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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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ἀντέρεισις
antereisisAntereisis is resistance or pressure offered against something.
Orientation
At a Glance
- The wordAntereisis is resistance or pressure offered against something.
- In StobaeusThe account observes that three dimensions belong to place as well as body.
- In this edition“Resistance” is clear; it should not be confused with psychological opposition in this physical definition.
- A place to beginResistance distinguishes body from place despite their shared dimensionality.
- English renderings
- resistance; counterpressure
Meaning
Antereisis is resistance or pressure offered against something. It helps distinguish physical body from geometrical extension in the selected definition.
Use in the book
The account observes that three dimensions belong to place as well as body. Body therefore also needs resistance and exclusion of another body from the same place. Resistance supplies a physical criterion beyond length, breadth, and depth.
Places to read
- I.14.1c.2Resistance distinguishes body from place despite their shared dimensionality.
Translation in this edition
“Resistance” is clear; it should not be confused with psychological opposition in this physical definition.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 141. This definition is the reported account in the excerpt; other theories of mixture in the volume permit different relations between bodies.
From the book
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Joseph Joubert · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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résistance
Resistance names opposition that prevents easy realization.
Orientation
At a Glance
- The wordResistance names opposition that prevents easy realization.
- In JoubertFlesh is said to resist the making of beautiful bodies in a way colors and marble need not.
- In this editionThe translation preserves the plural “resistances” in the torrent image and the qualifications “could” and “more in conformity with” the archetypal idea in the artistic argument.
- A place to beginThe material resistance of flesh limits bodily form.
- English renderings
- resistance; resistances
Meaning
Resistance names opposition that prevents easy realization. The obstacle may be a material, a habit, or a deliberately placed limit upon excessive facility.
Use in the book
Flesh is said to resist the making of beautiful bodies in a way colors and marble need not. The conditional comparison with divine making is a difficult claim about the limitations of a medium, not a casual assertion that an artist surpasses God absolutely. In the account of easy, abundant language, resistance is desirable: considered choice and sure taste must restrain the torrent. The same word can therefore indicate a constraint to overcome and a discipline to cultivate.
Places to read
- II, p. 573, entry 12, ¶1The material resistance of flesh limits bodily form.
- I, p. 425, entry 2, ¶1Literary abundance requires deliberately placed resistances.
- I, p. 363, entry 3, ¶1Habit resists a return to natural disposition.
Translation in this edition
The translation preserves the plural “resistances” in the torrent image and the qualifications “could” and “more in conformity with” the archetypal idea in the artistic argument. It does not normalize all resistance as moral failure.
Source note
Beaunier 1938, I, pp. 363, 425; II, pp. 573.