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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordDiorismos is determination or marking off.
- In StobaeusThe soul discussion says that distinctness need not be controlled by the cosmos or confined by nature.
- In this edition“Distinctness” suits the relation described; “delimitation” emphasizes the act or condition of marking off.
- A place to beginDistinctness is retained without the cosmic confinement rejected by the author.
- English renderings
- determination; delimitation; distinctness
Meaning
Diorismos is determination or marking off. In philosophical prose it may concern the maintained distinction of things rather than their physical boundaries.
Use in the book
The soul discussion says that distinctness need not be controlled by the cosmos or confined by nature. The claim preserves differentiation while denying a particular dependence on cosmic conditions. It should not be reduced either to total fusion or to spatial isolation.
Places to read
- I.49.67.9Distinctness is retained without the cosmic confinement rejected by the author.
Translation in this edition
“Distinctness” suits the relation described; “delimitation” emphasizes the act or condition of marking off.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 458. The printed reference to inseparable essences is difficult and is not replaced with a conjectural term meaning separate or incorporeal.