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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordDioikēsis is administration or governance.
- In StobaeusThe Hermetic passage says that universal governance depends on the One and extends through one intellect, which unites humans and gods.
- In this edition“Governance” is accessible; “administration” preserves the organized direction implied by the term.
- A place to beginUniversal governance proceeds through intellect and unites divine and human.
- English renderings
- administration; governance; ordering
Meaning
Dioikēsis is administration or governance. Applied to the whole, it concerns the organization and direction of the universe.
Use in the book
The Hermetic passage says that universal governance depends on the One and extends through one intellect, which unites humans and gods. Souls are blessed or deprived according to their participation in this intellect. Governance thus connects cosmic order with the soul’s condition.
Places to read
- I.47.8.3Universal governance proceeds through intellect and unites divine and human.
Translation in this edition
“Governance” is accessible; “administration” preserves the organized direction implied by the term.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 304. Intellect is explicitly called the good daimon here. That local identification should not replace every other use of daimōn in the anthology.