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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordNoēton means what is apprehended by intellect.
- In StobaeusThe discussion of intellectual contemplation asks where incorporeal objects could be situated if they lie outside matter.
- In this edition“Intelligible” names an object of intellect; “intellectual” usually characterizes the relevant power or activity.
- A place to beginIntelligibles have no external material location.
- English renderings
- intelligible; object of intellect
Meaning
Noēton means what is apprehended by intellect. It describes the object of thinking in a philosophical contrast, rather than merely something that happens to be understandable.
Use in the book
The discussion of intellectual contemplation asks where incorporeal objects could be situated if they lie outside matter. Its answer connects their apprehension with intellect’s turning toward itself. The following argument takes the plurality of intelligibles to imply a plurality within intellect, then places the One before that multiplicity. Spatial location and conceptual priority therefore require different kinds of explanation.
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Translation in this edition
“Intelligible” names an object of intellect; “intellectual” usually characterizes the relevant power or activity. The distinction is kept where the Greek permits it.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 314.