨indeed . . . . . . of the royal⟩ zone, having obtained it.”1883
69.23 · Origins and occupations
“⟨Those from the fiery region⟩ become workers and tenders of fire; those from the moist region live among moist things; those from ⟨the⟩ region of knowledge and craft occupy themselves with sciences and arts; those from ⟨the⟩ idle region live idly and aimlessly.”1884
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