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.7.5f.1–II.7.5f.2

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Διαθέσεις καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ἀγαθῶν

II.7.5f.1

Τῶν δὲ περὶ ψυχὴν ἀγαθῶν τὰ μὲν εἶναι διαθέσεις, τὰ δὲ ἕξεις μὲν διαθέσεις δ’ οὔ, τὰ δ’ οὔτε ἕξεις οὔτε διαθέσεις. Διαθέσεις μὲν τὰς ἀρετὰς πάσας, ἕξεις δὲ μόνον καὶ οὐ διαθέσεις τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, ὡς τὴν μαντικὴν καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια· οὔτε δὲ ἕξεις οὔτε διαθέσεις τὰς κατ’ ἀρετὰς ἐνεργείας, οἷον φρονίμευμα καὶ τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης κτῆσιν καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια.

Διαθέσεις καὶ ἕξεις τῶν κακῶν

II.7.5f.2

Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν περὶ ψυχὴν κακῶν τὰ μὲν εἶναι διαθέσεις, τὰ δ’ ἕξεις μὲν διαθέσεις δ’ οὔ, τὰ δὲ οὔτε ἕξεις οὔτε διαθέσεις. Διαθέσεις μὲν τὰς κακίας πάσας, ἕξεις δὲ μόνον τὰς εὐκαταφορίας, οἷον τὴν φθονερίαν, τὴν ἐπιλυπίαν καὶ τὰ ὅμοια καὶ ἔτι τὰ νοσήματα καὶ ἀρρωστήματα, οἷον φιλαργυρίαν, οἰνοφλυγίαν καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια. Οὔτε ⟨δ’⟩ ἕξεις οὔτε διαθέσεις τὰς κατὰ κακίας ἐνεργείας, οἷον ἀφρόνευσιν, ἀδίκευσιν καὶ τὰ ταύταις παραπλήσια.

Stobaeus, Volume II: Book II Chapter 7

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Dispositions and States among Goods

II.7.5f.1

Of goods concerning the soul, some are dispositions, some are states but not dispositions, and some are neither states nor dispositions. All the virtues are dispositions. Pursuits, such as divination and similar things, are states only, and not dispositions.²⁶² Activities in accordance with the virtues, such as an act of practical wisdom and the acquisition of temperance, are neither states nor dispositions.²⁶³

Dispositions and States among Evils

II.7.5f.2

Similarly, of evils concerning the soul, some are dispositions, some are states but not dispositions, and some are neither states nor dispositions. All the vices are dispositions. Pronenesses, such as a tendency to envy, a tendency to distress, and the like, are states only, as are diseases and infirmities, such as love of money, drunkenness, and similar things.²⁶⁴ ⟨And⟩ activities in accordance with the vices, such as acting foolishly, acting unjustly, and similar acts, are neither states nor dispositions.²⁶⁵

262.Διάθεσις is rendered “disposition” and ἕξις “state” to keep this particular division visible. The wording “states but not dispositions” implies that the first class is not simply excluded from the broader category of states. The scheme concerns the Stoic exposition here; it should not be imposed on every earlier use of ἕξις in the anthology. “Pursuits” continues ἐπιτηδεύματα from II.7.5b11.

263.The printed φρονίμευμα is an act of practical wisdom. Wachsmuth prints κτῆσιν, “acquisition,” for temperance, although his apparatus discusses “use” and “exercise” as alternatives. The translation follows the printed text and does not turn the acquisition into the continuing possession of temperance.

264.Εὐκαταφορίαι are pronenesses or tendencies to fall into affections. The examples φθονερία and ἐπιλυπία are therefore rendered as tendencies, rather than as isolated episodes of envy or distress. “Diseases” and “infirmities” preserve νοσήματα and ἀρρωστήματα as terms of this ancient ethical classification.

265.The act nouns ἀφρόνευσις and ἀδίκευσις mark particular activities, as distinct from the vices and pronenesses already listed. The bracketed “and” represents the supplied δ’. The account does not identify these three categories with modern clinical classifications.

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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