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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEgrēgorenai means to be awake, a state distinguished from the transition of waking up.
- In StobaeusThe Phaedo uses waking and sleeping as a familiar pair of opposites in examining living and being dead.
- In this edition“Being awake” is precise for the infinitive; “waking” may ambiguously name either state or transition.
- A place to beginBeing awake and sleeping provide the comparison for living and being dead.
- English renderings
- being awake; waking
Meaning
Egrēgorenai means to be awake, a state distinguished from the transition of waking up.
Use in the book
The Phaedo uses waking and sleeping as a familiar pair of opposites in examining living and being dead. The two states and the processes connecting them must remain distinct. The analogy supplies a model for reciprocal transitions; it is not itself a complete proof about the soul’s survival.
Places to read
- I.49.8.4Being awake and sleeping provide the comparison for living and being dead.
Translation in this edition
“Being awake” is precise for the infinitive; “waking” may ambiguously name either state or transition.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 327. The next stages of the argument depend on distinguishing being dead from dying and coming back to life.