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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEupatheia is a good or happy experience.
- In StobaeusIn the Republic narrative, souls returning from heaven recount happy experiences and beautiful sights, contrasted with the sufferings recalled by those from below.
- In this edition“Blessed experiences” suits the heavenly setting; “good experiences” makes the general sense explicit.
- A place to beginBlessed experiences contrast with the painful memories of the other travelers.
- English renderings
- good experience; blessed experience
Meaning
Eupatheia is a good or happy experience. It can have a specialized philosophical sense elsewhere, but that sense is not automatic.
Use in the book
In the Republic narrative, souls returning from heaven recount happy experiences and beautiful sights, contrasted with the sufferings recalled by those from below. The word concerns what they underwent on their journeys. It is not used here to introduce the Stoic classification of good emotions.
Places to read
- I.49.64.7Blessed experiences contrast with the painful memories of the other travelers.
Translation in this edition
“Blessed experiences” suits the heavenly setting; “good experiences” makes the general sense explicit.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 452. The account contrasts both experiences and sights. The stated thousand years belongs to the journey described.