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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEunomia is good order, especially order associated with law.
- In StobaeusThe Hermetic maxims identify good order with concord with God and then with law.
- In this edition“Good order” is broad enough for these uses; “well-ordered law” explains its legal association.
- A place to beginGood order is linked with divine concord and law.
- English renderings
- good order; lawful order
Meaning
Eunomia is good order, especially order associated with law. It can have civic or religious application.
Use in the book
The Hermetic maxims identify good order with concord with God and then with law. The following contrasts of divine time and human law are difficult, but the repeated term links arrangement and concord. Another passage connects courts with the spread of eunomia.
Places to read
- I.41.1.13Good order is linked with divine concord and law.
- I.49.44.77Courts are associated with good order and justice.
Translation in this edition
“Good order” is broad enough for these uses; “well-ordered law” explains its legal association.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 275–276, 406. The apparatus proposes lawlessness for one occurrence, but the printed repetition of good order is retained.