Stobaeus, Volume II

Name: Stobaeus, Volume II
Author: John Stobaeus

Greek and English with an introduction and explanatory footnotes.

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

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Ἀγαθὰ περὶ ψυχὴν καὶ ἐκτός

II.7.5e.1

Τῶν δ’ ἀγαθῶν τὰ μὲν εἶναι περὶ ψυχήν, τὰ δ’ ἐκτός, τὰ δ’ οὔτε περὶ ψυχὴν οὔτ’ ἐκτός. Περὶ ψυχὴν μὲν τὰς ἀρετὰς καὶ ⟨τὰς⟩ σπουδαίας ἕξεις καὶ καθόλου τὰς ἐπαινετὰς ἐνεργείας· ἐκτὸς δὲ τούς τε φίλους καὶ τοὺς γνωρίμους καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια· οὔτε δὲ περὶ ψυχὴν οὔτ’ ἐκτός, τοὺς σπουδαίους καὶ καθόλου ⟨τοὺς⟩ τὰς ἀρετὰς ἔχοντας.

Κακὰ περὶ ψυχὴν καὶ ἐκτός

II.7.5e.2

Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν κακῶν τὰ μὲν περὶ ψυχήν, τὰ δ’ ἐκτός, τὰ δ’ οὔτε περὶ ψυχὴν οὔτ’ ἐκτός· περὶ ψυχὴν μὲν τὰς τε κακίας σὺν ταῖς μοχθηραῖς ἕξεσι καὶ καθόλου τὰς ψεκτὰς ἐνεργείας· ἐκτὸς δὲ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς σὺν ταῖς εἴδεσιν· οὔτε ⟨δὲ⟩ περὶ ψυχὴν οὔτ’ ἐκτὸς τοὺς φαύλους καὶ πάντας τοὺς τὰς κακίας ἔχοντας.

Stobaeus, Volume II: Book II Chapter 7

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Goods Concerning the Soul and External Goods

II.7.5e.1

Of goods, some concern the soul, some are external, and some neither concern the soul nor are external. Those concerning the soul are the virtues, ⟨the⟩ worthy states, and, generally, praiseworthy activities. External goods are friends, acquaintances, and similar things.²⁵⁹ Goods that neither concern the soul nor are external are virtuous people and, generally, ⟨those⟩ who possess the virtues.²⁶⁰

Evils Concerning the Soul and External Evils

II.7.5e.2

Similarly, of evils, some concern the soul, some are external, and some neither concern the soul nor are external. Those concerning the soul are the vices together with depraved states and, generally, blameworthy activities. External evils are enemies together with their kinds. ⟨And⟩ those that neither concern the soul nor are external are base people and all who possess the vices.²⁶¹

259.“Concerning the soul” translates περὶ ψυχήν without changing it into “within the soul.” Friends and acquaintances appear in the external class; the passage does not reclassify health or wealth as moral goods. The supplied article before “worthy states” remains visible in English.

260.The third class names the possessors of virtue, rather than adding bodily goods. It distinguishes a person from virtues, states, and activities concerning that person’s soul. The supplied article before the participial expression is rendered by bracketed “those.” Compare Diogenes Laertius VII.95–96 for the parallel threefold division.

261.The unusual printed σὺν ταῖς εἴδεσιν is retained as “together with their kinds”; it is not silently replaced by a conjectural expression about malicious people. The English preserves the source’s three classes and its move from vices to their possessors. Wachsmuth’s supplied connective is represented by bracketed “and.”

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.

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