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Stobaeus, Volume II
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Book II Chapter 7 · II.7.19.3
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p. 460Τίμια ἐπαινετὰ δυνάμεις καὶ ὠφέλιμα
Τῶν δ’ ἀγαθῶν τὰ μὲν εἶναι τίμια, τὰ δὲ ἐπαινετά, τὰ δὲ δυνάμεις, τὰ δὲ ὠφέλιμα. Τίμια μὲν οἷον θεόν, ἄρχοντα, πατέρα· ἐπαινετὰ δὲ οἷον δικαιοσύνην, φρόνησιν· δυνάμεις δὲ οἷον πλοῦτον, ἀρχήν, ἐξουσίαν· ὠφέλιμα δὲ τὰ ποιητικὰ τούτων καὶ φυλακτικά, οἷον ὑγιείας καὶ εὐεξίας.
Stobaeus, Volume II: Book II Chapter 7
p. 461Honor Praise Powers and Usefulness
Of goods, some are worthy of honor, some praiseworthy, some powers, and some useful. Worthy of honor are, for example, a god, a ruler, and a father; praiseworthy are justice and practical wisdom; powers are wealth, office, and authority.612 Useful things are those that produce and preserve these goods—for example, things that produce or preserve health and good condition.613
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The complete surviving text of Stobaeus’s second book, through II.46.22, in Ancient Greek and English, with an introduction and 1,541 explanatory notes. All forty-six chapter headings remain, including the notices for chapters whose texts are missing.
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Greek: Curt Wachsmuth, Ioannis Stobaei Anthologii libri duo priores, volumen II (Berlin: Weidmann, 1884), printed p. 1 and pp. 3–264. The supplied edition preserves consequential editorial signs, reconstructed joins, qualified attributions, and missing-text notices. English translation, introduction, and explanatory notes: Diotimos Editions, 2026.
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