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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordPhora is movement in respect of place.
- In StobaeusThe Aristotelian report distinguishes increase and decrease in quantity, alteration in quality, and locomotion in place.
- In this edition“Locomotion” identifies the technical category; “movement” remains appropriate where no contrast among categories is at issue.
- A place to beginLocomotion is distinguished from quantitative and qualitative change.
- English renderings
- locomotion; movement from place to place
Meaning
Phora is movement in respect of place. In a classification of changes, it has a narrower scope than kinēsis, which can include changes of quality and quantity.
Use in the book
The Aristotelian report distinguishes increase and decrease in quantity, alteration in quality, and locomotion in place. Its account of motion as the actuality of what is potentially movable belongs to the same discussion. Translating all these terms simply as “movement” would conceal the distinctions that organize the report.
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Translation in this edition
“Locomotion” identifies the technical category; “movement” remains appropriate where no contrast among categories is at issue.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 162–163. The report summarizes Aristotelian classifications; its formulation should not be treated as a continuous verbatim quotation from a single passage of Aristotle.