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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordCheir is the hand, a bodily member whose distinct action can illustrate a logical point.
- In StobaeusIn the Republic argument, an archer pushes with one hand and pulls with the other.
- In this edition“Hand” is direct; keep “one” and “the other” explicit because the argument depends on them.
- A place to beginThe archer’s two hands illustrate the need to distinguish acting parts.
- English renderings
- hand
Meaning
Cheir is the hand, a bodily member whose distinct action can illustrate a logical point.
Use in the book
In the Republic argument, an archer pushes with one hand and pulls with the other. The example shows why apparently contrary actions do not belong to the same acting part in the same respect. It supports the subsequent distinction between thirst and the power resisting thirst within the soul.
Places to read
- I.49.30.2The archer’s two hands illustrate the need to distinguish acting parts.
Translation in this edition
“Hand” is direct; keep “one” and “the other” explicit because the argument depends on them.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 360. The principle includes the same part, object, and time. Omitting these qualifications would make the example appear contradictory.