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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.69.27–I.49.69.29
Ancient Greek
p. 156469.27
Προσεπιγίγνεται δέ, ὦ παῖ μεγαλόδοξε, καὶ ἕτερά τινα ἡμῖν ἐκτὸς ⟨τῆς⟩ τοῦ φυράματος συσταθμίας.
“Τί δέ ἐστιν”, Ὧρος εἶπε, “τὸ φύραμα τοῦτο, ὦ τεκοῦσα;”
69.28
Σύνοδός ἐστι καὶ κρᾶσις τῶν τεσσάρων στοιχείων, ἐξ ἧς κράσεως καὶ συνόδου ἀναθυμιᾶταί τις ἀτμός, ὃς περιειλεῖται μὲν τῇ ψυχῇ, διατρέχει δὲ ἐν ⟨τῷ⟩ σώματι, ἀμφοτέροις μεταδιδοὺς [τουτέστι τῷ σώματι καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ] τῆς ἰδίας ποιότητος· καὶ οὕτως αἱ διαφοραὶ τῶν ψυχικῶν καὶ τῶν σωματικῶν ἐναλλοιώσεων γίγνονται.
69.29
Εἰ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τὴν σωματικὴν διάταξιν πλεονάσειε τὸ πῦρ, τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἡ ψυχὴ θερμὴ τὴν φύσιν ὑπάρχουσα καὶ ἕτερον θερμὸν προσλαβοῦσα, ἐκπυρωδεστέρα γενομένη, ποιεῖ τὸ ζῷον ἐνεργότερον καὶ θυμικόν, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὀξὺ καὶ εὐκίνητον·
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 156569.27 · A question about the mixture
“Other things also accrue to us, greatly renowned child, beyond ⟨the⟩ balanced composition of the mixture.”
“What is this mixture, mother?” Horus asked.1888
69.28 · The vapor linking soul and body
“It is the conjunction and blending of the four elements. From this blending and conjunction a vapor rises, which wraps itself around the soul and courses through ⟨the⟩ body, imparting its own quality to both [that is, to the body and the soul]. In this way arise the differences in the changes of soul and body.”1889
69.29 · An excess of fire
“If fire predominates in the bodily arrangement, the soul, being hot by nature and taking on further heat, becomes more fiery: it makes the creature more active and spirited, and the body keen and readily moved.”1890
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