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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordProsthesis is addition or the addition of something to a subject.
- In StobaeusThe Aristotelian report associates growth and diminution with addition and subtraction, contrasting them with alteration from hot to cold or sweet to bitter.
- In this edition“Addition” is direct; specify what is added when the context provides it rather than treating every increase as numerical calculation.
- A place to beginAddition helps characterize quantitative motion in a threefold classification.
- English renderings
- addition; adding on
Meaning
Prosthesis is addition or the addition of something to a subject. In the account of motion, it concerns quantitative increase rather than a change of quality.
Use in the book
The Aristotelian report associates growth and diminution with addition and subtraction, contrasting them with alteration from hot to cold or sweet to bitter. It then distinguishes locomotion. The classification makes clear why adding an amount is not the same kind of change as changing a thing’s quality or position.
Places to read
- I.19.1.5Addition helps characterize quantitative motion in a threefold classification.
Translation in this edition
“Addition” is direct; specify what is added when the context provides it rather than treating every increase as numerical calculation.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 162–163. The definition of motion in this report is broader than movement from place to place.