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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAeikinētos describes continuous or abiding motion.
- In StobaeusThe Hermetic account calls soul ever-moving in essence and self-moving in thought.
- In this edition“Ever-moving” preserves the compact predicate; explain the kind of motion before imagining a physical trajectory.
- A place to beginEver-motion and self-motion are distinguished within a description of incorporeal soul.
- English renderings
- ever-moving; always moving
Meaning
Aeikinētos describes continuous or abiding motion. It must be distinguished from autokinētos, self-moving, which concerns the source of motion.
Use in the book
The Hermetic account calls soul ever-moving in essence and self-moving in thought. It then denies that this motion depends on the ordinary conditions of bodily movement: motion in a place, toward something, or for the sake of body. The term consequently cannot be reduced here to endless travel through space.
Places to read
- I.41.4.1Ever-motion and self-motion are distinguished within a description of incorporeal soul.
Translation in this edition
“Ever-moving” preserves the compact predicate; explain the kind of motion before imagining a physical trajectory.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 281–282. The unusual list of denied conditions belongs to the source’s distinction between soul and bodily motion.