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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAntilēpsis is apprehension or taking cognizance of something.
- In StobaeusThe examination of Ariston’s classification asks how perception and intellect differ if both belong to an apprehensive genus.
- In this edition“Apprehension” works across the comparison; distinguish this Greek family from katalēpsis in passages where school terminology matters.
- A place to beginApprehensive powers are differentiated by organs and by their objects.
- English renderings
- apprehension; awareness; grasp
Meaning
Antilēpsis is apprehension or taking cognizance of something. The related adjective can describe a power that apprehends without deciding how it operates.
Use in the book
The examination of Ariston’s classification asks how perception and intellect differ if both belong to an apprehensive genus. The suggested distinction is between apprehending shape and apprehending essence. Recognizing a human or horse is assigned to another power than the perception of configuration, although a gap interrupts the explanation.
Places to read
- I.49.24.3Apprehensive powers are differentiated by organs and by their objects.
Translation in this edition
“Apprehension” works across the comparison; distinguish this Greek family from katalēpsis in passages where school terminology matters.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 348. A printed lacuna follows the description of shape and configuration; the missing comparison is not reconstructed.