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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKyklos is a circle and can also name a circular course or arrangement.
- In StobaeusThe account of cognition lists circle itself among intelligibles, alongside triangle and sphere.
- In this editionUse “circle” for the figure and “circuit” when the context instead specifies a circular course of movement.
- A place to beginCircle itself is an intelligible form in a classification of cognitive objects.
- English renderings
- circle
Meaning
Kyklos is a circle and can also name a circular course or arrangement. The geometrical form is distinct from an individual circular object.
Use in the book
The account of cognition lists circle itself among intelligibles, alongside triangle and sphere. It distinguishes such forms from particular instances and from the necessary properties studied in geometry. Recognizing these levels avoids treating a drawn circle, a theorem about circles, and circle itself as the same object of knowledge.
Places to read
- I.48.6.7Circle itself is an intelligible form in a classification of cognitive objects.
Translation in this edition
Use “circle” for the figure and “circuit” when the context instead specifies a circular course of movement.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 316–317. The Greek’s unusual grammatical agreement before “circle” is preserved in the bilingual text rather than silently corrected.