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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThe neuter of “one” can be made into a substantive, “the One.” The resulting expression may serve different numerical or philosophical functions; capitalization in English is not a guarantee of one doctrine.
- In StobaeusThe arithmetic extracts place the One near the monad but also report an explicit distinction between them.
- In this edition“The One” renders the substantival expression where useful.
- A place to beginThe One and monad are closely related in a compressed account attributed to Aristotle.
- English renderings
- one; the One
Meaning
The neuter of “one” can be made into a substantive, “the One.” The resulting expression may serve different numerical or philosophical functions; capitalization in English is not a guarantee of one doctrine.
Use in the book
The arithmetic extracts place the One near the monad but also report an explicit distinction between them. In Arith.9 the One is the beginning of numbered things and is described as a body divisible without limit. Its sense must be read from that particular report.
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Translation in this edition
“The One” renders the substantival expression where useful. The definite article in Greek and the local contrast are more informative than English capitalization alone.
Unity across succession
Henotēs is unity or oneness. I.8.41.2 joins unity with identity and continuity to explain how past, present, and future form one time despite their distinction. Here oneness concerns the connection of temporal phases. It does not name an independent first principle merely because other passages use “the One” in that way.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 16, 21, 104–105. The definition in Arith.9 is deliberately not imported into other excerpts. Different claims about unity remain distinguishable across the collection.