Stobaeus, Volume II

Name: Stobaeus, Volume II
Author: John Stobaeus

Greek and English with an introduction and explanatory footnotes.

Explore the Lexicon

Stobaeus, Volume IIBook II Chapter 7 · II.7.5b.1–II.7.5b.2

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Page · Branch 92 of 516

Book II Chapter 7 · II.7.5b.1–II.7.5b.2

Book Mode

Ancient Greek

p. 180

Ζήνων · ἀρεταὶ καὶ ἄλλα ἀγαθά

II.7.5b.1

Τῶν δὲ ἀγαθῶν τὰ μὲν εἶναι ἀρετάς, τὰ δ’ οὔ. Φρόνησιν μὲν οὖν καὶ σωφροσύνην ⟨καὶ δικαιοσύνην⟩ καὶ ἀνδρείαν ⟨καὶ μεγαλοψυχίαν καὶ ῥώμην καὶ ἰσχὺν ψυχῆς⟩ ἀρετάς· χαρὰν δὲ καὶ εὐφροσύνην καὶ θάρσος καὶ βούλησιν καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια οὐκ εἶναι ἀρετάς.

Ζήνων · ἐπιστῆμαι καὶ τέχναι

II.7.5b.2

Τῶν δὲ ἀρετῶν τὰς μὲν ἐπιστήμας τινῶν καὶ τέχνας, τὰς δ’ οὔ. Φρόνησιν μὲν οὖν καὶ σωφροσύνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀνδρείαν ἐπιστήμας εἶναι τινῶν καὶ τέχνας· μεγαλοψυχίαν δὲ καὶ ῥώμην καὶ ἰσχὺν ψυχῆς οὔτ’ ἐπιστήμας τινῶν εἶναι οὔτε τέχνας.

Stobaeus, Volume II: Book II Chapter 7

p. 181

Zeno on Virtues and Other Goods

II.7.5b.1

Of goods, some are virtues and some are not. Practical wisdom, temperance, ⟨and justice⟩, courage, ⟨and greatness of soul, vigor, and strength of soul⟩ are virtues. Joy, gladness, confidence, wish, and similar things, however, are not virtues.²⁰²

Zeno on Knowledge and Arts

II.7.5b.2

Of virtues, some are forms of knowledge of certain things and arts, and some are not. Practical wisdom, temperance, justice, and courage are forms of knowledge of certain things and arts. Greatness of soul, vigor, and strength of soul, however, are neither forms of knowledge of certain things nor arts.²⁰³

202.The subject remains goods: the second list contains goods that are not themselves virtues, rather than things rejected as evils. “Wish” renders βούλησις in this positive classification; the text does not call every ordinary desire good. Angle brackets retain Wachsmuth’s supplements of justice and the three further virtues, supplied from the parallel structure of the following sentences. Vigor and strength of soul preserve the two terms ῥώμη and ἰσχύς.

203.Ἐπιστήμη denotes knowledge, while τέχνη denotes an organized art or expertise, rather than fine art alone. The distinction follows the account introduced under Zeno. Wachsmuth observes that greatness of soul is subsequently defined as knowledge at II.7.5b2, printed p. 61; he retains the discrepancy and relates it to differing accounts associated with Zeno and Chrysippus. The present translation likewise preserves both formulations.

About This Reading Edition

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.

Historical Text and Translation

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.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

Stobaeus’s ancient Greek work and Wachsmuth’s 1884 edition are in the public domain. The supplied English translation, introduction, and explanatory notes are published with the site owner’s authorization.