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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordStereon can name a solid geometrical or bodily magnitude.
- In StobaeusThe report grouping followers of Thales and Pythagoras lists solid body among continuous things divisible without limit.
- In this editionUse “solid body” when the noun sōma is present.
- A place to beginSolid body appears beside line and surface among continuous things.
- English renderings
- solid; solid body
Meaning
Stereon can name a solid geometrical or bodily magnitude. Solidity in this sense concerns dimensional structure, not necessarily hardness to the touch.
Use in the book
The report grouping followers of Thales and Pythagoras lists solid body among continuous things divisible without limit. A separate numerical account relates the solid to perception. These applications must be distinguished from uses concerned with material firmness, where hardness or consolidation is the relevant contrast.
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Translation in this edition
Use “solid body” when the noun sōma is present. Do not infer resistance to deformation from geometrical solidity alone.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 143, 364. The grouping of followers is the ancient reporter’s classification, not a direct quotation from either Thales or Pythagoras.