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Ancient contents - Book I · Contents.I.50-56–Contents.I.57-60
Ancient Greek
p. 172450-56
50. Περὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ αἰσθητῶν καὶ εἰ ἀληθεῖς αἱ αἰσθήσεις.
51. Πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ αἰσθήσεις καὶ ποίας οὐσίας καὶ ἐνεργείας ἑκάστη.
52. Περὶ ὁράσεως καὶ κατοπτρικῶν ἐμφάσεων.
53. Περὶ ἀκοῆς.
54. Περὶ ὀσφρήσεως.
55. Περὶ γεύσεως.
56. Περὶ ἁφῆς.
57-60
57. Περὶ φωνῆς καὶ εἰ ἀσώματος ἡ φωνὴ καὶ τί αὐτῆς τὸ ἡγεμονικόν.
58. Περὶ φαντασίας καὶ κριτηρίου.
59. καὶ νθʹ· Περὶ δόξης.
60. καὶ ξʹ· Περὶ ἀναπνοῆς καὶ παθῶν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book I
p. 172550-56 · Perception and the senses
50. On perception and perceptible things, and whether the senses are truthful.
51. How many senses there are, and what substance and activity each has.
52. On sight and images in mirrors.
53. On hearing.
54. On smell.
55. On taste.
56. On touch.2092
57-60 · Voice, imagination, belief, and breathing
57. On voice, whether voice is incorporeal, and what its ruling part is.
58. On imagination and the criterion.
59. And fifty-ninth, on belief.
60. And sixtieth, on breathing and bodily processes.2093
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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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