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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordSbesis is extinction, the putting out or dying out of fire or light.
- In StobaeusArrian argues that the phenomena under discussion do not perish immediately: formation in cold air would, he says, lead to rapid extinction.
- In this edition“Extinction” or “being extinguished” conveys the disappearance of the fiery phenomenon.
- A place to beginDelayed extinction and eventual destruction support different parts of the argument.
- English renderings
- extinction; extinguishing
Meaning
Sbesis is extinction, the putting out or dying out of fire or light.
Use in the book
Arrian argues that the phenomena under discussion do not perish immediately: formation in cold air would, he says, lead to rapid extinction. Their eventual destruction nevertheless shows that they are temporary. The distinction separates duration for a time from permanence.
Places to read
- I.28.2.2Delayed extinction and eventual destruction support different parts of the argument.
Translation in this edition
“Extinction” or “being extinguished” conveys the disappearance of the fiery phenomenon.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 229. A gap precedes the word evidence, so the precise claim supported by the first surviving sentence is missing.