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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordDiamonē is continuance or enduring persistence.
- In StobaeusPorphyry calls the soul’s continuance and eternity a celebrated Pythagorean teaching and illustrates it with a reported dream anecdote.
- In this edition“Continued existence” clarifies what persists; “continuance” is a compact heading.
- A place to beginThe soul’s continued existence is attributed to Pythagorean teaching.
- English renderings
- continuance; continued existence
Meaning
Diamonē is continuance or enduring persistence. By itself it need not mean complete immunity from change.
Use in the book
Porphyry calls the soul’s continuance and eternity a celebrated Pythagorean teaching and illustrates it with a reported dream anecdote. The account asserts endurance, while another passage allows an enduring soul to undergo change and affection. Persistence and changelessness therefore require separate treatment.
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Translation in this edition
“Continued existence” clarifies what persists; “continuance” is a compact heading.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 445. The dream exchange is introduced by they say; it is evidence for a transmitted tradition, not independent confirmation of a dream’s object.