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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKath’ hekaston means with respect to each item or, substantivally, the particular.
- In StobaeusThe passage on criteria assigns perceptible particulars to perception and intelligible universals to intellect.
- In this edition“The particular” is appropriate in the paired technical contrast.
- A place to beginPerception judges the particular, while intellect judges the universal.
- English renderings
- particular; individual case
Meaning
Kath’ hekaston means with respect to each item or, substantivally, the particular. It points to the individual case as opposed to what is taken universally.
Use in the book
The passage on criteria assigns perceptible particulars to perception and intelligible universals to intellect. This division concerns the respective objects and judgments of the two faculties. Its compressed concluding sentence does not explain every possible cooperation between them, so the opposition should not be expanded into a complete psychology on this evidence alone.
Places to read
- I.58.1.3Perception judges the particular, while intellect judges the universal.
Translation in this edition
“The particular” is appropriate in the paired technical contrast. Elsewhere the phrase may simply mean “in each case.”
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 497. The final “everything” in the cited unit has an unspecified scope; the entry does not supply a further theory to fill that compression.