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Pythagoras.
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ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΥ ΗΘΙΚΑ
ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΗΣ. S. c. 4, 6 ; 55 A 1 (II 11, 36). [Voralexandrinische Fε̈lschung? Vgl. obepte. 4, 6 (I 28, 29 ff.)]
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΟΦΟΥ ΔΙΑΘΕΣΕΩΣ.
Of the Disposition of the Wise Man.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΟΦΟΥ ΔΙΑΘΕΣΕΩΣ.
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Of those in Hades.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΑΙΔΟΥ 〈ᾹΒ̄ . . ?〉.
ATHEN. IV 168 B Δημόκριτον δ’ Ἀβδηρῖται δημοσίαι κρίνοντες ὡς κατεφθαρκότα τὰ πατρῶια, ἐπειδὴ ἀναγνοὺς αὐτοῖς τὸν Μέγαν διάκοσμον καὶ τὰ Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου εἶπεν εἰς ταῦτα ἀνηλωκέναι, ἀφείθη. Vgl. A 1 § 39. C 2.
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οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ θάνατος ἦν ἀπόσβεσις, ὡς ἔοικεν, τῆς συμπάσης ζωῆς τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ μὲν πληγῆς τινος ἴσως καὶ τραύματος παρεῖτο, τῆς δὲ ψυχῆς οἱ περὶ τὸν μυελὸν ἔμενον ἔτι δεσμοὶ κατερριζωμένοι καὶ ἡ καρδία τὸ ἐμπύρευμα τῆς ζωῆς εἶχεν ἐγκείμενον τῷ βάθει· καὶ τούτων μενόντων αὖθις ἀνεκτήσατο τὴν ἀπεσβηκυῖαν ζωὴν ἐπιτήδειον πρὸς τὴν ψύχωσιν γενόμενον.
In diesem Falle war der Tod offenbar kein Erlöschen der gesamten Lebenskraft des Körpers, sondern nur eine Ohnmacht infolge eines Schlages oder einer Verwundung, wobei die Bänder der Seele im Mark noch festgewurzelt blieben und das Herz den Funken des Lebens noch in der Tiefe bewahrte. Und infolge der Fortdauer jener Bänder erwies sich der Körper tauglich zur Beseelung und erlangte das erloschene Leben wieder.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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PROCL. in remp. II 113, 6 Kroll. τὴν μὲν περὶ τῶν ἀποθανεῖν δοξάντων ἔπειτα ἀναβιούντων ἱστορίαν ἄλλοι τε πολλοὶ τῶν παλαιῶν ἤθροισαν καὶ Δ. ὁ φυσικὸς ἐν τοῖς Περὶ τοῦ Ἅιδου γράμμασιν. καὶ τὸν θαυμαστὸν ἐκεῖνον Κωλώτην, τὸν Πλάτωνος ἐχθρόν, Ἐπικούρειον ὄντα πάντως ἔδει 〈τὰ τοῦ〉 καθηγεμόνος τῶν Ἐπικούρου δ〈ογμάτων〉 μὴ ἀγνοῆσαι μηδὲ ἀγνοήσαντα ζητεῖν, πῶς τὸν ἀποθανόντα πάλιν ἀναβιῶναι δυνατόν. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ θάνατος ἦν ἀπόσβεσις, ὡς ἔοικεν, τῆς συμπάσης ζωῆς τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ μὲν πληγῆς τινος ἴσως καὶ τραύματος παρεῖτο, τῆς δὲ ψυχῆς οἱ περὶ τὸν μυελὸν ἔμενον ἔτι δεσμοὶ κατερριζωμένοι καὶ ἡ καρδία τὸ ἐμπύρευμα τῆς ζωῆς εἶχεν ἐγκείμενον τῷ βάθει· καὶ τούτων μενόντων αὖθις ἀνεκτήσατο τὴν ἀπεσβηκυῖαν ζωὴν ἐπιτήδειον πρὸς τὴν ψύχωσιν γενόμενον. Vgl. p. 117, 7.
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Tritogeneia
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ΤΡΙΤΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ. Vgl. II 19, 21.
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ἀπὸ τῆς φρονήσεως τρία ταῦτα συμβαίνει· τὸ εὖ λογίζεσθαι. τὸ εὖ λέγειν καὶ τὸ πράττειν ἃ δεῖ.
Aus der Klugheit erwachsen diese drei Früchte: Wohl denken, wohl reden, recht handeln.
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ETYM. ORION. p. 153, 5 Τριτογένεια ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ κατὰ Δημόκριτον φρόνησις νομίζεται. γίνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ φρονεῖν τρία ταῦτα· βουλεύεσθαι καλῶς, λέγειν ἀναμαρτήτως καὶ πράττειν ἃ δεῖ. SCHOL. GENEV. I 111 Nic. Δ. δὲ ἐτυμολογῶν τὸ ὄνομά [sc. Τριτογένεια] φησιν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς φρονήσεως τρία ταῦτα συμβαίνει· τὸ εὖ λογίζεσθαι. τὸ εὖ λέγειν καὶ τὸ πράττειν ἃ δεῖ. Vgl. SCHOL. B II Θ 39.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΔΡΑΓΑΘΙΑΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΡΕΤΗΣ.
Of Manly Excellence, or of Virtue.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΔΡΑΓΑΘΙΑΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΡΕΤΗΣ.
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Amalthea's Horn (the Horn of Plenty).
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ΑΜΑΛΘΕΙΗΣ ΚΕΡΑΣ Über den Titel Gell. XX 12. Plin. n. h. praef. 24.
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Of Tranquillity.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΘΥΜΙΗΣ ἢ ΕΥΕΣΤΩ. Vgl. A 1, 46. 166 ff. ; C 7.
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τὸν εὐθυμεῖσθαι μέλλοντα χρῆ μὴ πολλὰ πρήσσειν, μήτε ἰδίῃ μήτε ξυνῇ , μηδὲ ἅσσ’ ἂν πράσσῃ, ὑπέρ τε δύναμιν αἱρεῖσθαι τὴν ἑωυτοῦ καὶ φύσιν· ἀλλὰ τοσαύτην ἔχειν φυλακήν, ὥστε καὶ τῆς τύχης ἐπιβαλλούσης καὶ ἐς τὸ πλέον ὑπηγεομένης τῷ δοκεῖν, κατατίθεσθαι, καὶ μὴ πλέω προσάπτεσθαι τῶν δυνατῶν. ἡ γὰρ εὐογκίη ἀσφαλέστερον τῆς μεγαλογκίης.
He that will lead a secure quiet life, must not engage himself in many things, neither publick nor private; nor attempt any thing above his own Ability and Nature; but have such regard to himself, that he decline any exuberance of Fortune that is offer’d him, assuming no more than he is well able to bear; for the convenience of what we enjoy is more excellent than the largeness of it.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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PLUT. de tranqu. an. 2 p. 465 c ὁ μὲν οὖν εἰπὼν ὅτι δεῖ τὸν εὐθυμεῖσθαι μέλλοντα μὴ . . . ξυνῇ πρῶτον μὲν ἡμῖν πολυτελῆ τὴν εὐθυμίαν καθίστησι γιγνομένην ὤνιον ἀπραξίας. STOB. IV 39, 25 H.
τὸν εὐθυμεῖσθαι μέλλοντα χρῆ μὴ πολλὰ πρήσσειν, μήτε ἰδίῃ μήτε ξυνῇ , μηδὲ ἅσσ’ ἂν πράσσῃ, ὑπέρ τε δύναμιν αἱρεῖσθαι τὴν ἑωυτοῦ καὶ φύσιν· ἀλλὰ τοσαύτην ἔχειν φυλακήν, ὥστε καὶ τῆς τύχης ἐπιβαλλούσης καὶ ἐς τὸ πλέον ὑπηγεομένης τῷ δοκεῖν, κατατίθεσθαι, καὶ μὴ πλέω προσάπτεσθαι τῶν δυνατῶν. ἡ γὰρ εὐογκίη ἀσφαλέστερον τῆς μεγαλογκίης.
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ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ Ἀβδηρῖται τέλος ὑπάρχειν διδάσκουσιν· Δ. μὲν ἐν τῷ περὶ τέλους τὴν εὐθυμίαν, ἣν καὶ εὐεστὼ προσηγόρευσεν. καὶ πολλάκις ἐπιλέγει· τέρψις γὰρ καὶ ἀτερπίη οὖρος τῶν περιηκμακότων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ αὐτάρκειαν καὶ δὴ Ἀπολλόδοτος ὁ Κυζικηνὸς τὴν ψυχαγωγίαν καθάπερ Ναυσιφάνης τὴν ἀκαταπληξίαν· ταύτην γὰρ ἔφη ὑπὸ Δημοκρίτου ἀθαμβίην λέγεσθαι.
The Abderites also teach the existence of an end. Democritus, in his work On the Chief End, said it was cheerfulness, which he also called well-being, and often exclaims, “For delight and its absence are the boundary of those who have reached full age;” Hecatæus, that it was sufficiency to one’s self; Apollodotus of Cyzicum, that it was delectation; as Nausiphanes, that it was undauntedness, for he said that it was this that was called by Democritus imperturbability.
William Wilson · The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, volume II (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Stromata II.21.130
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CLEM. Strom. II 130 [II 184, 10 St.] ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ Ἀβδηρῖται τέλος ὑπάρχειν διδάσκουσιν· Δ. μὲν ἐν τῷ περὶ τέλους τὴν εὐθυμίαν, ἣν καὶ εὐεστὼ προσηγόρευσεν. καὶ πολλάκις ἐπιλέγει· τέρψις γὰρ καὶ ἀτερπίη οὖρος 〈τῶν συμφόρων καὶ τῶν ἀσυμφόρων [B 188] , ὃ προκεῖσθαι τέλος τῷ βίῳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν τε νέων καὶ〉 τῶν περιηκμακότων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ αὐτάρκειαν [60 A 4] καὶ δὴ Ἀπολλόδοτος ὁ Κυζικηνὸς τὴν ψυχαγωγίαν [61 A 1] καθάπερ Ναυσιφάνης τὴν ἀκαταπληξίαν [62 B 3] · ταύτην γὰρ ἔφη ὑπὸ Δημοκρίτου ἀθαμβίην λέγεσθαι.
Zugehörig vielleicht B. 170. 171. 174. 191. 194. 235. 285. 286.
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English · William Wilson. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, volume II (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Ethical Commentaries
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ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΗΘΙΚΩΝ 〈ᾹΒ̄ . ..?〉. Nicht identisch mit den unechten Hypomnemata [Β299].
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The Great Diacosmos
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ΦΥΣΙΚΑ.
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΔΙΑΚΟΣΜΟΣ (ΛΕΥΚΙΠΠΟΥ); s. II 9, 34. 19,27.
VOL. HERC. Coll. alt. VIII 58-62 fr. 1 [Crönert Kolotes S. 147] γράφων [ὅτι . . . . . . . τὰ] αὐτὰ πρότε[ρον εἴρητ’ ἐν] τῷ Μεγάλω[ι διακόσμω]ι, ὅν φασιν εἶνα[ι Λευκίππου]. κἀπὶ τοσοῦτο τὸ [τῶν ἄλλλ]ων ἰδιοποιούμενος [ἐλέγχετ’ ο]ὐ μόνον ἐν τῷ [Μικρῷ δι]ακόσμῳ τιθεὶ[ς ὅσα κἀν τῶι] Με[γάλῳ κεῖται] . . . fr. 2, 6 steht der Name Δημόκριτ[ο]ς. Vgl. oben II 9, 34. 19, 27.
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The Lesser Diacosmos.
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γέγονε δὲ τοῖς χρόνοις, ὡς αὐτός φησιν ἐν τῶι Μικρῶι διακόσμωι , νέος κατὰ πρεσβύτην Ἀναξαγόραν, ἔτεσιν αὐτοῦ νεώτερος τετταράκοντα. συντετάχθαι δέ φησι τὸν Μικρὸν διάκοσμον ἔτεσιν ὕστερον τῆς Ἰλίου ἁλώσεως τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτακοσίοις. Φαβωρῖνος δέ φησιν ἐν Παντοδαπῆι ἱστορίαι λέγειν Δημόκριτον περὶ Ἀναξαγόρου, ὡς οὐκ εἴησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ δόξαι αἵ τε περὶ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης, ἀλλὰ ἀρχαῖαι, τὸν δὲ ὑφηιρῆσθαι· διασύρειν τε αὐτοῦ τὰ περὶ τῆς διακοσμήσεως καὶ τοῦ νοῦ, ἐχθρῶς ἔχοντα πρὸς αὐτόν, ὅτι δὴ μὴ προσήκατο αὐτόν.
But he was, according to the statement made by himself in the Little World, a youth when Anaxagoras was an old man, being forty years younger than he was. And he says, that he composed the Little World seven hundred and thirty years after the capture of Troy.
And Phavorinus, in his Universal History, says that Democritus said of Anaxagoras, that his opinions about the sun and moon were not his own, but were old theories, and that he had stolen them. And that he used also to pull to pieces his assertions about the composition of the world, and about mind, as he was hostile to him, because he had declined to admit him as a pupil.
Charles Duke Yonge · The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 350; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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Description of the World.
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On the Planets.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΑΝΗΤΩΝ. Vgl. ΙΙ 23, 30 ff. 33, 6.
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On Nature, one book.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ Ᾱ 〈ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΦΥΣΙΟΣ〉.
Vgl. A 2 14, 10] ; C 5.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ Β̄ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΦΥΣΙΟΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΣΑΡΚΟΣ.
Of the Nature of Man, or Of Flesh, a second book on Nature.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ Β̄ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΦΥΣΙΟΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΣΑΡΚΟΣ.
Vgl. A 139 ff. , C 6.
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Of Reason.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΝΟΥ 〈ΛΕΥΚΙΠΠΟΥ〉. Vgl. II 10, 5
ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΨΥΧΗΣ Vgl. A 100 ff.
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Of the Senses
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ΠΕΡΙ ΑΙΣΘΗΣΙΩΝ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΨΥΧΗΣ Vgl. A 100 ff.
ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΨΥΧΗΣ Vgl. A 100 ff.
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Of Flavours.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΧΥΜΩΝ. Vgl. A 129 ff.
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Of Colours.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΧΡΟΩΝ. Vgl. A 123 ff.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΡΥΣΜΩΝ.
Of the Different Shapes (of Atoms).
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Published passage: IX.46–49; pp. 455–461
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΡΥΣΜΩΝ 〈ἤ ΠΕΡΙ ΙΔΕΩΝ〉. Vgl. A 135 § 63 ff.
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γιγνώσκειν τε χρή ἄνθρωπον τῶιδε τῷ κανόνι, ὅτι ἐτεῆς ἀπήλλακται.
We ought to Know Man, according to this Rule, That he is such a thing, as hath Nothing to do with Absolute Truth
Ralph Cudworth · The True Intellectual System of the Universe (London, 1678)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: p. 852; quotation from Sextus Empiricus VII.137
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SEXT. VII 137 [nach B 10] ἐν δὲ τῷ Περὶ ἰδεῶν· γιγνώσκειν τε χρή,
φησίν, ἄνθρωπον τῶιδε τῷ κανόνι, ὅτι ἐτεῆς ἀπήλλακται.
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English · Ralph Cudworth. The True Intellectual System of the Universe (London, 1678). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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δηλοῖ μὲν δὴ καὶ οὗτος ὁ λόγος, ὅτι ἐτεῇι οὐδὲν ἴσμεν περὶ οὐδενός, ἀλλ’ ἐπιρυσμίη ἑκάστοισιν ἡ δόξις.
Auch diese Darlegung zeigt ja, daß wir von nichts etwas wirklich wissen, sondern Zustrom (der Wahrnehmungsbilder) ist jeglichem sein Meinen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Epirysmiē is a difficult atomist term associated with shape or configuration; its precise force is uncertain
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καὶ πάλιν· δηλοῖ μὲν δὴ καὶ οὗτος ὁ λόγος, ὅτι ἐτεῇι οὐδὲν ἴσμεν περὶ οὐδενός,
ἀλλ’ ἐπιρυσμίη ἑκάστοισιν ἡ δόξις.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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καίτοι δῆλον ἔσται, ὅτι ἐτεῇ οἷον ἕκαστον γιγνώσκειν ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἐστί.
Und doch wird es klar werden, daß es seine Schwierigkeit hat zu erkennen, wie jedes Ding wirklich beschaffen ist.
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καὶ ἔτι· καίτοι δῆλον ἔσται, ὅτι ἐτεῇ οἷον ἕκαστον γιγνώσκειν ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἐστί.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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Of Changes of Shape.
R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: IX.46–49; pp. 455–461
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ΠΕΡΙ AΜΕΙΨΙΡΥΣΜΙΩΝ. Vgl. B 139.
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Confirmations
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Published passage: IX.46–49; pp. 455–461
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ΚΡΑΤΥΝΤΗΡΙΑ. Vgl. A 33 (II 20, 6).
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ἡμεῖς δὲ τῷ μὲν ἐόντι οὐδὲν ἀτρεκὲς συνίεμεν, μεταπῖπτον δὲ κατά τε σώματος διαθήκην καὶ τῶν ἐπεισιόντων καὶ τῶν ἀντιστηριζόντων.
We perceive in fact nothing certain, but such things only as change with the state of our body, and of that which enters it, and which resists it.
Laurie Magnus · Theodor Gomperz, Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy, authorized edition, vol. I, translated by Laurie Magnus (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905), p. 359How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · VII 136
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Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians VII 136
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ἡμεῖς δὲ τῷ μὲν ἐόντι οὐδὲν ἀτρεκὲς συνίεμεν, μεταπῖπτον δὲ κατά τε σώματος διαθήκην καὶ τῶν ἐπεισιόντων καὶ τῶν ἀντιστηριζόντων.
The selected quotation occurs in section 136, explicitly numbered within Diels’s longer source passage beginning at VII 135. The broader historical citation is retained separately.
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- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · VII 135
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SEXT. adv. math. VII 135
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Wording checked visually against the dated 1905 printing, p. 359. Print line breaks and enclosing quotation marks are omitted; the translation itself is unchanged.
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English: Laurie Magnus · Theodor Gomperz, Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy, authorized edition, vol. I, translated by Laurie Magnus (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905), p. 359 Published translation ↗
Source pages: 1 · 2
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English · Laurie Magnus. Theodor Gomperz, Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy, authorized edition, vol. I, translated by Laurie Magnus (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905), p. 359. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Source pages: 1 · 2
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἐτεῇ μέν νυν ὅτι οἷον ἕκαστον ἔστιν 〈ἢ〉 οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ συνίεμεν, πολλαχῇ δεδήλωται.
Daß wir nun, wie jedes Ding in Wahrheit beschaffen oder nicht beschaffen ist, nicht wahrnehmen können, ist oft dargelegt worden.
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καὶ πάλιν φησίν· ἐτεῇ μέν νυν ὅτι οἷον ἕκαστον ἔστιν 〈ἢ〉 οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ
συνίεμεν, πολλαχῇ δεδήλωται.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΙΔΩΛΩΝ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑΣ.
On Images, or On Foreknowledge of the Future.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΙΔΩΛΩΝ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑΣ [?]. Vgl. A 77-79.
B 166. c. 54 A 29 ff.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ ἢ ΚΑΝΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄ Γ̄.
On Logic, or Criterion of Thought, three books.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ ἢ ΚΑΝΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄ Γ̄
Vgl. Epikur Περὶ κριτηρίου ἢ Κανών Diog. X 27.
SEXT. VIII 327 οἱ μὲν δογματικοὶ τῶν φιλοσόφων . . . τιθέασιν αὐτήν
[nämlich τὴν ἀπόδειξιν], οἱ δὲ Ἐμπειρικοὶ ἀναιροῦσιν, τάχα δὲ
καὶ Δ.· ἰσχυρῶς γὰρ αὐτῇ διὰ τῶν Κανόνων ἀντείρηκεν. Der Plural des Titels wegen
der 3 Bücher, über die vgl. A 111, ferner c. 62 B und c. 63.
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γνώμης δὲ δύο εἰσὶν ἰδέαι, ἡ μὲν γνησίη, ἡ δὲ σκοτίη· καὶ σκοτίης μὲν τάδε σύμπαντα, ὄψις, ἀκοή, ὀδμή, γεῦσις, ψαῦσις. ἡ δὲ γνησίη, ἀποκεκριμένη δὲ ταύτης. εἶτα προκρίνων τῆς σκοτίης τὴν γνησίην ἐπιφέρει λέγων· ὅταν ἡ σκοτίη μηκέτι δύνηται μήτε ὁρῆν ἐπ’ ἔλαττον μήτε ἀκούειν μήτε ὀδμᾶσθαι μήτε γεύεσθαι μήτε ἐν τῇ ψαύσει αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ λεπτότερον 〈δέῃ ζητεῖν, τότε ἐπιγίνεται ἡ γνησίη ἅτε ὄργανον ἔχουσα τοῦ νῶσαι λεπτότερον〉.
Es gibt zwei Formen der Erkenntnis, die echte und die unechte. Zur unechten gehören folgende allesamt: Gesicht, Gehör, Geruch, Geschmack, Gefühl. Die andere Form aber ist die echte, die von jener jedoch völlig geschieden ist. Im Folgenden setzt er den Vorrang der echten vor der unechten Erkenntnis auseinander und fügt die Worte hinzu: Wenn die unechte nicht mehr ins Kleinere sehen oder hören oder riechen oder schmecken oder tasten kann, sondern 〈die Untersuchung〉 ins Feinere 〈geführt werden muß, dann tritt an ihre Stelle die echte, die ein feineres Denkorgan besitzt〉.
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The passage contrasts different types of cognition. The ending in angle brackets is an editorial reconstruction, not securely transmitted Democritean wording
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SEXT. VII 138 [nach B 8] ἐν δὲ τοῖς Κανόσι δύο φησὶν εἶναι γνώσεις τὴν
μὲν διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων τὴν δὲ διὰ τῆς
διανοίας, ὧν τὴν μὲν διὰ τῆς διανοίας γνησίην καλεῖ προσμαρτυρῶν αὐτῇ τὸ πιστὸν εἰς ἀληθείας κρίσιν, τὴν δὲ διὰ
τῶν αἰσθήσεων σκοτίην ὀνομάζει ἀφαιρούμενος αὐτῆς τὸ πρὸς διάγνωσιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς
ἀπλανές. (139 ) λέγει δὲ κατὰ λέξιν· γνώμης δὲ δύο εἰσὶν ἰδέαι, ἡ μὲν γνησίη, ἡ δὲ σκοτίη·
καὶ σκοτίης μὲν τάδε σύμπαντα, ὄψις, ἀκοή, ὀδμή, γεῦσις, ψαῦσις. ἡ δὲ γνησίη, ἀποκεκριμένη δὲ ταύτης. εἶτα προκρίνων
τῆς σκοτίης τὴν γνησίην ἐπιφέρει λέγων· ὅταν ἡ σκοτίη μηκέτι δύνηται μήτε ὁρῆν ἐπ’ ἔλαττον μήτε ἀκούειν μήτε ὀδμᾶσθαι μήτε γεύεσθαι
μήτε ἐν τῇ ψαύσει αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ λεπτότερον 〈δέῃ ζητεῖν, τότε ἐπιγίνεται ἡ γνησίη ἅτε ὄργανον ἔχουσα τοῦ
νῶσαι λεπτότερον〉. Vgl. HIPP. de arte 11 ὅσα γὰρ τὴν τῶν ὀμμάτων ὄψιν ἐκφεύγει,
ταῦτα τῇ τῆς γνώμης ὄψει κεκράτηται.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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Problems.
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ΑΠΟΡΗΜΑΤΩΝ 〈 Ᾱ Β̄ ... ?〉.
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Causes of Celestial Phenomena.
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ΑΣΥΝΤΑΚΤΑ
ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΟΥΡΑΝΙΑΙ.
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Causes of Phenomena in the Air.
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Causes on the Earth's Surface.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΥΡΙ.
Causes concerned with Fire and Things in Fire.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΥΡΙ.
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Causes concerned with Sounds.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΡΠΩΝ.
Causes concerned with Seeds, Plants and Fruits.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΡΠΩΝ.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΖῼΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄ Γ̄.
Causes concerned with Animals, three books.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΖῼΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄ Γ̄. Vgl. A 151 ff.
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Miscellaneous Causes.
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Concerning the Magnet.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΛΙΘΟΥ Vgl. A 165.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΗΣ ΓΝΩΜΗΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΨΑΥΣΙΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΦΑΙΡΗΣ.
de la Différence d’opinion, ou de la Tangence du cercle et de la sphère
French · Charles Zévort (1816–1887) · Diogène Laërce, Vies et doctrines des philosophes de l’Antiquité, traduction Charles Zévort, Charpentier, 1847How this fragment survives
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The transmitted first title is obscure; gnōmē can mean judgment, knowledge, or understanding
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ΜΑΘΗΤΜΑΤΙΚΑ.
ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΗΣ ΓΝΩΜΗΣ ἢ ΠΕΡΙ ΨΑΥΣΙΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΦΑΙΡΗΣ.
Complete preserved book title in Diogenes Laërce 9.47. This is a catalogue entry: no prose from the lost book survives here. Exact title excerpt, with its original initial lower case
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On Geometry.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΓΕΩΜΕΤΡΙΗΣ. Vgl. B 155.
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Geometrica.
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Numbers.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΑΛΟΓΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΑΣΤΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄.
On Irrational Lines and Solids, two books.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΑΛΟΓΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΑΣΤΩΝ Ᾱ Β̄.
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Extensions (Projections).
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ ἢ ΑΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΗ. ΠΑΡΑΠΗΓΜΑ.
The Great Year, or Astronomy, Calendar.
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ ἢ ΑΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΗ. ΠΑΡΑΠΗΓΜΑ. Vgl. B 14, 5 ;
115a . DIOG. V 43 Theophrasts Schrift
Περὶ τῆς Δημοκρίτου ἀστρολογίας ᾱ.
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et Democriti ex annis LXXXII cum intercalariis perinde viginti octo.
Das Weltjahr Demokrits besteht aus 82 gewöhnlichen Jahren mit 28 Schaltmonaten.
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CENSOR. 18, 8 est et Philolai annus [32 A 22] . . . et
Democriti ex annis LXXXII cum intercalariis [nämlich mensibus] perinde
[wie Kallippos] viginti octo.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Meiner [kontrahierte und unkontrahierte Form].
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APOLLON. de pronom. p. 65, 15 Schneid. καὶ Φερεκύδης ἐν τῇ Θεολογίᾳ
καὶ ἔτι Δ. ἐν τοῖς Περὶ ἀστρονομίας καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὑπολειπομένοις συντάγμασι συνεχέστερον χρῶνται τῇ ἐμεῦ καὶ ἔτι τῇ ἐμέο.
Vgl. B 29a .
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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de naturalibus autem rebus Thales Milesius, Anaxagoras Clazomenius, Pythagoras Samius, Xenophanes Colophonius, D. Abderites rationes, quibus eae res natura rerum gubernarentur quemadmodumcumque effectus habeant, excogitatas reliquerunt. quorum inventa secuti siderum 〈ortus〉 et occasus tempestatumque significatus Eudoxus, Euctemon, Callippus, Meto, Philippus, Hipparchus, Aratus ceterique ex astrologia parapegmatorum disciplinis invenerunt et eas posteris explicatas reliquerunt.
quae figurata conformataque sunt siderum in mundo simulacra natura divinaque mente designata, ut Democrito physico placuit, exposui, sed tantum ea quorum ortus et occasus possumus animadvertere et oculis contueri.
When we come to natural philosophy, however, Thales of Miletus, Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, Pythagoras of Samos, Xenophanes of Colophon, and Democritus of Abdera have in various ways investigated and left us the laws and the working of the laws by which nature governs it. In the track of their discoveries, Eudoxus, Euctemon, Callippus, Meto, Philippus, Hipparchus, Aratus, and others discovered the risings and settings of the constellations, as well as weather prognostications from astronomy through the study of the calendars, and this study they set forth and left to posterity.
These constellations, whose outlines and shapes in the heavens were designed by Nature and the divine intelligence, I have described according to the view of the natural philosopher Democritus, but only those whose risings and settings we can observe and see with our own eyes.
Morris Hicky Morgan, revised by Albert A. Howard · Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), IX.6.3 and IX.5.4, pp. 268–270How this fragment survives
- Pliny the Elder
Natural History · XVIII 231
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PLIN. n. h. XVIII 231
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Scholia on the Argonautica · B 1098
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SCHOL. APOLL. RHOD. B 1098
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- John Lydus
On the Months · IV 16ff
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IOANN. LYD. de mens. IV 16ff
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VITRUV. IX 6, 3 de naturalibus autem rebus Thales Milesius,
Anaxagoras Clazomenius, Pythagoras Samius, Xenophanes Colophonius, D. Abderites rationes, quibus eae res
natura rerum gubernarentur quemadmodumcumque effectus habeant, excogitatas reliquerunt. quorum inventa
secuti siderum 〈ortus〉 et occasus tempestatumque significatus Eudoxus, Euctemon, Callippus, Meto, Philippus,
Hipparchus, Aratus ceterique ex astrologia parapegmatorum disciplinis invenerunt et eas posteris explicatas
reliquerunt. IX 5, 4 quae figurata conformataque sunt siderum in mundo simulacra natura divinaque mente
designata, ut Democrito physico placuit, exposui, sed tantum ea quorum ortus et occasus possumus animadvertere
et oculis contueri.
EUDOX. ars astron. coll. 22, 21 [p. 25 Blass.]
Εὐδόξῳ Δημοκρίτῳ χειμεριναὶ τροπαὶ ἀθὺρ ὁτὲ μὲν κ̄ ὁτὲ δὲ ῑθ̄. 23,3 ἀπὸ ἰσημερίας μεθοπωρινῆς ἐπὶ χειμερινὰς
τροπὰς Εὐδόξῳ ἡμέραι ϙ̄β̄, Δημοκρίτῳ ἡμέραι ϙ̄ᾱ ... , ἀπὸ τροπῶν χειμερινῶν εἰς ἰσημερίαν ἐαρινὴν Εὐδόξῳ καὶ Δ-ῳ ἡμέραι
ϙ̄ᾱ, Εὐκτήμονι ϙ̄β̄.
[GEMIN.] isag. (Kalender etwa aus dem 2. J. v. Ch.) p. 218, 14 Manit.
[Skorpion] ἐν δὲ τῇ δ̄ ἡμέρᾳ Δημοκρίτῳ Πλειάδες δύνουσιν ἅμα ἠοῖ· ἄνεμοι χειμέριοι ὡς τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ψύχη ἤδη καὶ πάχνη
ἐπιπνεῖν φιλεῖ· φυλλορροεῖν ἄρχεται τὰ δένδρα μάλιστα.
p. 220, 5 ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑγ̄ Δ—ῳ Λύρα
ἐπιτέλλει ἅμα ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι· καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ χειμέριος γίνεται ὡς ἐπὶ τὰ πολλά.
p. 222,9 (Schütze) ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑς̄ Δ—ῳ Ἀετὸς ἐπιτέλλει ἅμα ἡλίῳ· καὶ ἐπισημαίνειν φιλεῖ βροντῇ
καὶ ἀστραπῇ καὶ ὕδατι ἢ ἀνέμῳ ἢ ἀμφότερα ὡς ἐπὶ τὰ πολλά.
p. 224, 5 (Steinbock) ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑβ̄ Δ—ῳ νότος πνεῖ ὡς 〈ἐπὶ τὰ πολλά〉.
p. 224, 22 (Wassermann) ἐν δὲ τῇ γ̄ Εὐκτήμονι ὑετία. Δ—ῳ ἄλογχος, χειμών.
p. 226, 4 ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑς̄ Δ—ῳ ζέφυρος πνεῖν ἄρχεται καὶ παραμένει. ἡμέραι γ̄ καὶ μ̄ ἀπὸ τροπῶν.
p. 226,15 (Fische) ἐν δὲ τῇ δ̄ Δ—ῳ ποικίλαι ἡμέρᾳ γίνονται
ἁλκυονίδες καλούμεναι.
p. 226, 23 ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑδ̄ Δ—ῳ ἄνεμοι πνέουσι ψυχροί, οἱ ὀρνιθίαι καλούμενοι, ἡμέρας μάλιστα
ἐννέα.
p. 228, 23 (Widder) Δ—ῳ Πλειάδες κρύπτονται ἅμα ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι καὶ ἀφανεῖς γίνονται
νύκτας μ̄.
p. 232, 16 (Zwillinge) ἐν δὲ τῇ ῑ Δ—ῳ ὕδωρ γίνεται.
p. 232, 21 ἐν δὲ τῇ κ̄θ̄ Δ—ῳ
ἄρχεται Ὠρίων ἐπιτέλλειν καὶ φιλεῖ ἐπισημαίνειν ἐπ’ αὐτῶι.
PLIN. n. h. XVIII 231. D. talem futuram hiemen arbitratur
qualis fuerit brumae dies et circa eum terni, item solstitio aestatem. (Vgl. THEOPHR. q. f. de sign. 57. )
312 dein consentiunt, quod est rarum, Philippus . . . Democritus, Eudoxus IIII Kal. Oct. [28. Sept.] Capellam matutino exoriri
et III Kal. [29. Sept.] Haedos.
SCHOL. APOLL. RHOD. B 1098 Ζεὺς δ’
ἀνέμου βορέαο μένος κίνησεν ἀῆναι, ὕδατι
σημαίνων διερὴν ὁδὸν Ἀρκτούροιο] τοῦτο δὲ ἔφη, ἐπεὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐπιτολὴν τοῦ Ἀρκτούρου σφοδροὶ καταχέονται ὄμβροι, ὥς
φησι Δ. ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἀστρονομίας καὶ Ἄρατος [Phaen. 744 ].
CLODII CALEND. in Lydus de ost. ed. Wachsm.² p. 157, 18
καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Κλώδιος ἐκ τῶν παρὰ Θούσκοις ἱερῶν πρὸς λέξιν· καὶ οὐκ αὐτὸς μόνος, ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ Εὔδοξός τε ὁ πολύς,
Δημόκριτος πρῶτος αὐτῶν, Βάρρων τε ὁ Ῥωμαῖος κτλ.
PTOLEM. apparit. epileg. ebenda p. 275,1 καὶ τούτων ἀνέγραψα
τὰς ἐπισημασίας καὶ κατέταξα κατά τε Αἰγυπτίους καὶ Δοσίθεον . . . Δημόκριτον. τούτων δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐτήρησαν παρ’ ἡμῖν . . .
Δ. ἐν Μακεδονίαι καὶ Θράικῃ. διὸ δὴ μάλιστα ἄν τις ἐφαρμόζοι τὰς μὲν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐπισημασίας ταῖς περὶ τοῦτον τὸν
παράλληλον χώραις, . . . τὰς δὲ Δημοκρίτου . . ., καθ’ ὃν ἡ μεγίστη τῶν ἡμερῶν ὡρῶν ἐστιν ἰσημερίνων ῑε̄.
p. 213, 19. Thoth ῑζ̄
[14. Sept.] ... Δ—ῳ Ἀβδηρίτῃ 〈ἐπισημαίνει καὶ〉 χελιδὼν ἀφανίζεται.
p. 215, 18. Thot κ̄θ̄
[26. Sept.] Δ—ῳ ὑετὸς καὶ ἀνέμων ἀταξία.
p. 217, 12. Phaophi η̄
[5. Okt.] Δ—ῳ χειμάζει· σπόρου ὥρα.
p. 220, 13. Athyr β̄
[29. Okt.] Δ—ῳ ψύχη ἢ πάχνη.
p. 223, 14. Athyr ῑζ̄
[13. Νov.] Δ—ῳ χειμὼν καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν.
p. 227, 5. Choiak ᾱ
[27. Nov.] Δ—ῳ ὁ οὐρανὸς ταραχώδης καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ὡς τὰ πολλά.
p. 229, 10. Choiak θ̄
[5. Dez.] Δ—ῳ χειμών.
p. 230, 11. Choiak ῑδ̄
[10. Dez.] Δ—ῳ βρονταί, ἀστραπαί, ὕδωρ, ἄνεμοι.
p. 233, 8. Tybi ᾱ
[27. Dez.] Δ—ῳ μέγας χειμών.
p. 233, 15. Tybi γ̄
[29. Dez.] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει.
p. 234, 17. Tybi θ̄
[4. Januar] Δ—ῳ νότος ὡς τὰ πολλά.
p. 237, 17. Tybi κ̄ε̄
[20. Jan.] Δ—ῳ ἐφύει.
p. 238, 6. Tybi κ̄θ̄
[24. Jan.] Δ—ῳ μέγας χειμών.
p. 240, 12. Mechir ῑβ̄
[6. Febr.] Δ—ῳ ζέφυρος ἄρχεται πνεῖν.
p. 241, 6. Mechir ῑδ̄
[8. Febr.] Δ—ῳ ζέφυρος πνεῖ.
p. 243, 5. Mechir λ̄
[24. Febr.] Δ—ῳ ποικίλαι ἡμέραι αἱ καλούμεναι ἁλκυονίδες.
p. 245, 1. Phamenoth ῑᾱ
[7. März] Δ—ῳ ἄνεμοι ψυχροί· ὀρνιθίαι ἐπὶ ἡμέρας θ̄.
p. 246, 16. Phamenoth κ̄β̄
[18. März] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει, ἄνεμος ψυχρός.
p. 247, 18. Pharmuthi ᾱ
[27. März] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει.
p. 252, 2. Pharmuthi κ̄θ̄
[24. April] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει.
p. 258, 10. Payni γ̄
[28. Mai] Δ—ῳ ὑετία.
p. 259, 9. Payni θ̄
[3. Juni] Δ—ῳ ὕδωρ ἐπιγίνεται.
p. 262, 19. Payni κ̄η̄
[22. Juni] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει.
p. 263, 18. Epiphi δ̄
[28. Juni] Δ—ῳ ζέφυρος καὶ ὕδωρ ἑῶιον, εἶτα βορέαι πρόδρομοι ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ζ̄.
p. 267, 4. Epiphi κ̄β̄
[16. Juli] Δ—ῳ ὕδωρ, καταιγίδες.
p. 268, 21. Mesori β̄
[26. Juli] Δ—ῳ, Ἱππάρχῳ νότος καὶ καῦμα.
p. 271, 22. Mesori κ̄Ϛ̄
[19. August] Δ—ῳ ἐπισημαίνει ὕδασι καὶ ἀνέμοις.
IOANN. LYD. de mens. IV 16ff. (Kalender).
p. 78, 15 Wünsch [Jan. 15] Δ—ος
δὲ τὸν λίβα μετὰ ὄμβρου φησὶ γίνεσθαι.
p. 79, 5 [Jan. 18] Δ—ος λέγει δύεσθαι τὸν Δελφῖνα καὶ τροπὴν ὡς ἐπὶ πολὺ γίνεσθαι.
p. 79, 16 [Jan. 23] Δ—ος ἄνεμον λίβα πνεῦσαι λέγει.
p. 109, 3 [März 17] ἐν δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν Βακχαναλίων Δ—ος δύεσθαι τοὺς Ἰχθύας λέγει.
p. 159, 16 [Sept. 2] ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ Δ. λέγει ἐναλλαγὴν ἀνέμων συμβαίνειν
καὶ βροχῆς ἐπικράτειαν.
p. 163, 10 [Okt. 6] ὁ Δ—ος τοὺς Ἐρίφους ἀνίσχειν καὶ βορρᾶν πνεῖν διισχυρίζεται.
p. 169, 3 [Nov. 25] ὁ Δ—ος λέγει τὸν ἥλιον 〈ἐν〉 Τοξότῃ γίνεσθαι.
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English · Morris Hicky Morgan, revised by Albert A. Howard. Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), IX.6.3 and IX.5.4, pp. 268–270. Default reading. Partial translation. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Contention of the Water-clock
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Description of the Heaven.
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Geography.
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πρῶτος δὲ Δ. πολύπειρος ἀνὴρ συνεῖδεν, ὅτι προμήκης ἐστὶν ἡ γῆ ἡμιόλιον τὸ μῆκος τοῦ πλάτους ἔχουσα·
Die Erde sei nicht rund, sondern länglich gestreckt; ihre Länge betrage das anderthalbfache der Breite.
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AGATHEM. I 1. 2 εἶτα [nach Anaximander
(c. 2, 6. Ι 15, 9) Hekataios, Hellanikos] Δαμάστης ὁ Σιγειεὺς
[FHG. II 64 ] τὰ πλεῖστα ἐκ τῶν Ἑκαταίου μεταγράψας περίπλουν ἔγραψεν· ἑξῆς Δ.
καὶ Εὔδοξος καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς γῆς περιόδους καὶ περίπλους ἐπραγματεύσαντο. οἱ μὲν οὖν παλαιοὶ
τὴν οἰκουμένην ἔγραφον στρογγύλην, μέσην δὲ κεῖσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ ταύτης Δελφούς· τὸν ὀμφαλὸν γὰρ ἔχειν
τῆς γῆς. πρῶτος δὲ Δ. πολύπειρος ἀνὴρ συνεῖδεν, ὅτι προμήκης ἐστὶν ἡ γῆ ἡμιόλιον τὸ μῆκος τοῦ πλάτους ἔχουσα·
συνήινεσε τούτῳ καὶ Δικαίαρχος ὁ Περιπατητικός. Vgl. A 94.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Description of the Pole.
R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925)How this fragment survives
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Description of Rays of Light.
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ΑΚΤΙΝΟΓΡΑΦΙΗ. Bezieht sich hierauf
VITRUV. VII pr. 11 [46 A 39]? Vgl. DAMIAN. opt. ed. R. Schoene
(B. 1897) Anh. S. 28, 10 ff.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΡΥΘΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜΟΝΙΗΣ.
On Rhythms and Harmony.
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ΜΟΥΣΙΚΑ.
ΠΕΡΙ ΡΥΘΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜΟΝΙΗΣ.
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metrum dactylicum hexametrum inventum primitus … D. a Musaeo.
Nach D. hat Musaios den Hexameter erfunden.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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MALLIUS THEODOR. de metr. p. 19 metrum dactylicum hexametrum inventum
primitus ab Orpheo Critias asserit, D. a Musaeo.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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On Poetry.
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negat enim sine furore D. quemquam poetam magnum esse posse
Democritus says that no one can be a great poet without being in a state of frenzy
William Armistead Falconer · Cicero, De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione, translated by William Armistead Falconer, Loeb Classical Library 154 (1923), De divinatione I.37.80, p. 313How this fragment survives
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The wider Cicero De oratore and Horace dossier is preserved with the existing German reading; this option translates only the Latin passage already paired with Diels’s German. Section 80 identifies the passage despite the chapter-number difference in the historical Diels citation.
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English · William Armistead Falconer. Cicero, De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione, translated by William Armistead Falconer, Loeb Classical Library 154 (1923), De divinatione I.37.80, p. 313. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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καὶ ὁ Δ. ὁμοίως ποιητὴς δὲ ἅσσα μὲν ἂν γράφῃ μετ’ ἐνθουσιασμοῦ καὶ ἱεροῦ πνεύματος, καλὰ κάρτα ἐστίν.
And Democritus similarly: “Whatever things a poet writes with divine afflatus, and with a sacred spirit, are very beautiful.”
William Wilson · The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Stromata VI.18.168
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CLEM. Strom. VI 168 [II 518, 20 St.] καὶ ὁ Δ. ὁμοίως
[wie Plato Ion 534 B ] ποιητὴς δὲ ἅσσα μὲν ἂν γράφῃ μετ’
ἐνθουσιασμοῦ καὶ ἱεροῦ πνεύματος, καλὰ κάρτα ἐστίν. Vgl. B 21. 112.
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On Beauty of Verses.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΦΩΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΥΣΦΩΝΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ.
On Euphonious and Cacophonous Letters.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΦΩΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΥΣΦΩΝΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ.
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Gemma (statt Gamma), Mō (statt My).
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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EUSTATH. ad Γ 1 p. 370, 15 τὸ γάμμα στοιχεῖον γέμμα φασὶν Ἴωνες καὶ
μάλιστα Δ., ὃς καὶ τὸ μῦ μῶ λέγει aus Photius, dessen Glosse μῶ: τὸ μῦ
στοιχεῖον Δ. erhalten ist.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Des Deltas, des Thetas.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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SCHOL. DIONYS. THRAC. p. 184, 3 ff. Hildeg. τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν
στοιχείων ἄκλιτά εἰσιν . . . παρὰ Δημοκρίτῳ δὲ κλίνονται· λέγει γὰρ δέλτατος καὶ θήτατος.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ΠΕΡΙ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ἢ ΟΡΘΟΕΠΕΙΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΩΣΣΕΩΝ.
Concerning Homer, or On Correct Epic Diction, and On Glosses.
R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925)How this fragment survives
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ΠΕΡΙ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ἢ ΟΡΘΟΕΠΕΙΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΩΣΣΕΩΝ.
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Ὅμηρος φύσεως λαχὼν θεαζούσης ἐπέων κόσμον ἐτεκτήνατο παντοίων
Homer, dem ein göttliches Talent zu teil ward, zimmerte einen Prachtbau mannigfaltiger Gedichte.
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Kosmos combines the senses ‘order’, ‘adornment’, and ‘beautiful arrangement’
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Dio 36, 1 [II 109, 21 Arnim] ὁ μὲν Δ. περὶ Ὁμήρου φησὶν οὕτως·
Ὅμηρος φύσεως λαχὼν θεαζούσης ἐπέων κόσμον ἐτεκτήνατο παντοίων’, ὡς οὐκ ἐνὸν ἄνευ θείας καὶ δαιμονίας
φύσεως οὕτως καλὰ καὶ σοφὰ ἔπη ἐργάσασθαι. Vgl. B 18.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Δημόκριτον ἱστορεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀετοῦ τὰ ὀστᾶ μέλανα εἶναι
D. berichtet, der Adler habe schwarze Knochen.
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The disputed compound belongs to a discussion of whether words in Homer should be read together
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PORPHYR. quaest. hom. I 274, 9 Schrad. [zu Φ 252] οἱ δὲ κατεψεύσαντο
τοῦ ποιητοῦ ὡς μελανόστου ὑφ’ ἓν ὡς Ὀρέστου εἰρηκότος διὰ τὸ καὶ Δημόκριτον ἱστορεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ
ἀετοῦ τὰ ὀστᾶ μέλανα εἶναι καταψευδόμενοι τῆς ἀληθείας.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τὸ ὡς πρὶν ὤφελλ’ ἀπολέσθαι … λέγει ὁ κῆρυξ … εἴτε καθ’ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἠρέμα, ὡς Δ. ἀξιοῖ ἀπρεπὲς ἡγησάμενος τὸ φανερῶς λέγεσθαι
Homers Worte: »O wär’ er doch früher gestorben« (Alexandros) spricht der Herold für sich und leise, wie D. meint, der es für unschicklich hält, diese Worte offen auszusprechen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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SCHOL. HOM. A zu Η 390 τὸ ὡς πρὶν ὤφελλ’ ἀπολέσθαι
εἴτε καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν εἰς ἐπήκοον λέγει ὁ κῆρυξ πρὸς τὸ συγγνωμονεῖν τοῖς ἄλλοις Τρωσὶν ὡς καὶ αὐτοῖς ὀργιξομένοις,
εἴτε καθ’ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἠρέμα, ὡς Δ. ἀξιοῖ ἀπρεπὲς ἡγησάμενος τὸ φανερῶς λέγεσθαι, ἀμφότερα προστικτέον.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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μητέρα αὐτοῦ ἐξευρίσκουσι. Δ. μὲν Πενίαν
D. nennt des Eumaios Mutter Penia (Armut).
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EUSTATH. zu ο 376 p. 1784 ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι ἐς τοσοῦτον ἠξιώθη λόγου τοῖς
παλαιοῖς ὁ εὐνοϊκὸς οὗτος δοῦλος Εὔμαιος, ὥστε καὶ μητέρα αὐτοῦ ἐξευρίσκουσι. Δ. μὲν Πενίαν, Εὐφορίων δὲ Πάνθειαν,
Φιλόξενος δὲ ὁ Σιδώνιος Δανάην.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀμβροσίαν δὲ τὰς ἀτμίδας αἷς ὁ ἥλιος τρέφεται, καθὰ δοξάζει καὶ Δ.
Unter Ambrosia versteht auch D. die Dünste, von denen sich die Sonne nährt.
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— zu μ 65 p. 1713 ἀμβροσίαν δὲ τὰς ἀτμίδας αἷς ὁ ἥλιος τρέφεται, καθὰ δοξάζει καὶ Δ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Of Song.
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On Words.
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A Vocabulary.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, fourth edition, volume II (1922), p. 68. Digital transcription corrected against the printed page.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, fourth edition, volume II (1922), p. 68. Digital transcription corrected against the printed page. View original source ↗
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, fourth edition, volume II (1922), p. 68. Digital transcription corrected against the printed page.
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[XI 4] ΟΝΟΜΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ. [Buchzahl fehlt.]
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Prognostication.
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ΤΕΧΝΙΚΑ.
ΠΡΟΓΝΩΣΙΣ Im Vatic. gr. 2304 s. XV/XVI f. 6r
δημοκρίτου ἀβδηρίτου προγνωστικά (Cap. 1 περὶ οἰδημάτων ) wabrsch.
Rückübers. aus d. lat. Traktat Ypocratis Pronostica Democrito summo philosopho. So Sangall.
44 s. IX f. 220. Prognostica Democriti Cod. Augiensis lat. 120 (Karlsruhe, früher Kl.
Reichenau) s. IX f. 187v. Pseudhippokr. Schwindelschr. d. r. Kaiserzeit,
nicht die Πρόγνωσις, liegt zu Grunde.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΣ ἢ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΤΙΚΟΝ.
Of Diet, or Diaetetics.
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ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΣ ἢ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΤΙΚΟΝ.
Vgl. Hipp. Περὶ διαίτης Anf. [VI 466 L.] εἰ μέν μοί τις ἐδόκει τῶν πρότερον
συγγραψάντων περὶ διαίτης ἀνθρωπίνης τῆς πρὸς ὑγίειαν ὀρθῶς ἐγνωκὼς συγγεγραφέναι πάντα διὰ παντός ... ἱκανῶς
ἂν εἶχέ μοι ... τούτοισι χρέεσθαι ... νῦν δὲ πολλοὶ μὲν ἤδη συνέγραψαν κτλ.
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Medical Regimen.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΚΑΙΡΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΙΩΝ.
Causes concerned with Things Seasonable and Unseasonable.
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ΑΙΤΙΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΚΑΙΡΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΙΩΝ.
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Of Agriculture
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ΠΕΡΙ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΗΣ ἢ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΚΟΝ. VARRO r. rust. I 1, 8
[S. 35 B 8]. COLUMELLA de r. rust. I praef. 32 accedit huc quod ille quem nos perfectum
esse volumus agricolam, si quidem artis consummatae non sit nec in universa rerum natura sagacitatem Democriti vel
Pythagorae fuerit consecutus etc.
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Democrito et Magone laudantibus caeli plagam septentrionalem, quia existiment ei subiectas feracissimas fieri vineas, quae tamen bonitate vini superentur.
D. meint, die Weinberge sollten nach Norden angelegt werden, weil sie so am ertragreichsten würden, ohne freilich in der Güte des Weins die erste Stelle einzunehmen.
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COLUM. III 12, 5 status caeli, cuius regionem quam spectare debeant vineae
vetus est dissensio ... Democrito et Magone laudantibus caeli plagam septentrionalem, quia existiment ei subiectas
feracissimas fieri vineas, quae tamen bonitate vini superentur.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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parum prudenter censet eos facere, qui hortis extruant munimenta, quod neque latere fabricata maceries perennare possit pluviis ac tempestatibus plerumque infestata, eque lapide supra rei dignitatem poscat impensa; si vero amplum modum saepire quis velit, patrimonio esse opus.
Unklug verfahren diejenigen, welche ihre Gärten ummauern. Denn eine Mauer aus Luftziegeln kann dem Regen und Sturme nicht standhalten, und eine steinerne erfordert Kosten, die dem Werte der Sache nicht entsprechen. Wenn man gar ein großes Stück Land mit einer Mauer umfriedigen wollte, würde man sein väterliches Erbe verbauen müssen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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COLUM. XI 3, 2 Democritus in eo libro quem Georgicon appellavit parum
prudenter censet eos facere, qui hortis extruant munimenta, quod neque latere fabricata maceries perennare possit
pluviis ac tempestatibus plerumque infestata, eque lapide supra rei dignitatem poscat impensa; si vero amplum
modum saepire quis velit, patrimonio esse opus.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Of Painting.
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Treatise on Tactics
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On Fighting in Armour.
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Schildrand.
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APOLLON. Cit. in Hipp. p. 6, 29 Schoene ταύτης δὲ τῆς ἐμβολῆς τὴν
ἰσχυροτάτην ἀνάγκην περιεχούσης ὁ βακχεῖος τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ μοχλοειδοῦς ξύλου λεγομένην ἄμβην ἐν τοῖς Περὶ τῶν Ἱπποκρατείων
λέξεων ἐξηγεῖται, ὅτι ἐν ταῖς λέξεσιν ἀναγέγραπται, ὡς Ῥόδιοι ἄμβωνας καλοῦσι τοὺς τῶν ὀρῶν λόφους
καὶ καθόλου τὰς προσαναβάσεις. καὶ διὰ τούτων φησὶν πάλιν· ἀναγέγραπται δὲ καὶ ὡς ὁ Δ. εἴη
καλῶν τῆς ἴτυος τὴν τῷ κοίλῳ περικειμένην ὀφρὺν ἄμβην. Vgl. Erotian. p. 52, 10 Klein.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Wir, ihr, sie (kontrahierte Formen).
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APOLL. DYSC. de pron. p. 92, 20 Schn. αἱ πληθυντικαὶ 〈εἰ〉 καὶ κοινολεκτοῦνται
κατ’ εὐθεῖαν πρός τε Ἰώνων καὶ Ἀττικῶν ἡμεῖς, ὑμεῖς, σφεῖς, ἔστιν πιστώσασθαι καὶ τὸ ἀδιαίρετον τῆς εὐθείας παρ’ Ἴωσιν
ἐκ τῶν περὶ Δημόκριτον, Φερεκύδην, Ἑκαταῖον.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τῶν λογίων ἀνθρώπων ὀλίγοι ἀνατείναντες τὰς χεῖρας ἐνταῦθα, οὗ νῦν ἠέρα καλέομεν οἱ Ἕλληνες· πάντα〈, φασίν,〉 Ζεὺς μυθεῖται καὶ πάνθ’ οὗτος οἶδε καὶ διδοῖ καὶ ἀφαιρεῖται καὶ βασιλεὺς οὗτος τῶν πάντων.
Einige der gelehrten Männer erheben ihre Hände zu dem Orte, wo wir Hellenen jetzt sagen, daß die Luft sich befinde, und sprechen dabei: Alles beredet Zeus mit sich und alles weiß und gibt und nimmt er und König ist er über alles.
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The passage reports early identification of Zeus with the encompassing air; it is not an unqualified profession of Democritus’ own theology
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CLEM. Protr. 68 (I 52, 16 St.). Strom. v103 (II 394, 21).
Vgl. 51 A8. τῶν λογίων ἀνθρώπων ὀλίγοι ἀνατείναντες τὰς χεῖρας ἐνταῦθα, οὗ νῦν ἠέρα
καλέομεν οἱ Ἕλληνες· πάντα〈, φασίν,〉
Ζεὺς μυθεῖται καὶ πάνθ’ οὗτος οἶδε καὶ διδοῖ καὶ ἀφαιρεῖται καὶ βασιλεὺς οὗτος τῶν πάντων.
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ἰατρικὴ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ Δημόκριτον σώματος νόσους ἀκέεται, σοφίη δὲ ψυχὴν παθῶν ἀφαιρεῖται.
the “physician’s art,” according to Democritus, “heals the diseases of the body; wisdom frees the soul from passion.”
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Published passage: The Instructor I.2.6
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CLEM. paed. I 6 (1 93, 15 Stähl.)
ἰατρικὴ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ Δημόκριτον σώματος νόσους ἀκέεται, σοφίη δὲ ψυχὴν παθῶν ἀφαιρεῖται.
Vgl. C 6, 2.
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ξυνουσίη ἀποπληξίη σμικρή· ἐξέσσυται γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἀποσπᾶται πληγῇ τινι μεριζόμενος.
Beischlaf ist vorübergehender Schlaganfall. Denn da fährt ein Mensch aus dem Menschen heraus und löst sich wie mit einem Schlage abtrennend los.
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Apoplēxiē is a stroke or seizure; the saying connects ejaculation with separation of generative material
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— — 94 (I 214, 9 St.) Hipp. ref. VIII 14
p. 428, 67 Gott. STOB. 6,28. Vgl. GAL.
XVII A 521. XVII n 28. XIX 176. S.
zu B 124. ξυνουσίη ἀποπληξίη σμικρή· ἐξέσσυται γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἀποσπᾶται πληγῇ τινι μεριζόμενος.
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ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ διδαχὴ παραπλήσιόν ἐστι. καὶ γὰρ ἡ διδαχὴ μεταρυσμοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, μεταρυσμοῦσα δὲ φυσιοποιεῖ.
“nature and instruction” are like each other. … For instruction harmonizes man, and by harmonizing makes him natural;
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Published passage: Stromata IV.23.151
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CLEM. Strom. IV 151 (II 314, 12 St.)
STOB. II 31, 65 [II 213, 1 W.] vor B 182.
ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ διδαχὴ παραπλήσιόν ἐστι. καὶ γὰρ ἡ
διδαχὴ μεταρυσμοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, μεταρυσμοῦσα δὲ φυσιοποιεῖ.
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Der Mensch, eine kleine Welt.
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The developed hierarchy of reason, spirit, and desire belongs to David’s exposition. Only the description of a human being as a small world is expressly attributed to Democritus
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DAVID Prol. 38; 14 Busse καὶ ὥσπερ ἐν τῷ παντὶ ὁρῶμεν τὰ μὲν μόνως
ἄρχοντα οἷον τὰ θεῖα, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ ἀρχόμενα οἷον τὰ ἀνθρώπεια (ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ ἄρχονται ἐκ τῶν θείων καὶ
ἄρχουσι τῶν ἀλόγων ζώιων), τὰ δὲ μόνως ἀρχόμενα ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῶια, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ μικρῷ
κόσμῳ ὄντι κατὰ τὸν Δημόκριτον ταῦτα θεωροῦνται. καὶ τὰ μὲν μόνως ἄρχουσιν, ὥσπερ ὁ λόγος, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἄρχονται
καὶ ἄρχουσιν ὡς ὁ θυμός ... τὰ δὲ μόνως ἄρχονται ὥσπερ ἡ ἐπιθυμία. GAL. de usu partt. III 10
(III 241 K., 1 177, 10 Helmr.) ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ζώιον οἷον μικρόν τινα κόσμον εἶναί φασιν ἄνδρες παλαιοὶ περὶ φύσιν
ἱκανοί. Vgl. B 165 und ARIST. phys. Θ 2. 252b 26.
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γνωμέων μευ τῶνδε εἴ τις ἐπαΐοι ξὺν νόωι, πολλὰ μὲν ἔρξει πράγματ’ ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ ἄξια, πολλὰ δὲ φλαῦρα οὐχ ἔρξει.
If any one will give his mind to these sentences, he will obtain many things worthy of a man, and be free from many things that are base.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 1, p. 45How this fragment survives
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DEMOKRATES 1
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ψυχῆς μὲν γὰρ τελεότης σκήνεος μοχθηρίην ὀρθοῖ, σκήνεος δὲ ἰσχὺς ἄνευ λογισμοῦ ψυχὴν οὐδέν τι ἀμείνω τίθησιν.
The perfection of the soul will correct the depravity of the body; but the strength of the body without reasoning, does not render the soul better.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 2, pp. 45–46How this fragment survives
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ὁ τὰ ψυχῆς ἀγαθὰ αἱρεόμενος τὰ θειότερα αἱρέεται· ὁ δὲ τὰ σκήνεος τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα.
He who loves the goods of the soul will love things more divine; but he who loves the goods of its transient habitation will love things human.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 3, pp. 46How this fragment survives
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καλὸν μὲν τὸν ἀδικέοντα κωλύειν· εἰ δὲ μή, μὴ ξυναδικέειν.
It is beautiful to impede an unjust man; but, if this be not possible, it is beautiful not to act in conjunction with him.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 4, pp. 46How this fragment survives
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ἀγαθὸν εἶναι χρὴ ἢ μιμεῖσθαι
Man muß entweder gut sein oder Guten nachahmen.
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— 5. ἀγαθὸν εἶναι χρὴ ἢ μιμεῖσθαι
[Stob. ΙΙΙ 37, 25 ; s. B 79. 245 ].
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οὔτε σώμασιν οὔτε χρήμασιν εὐδαιμονοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι, ἀλλ’ ὀρθοσύνῃ καὶ πολυφροσύνῃ.
Nicht Leibeskraft oder Geld macht den Menschen glücklich, sondern Geradsinnigkeit und Vielseitigkeit.
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— 6. οὔτε σώμασιν οὔτε χρήμασιν εὐδαιμονοῦσιν
ἄνθρωποι, ἀλλ’ ὀρθοσύνῃ καὶ πολυφροσύνῃ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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μὴ διὰ φόβον, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ δέον ἀπέχεσθαι ἁμαρτημάτων.
Sin should be abstained from, not through fear, but for the sake of the becoming.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 7, pp. 47How this fragment survives
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μέγα τὸ ἐν συμφορῆισι φρονεῖν ἃ δεῖ.
It is a great thing to be wise where we ought in calamitous circumstances.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 8, pp. 47How this fragment survives
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μεταμέλεια ἐπ’ αἰσχροῖσιν ἔργμασι βίου σωτηρίη.
Repentance after base actions is the salvation of life.
William Bridgman · Translations from the Greek (London: printed for W. Bridgman by R. Wilks, 1804), The Golden Sentences of Democrates, sentence 9, pp. 47How this fragment survives
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ἀληθόμυθον χρὴ οὐ πολύλογον.
It is necessary to be a speaker of the truth, and not to be loquacious.
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ὁ ἀδικῶν τοῦ ἀδικουμένου κακοδαιμονέστερος.
He who does an injury is more unhappy than he who receives one.
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μεγαλοψυχίη τὸ φέρειν πραέως πλημμέλειαν.
It is the province of a magnanimous man to bear with mildness the errors of others.
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νόμωι καὶ ἄρχοντι καὶ τῶι σοφωτέρωι εἴκειν κόσμιον.
It is comely not to oppose the law, nor a prince, nor one wiser than yourself.
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μωμεωμένων φλαύρων ὁ ἀγαθὸς οὐ ποιεῖται λόγον.
A good man pays no attention to the reproofs of the depraved.
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χαλεπὸν ἄρχεσθαι ὑπὸ χερείονος.
It is hard to be governed by those who are worse than ourselves.
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ὁ χρημάτων παντελῶς ἥσσων οὐκ ἄν ποτε εἴη δίκαιος.
He who is perfectly vanquished by riches, can never be just.
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ἰσχυρότερος ἐς πειθὼ λόγος πολλαχῆι γίνεται χρυσοῦ.
Reason is frequently more persuasive than gold itself.
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τὸν οἰόμενον νόον ἔχειν ὁ νουθετέων ματαιοπονεῖ.
He who admonishes a man that fancies he has intellect, labours in vain.
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πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον· πολλοὶ δὲ δρῶντες τὰ αἴσχιστα λόγους ἀρίστους ἀσκέουσιν.
Many who have not learnt to argue rationally, still live according to reason.
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πολλοὶ δρῶντες τὰ αἴσχιστα λόγους ἀρίστους ἀσκέουσιν.
Many who commit the basest actions often exercise the best discourse.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 400; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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οἱ ἀξύνετοι δυστυχέοντες σωφρονέουσι.
Fools frequently become wise under the pressure of misfortunes.
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ἔργα καὶ πρήξιας ἀρετῆς, οὐ λόγους, ζηλοῦν χρεών.
It is necessary to emulate the works and actions, and not the words of virtue.
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τὰ καλὰ γνωρίζουσι καὶ ζηλοῦσιν οἱ εὐφυέες πρὸς αὐτά.
Those who are naturally well disposed know things beautiful, and are themselves emulous of them.
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κτηνέων μὲν εὐγένεια ἡ τοῦ σκήνεος εὐσθένεια, ἀνθρώπων δὲ ἡ τοῦ ἤθεος εὐτροπίη.
Vigour and strength of body are the nobility of cattle; but rectitude of manners is the nobility of man.
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ἐλπίδες αἱ τῶν ὀρθὰ φρονεόντων ἐφικταί, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀξυνέτων ἀδύνατοι
The hopes of Wise Men may come to pass, but those of Fools are impossible.
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— 23a. ἐλπίδες αἱ τῶν ὀρθὰ
φρονεόντων ἐφικταί, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀξυνέτων ἀδύνατοι [Stob. IV 46, 18 ].
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οὔτε τέχνη οὔτε σοφίη ἐφικτόν, ἢν μὴ μάθηι τις.
Neither art nor wisdom can be acquired without preparatory learning.
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κρέσσον τὰ οἰκήϊα ἐλέγχειν ἁμαρτήματα ἢ τὰ ὀθνεῖα.
It is better to reprove your own errors, than those of others.
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οἷσιν ὁ τρόπος ἐστὶν εὔτακτος, τουτέοισι καὶ ὁ βίος συντέτακται.
Those whose manners are well ordered, will also be orderly in their lives.
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ἀγαθὸν οὐ τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ μηδὲ ἐθέλειν.
It is good not only to refrain from doing an injury, but even from the very wish.
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εὐλογεῖν ἐπὶ καλοῖς ἔργοισι καλόν· τὸ γὰρ ἐπὶ φλαύροισι κιβδήλου καὶ ἀπατεῶνος ἔργον.
It is proper to speak well of good works; for to do so of such as are base is the property of a fraudulent man and an impostor.
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πολλοὶ πολυμαθέες νόον οὐκ ἔχουσι.
Many that have great learning have no intellect.
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πολυνοΐην, οὐ πολυμαθίην ἀσκέειν χρή.
It is necessary to endeavour to obtain an abundance of intellect, and not pursue an abundance of erudition.
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προβουλεύεσθαι κρεῖσσον πρὸ τῶν πράξεων ἢ μετανοεῖν.
It is better that counsel should precede actions, than that repentance should follow them.
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μὴ πᾶσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς δοκίμοισι πιστεύειν· τὸ μὲν γὰρ εὔηθες, τὸ δὲ σωφρονέοντος.
Put not confidence in all men, but in those that are worthy; for to do the former is the province of a stupid man, but the latter of a wise man.
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δόκιμος ἀνὴρ καὶ ἀδόκιμος οὐκ ἐξ ὧν πράσσει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ὧν βούλεται.
A worthy and an unworthy man are to be judged not from their actions only, but also from their will.
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ἀνθρώποις πᾶσι τωὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἀληθές· ἡδὺ δὲ ἄλλῳ ἄλλο.
Allen Menschen gilt wohl dasselbe als gut und wahr: angenehm aber ist dem einen dies, dem andern das.
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παιδός, οὐκ ἀνδρὸς τὸ ἀμέτρως ἐπιθυμεῖν.
To desire immoderately is the province of a boy, and not of a man.
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ἡδοναὶ ἄκαιροι τίκτουσιν ἀηδίας.
Unseasonable pleasures bring forth pains.
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αἱ περί τι σφοδραὶ ὀρέξεις τυφλοῦσιν εἰς τἆλλα τὴν ψυχήν.
Vehement desires about any one thing render the soul blind with respect to other things.
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δίκαιος ἔρως ἀνυβρίστως ἐφίεσθαι τῶν καλῶν.
The love is just which, unattended with injury, aspires after things becoming.
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ἡδὺ μηδὲν ἀποδέχεσθαι, ἢν μὴ συμφέρηι.
Admit nothing as pleasant which is not advantageous.
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κρέσσον ἄρχεσθαι τοῖς ἀνοήτοισιν ἢ ἄρχειν
It is better for the Unwise to be Governed, than to Govern.
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[Stob. IV 2, 13 ].
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νηπίοισιν οὐ λόγος, ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ γίνεται διδάσκαλος.
Not argument but calamity is the preceptor to children.
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δόξα καὶ πλοῦτος ἄνευ ξυνέσιος οὐκ ἀσφαλέα κτήματα.
Glory and wealth without wisdom are not secure possessions.
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χρήματα πορίζειν μὲν οὐκ ἀχρεῖον, ἐξ ἀδικίης δὲ παντὸς κάκιον.
It is not indeed useless to procure wealth, but to procure it from injustice is the most pernicious of all things.
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χαλεπὸν μιμεῖσθαι μὲν τοὺς κακούς, μηδὲ ἐθέλειν δὲ τοὺς ἀγαθούς.
It is a dreadful thing to imitate the bad, and to be unwilling to imitate the good.
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αἰσχρὸν τὰ ὀθνεῖα πολυπραγμονέοντα ἀγνοεῖν τὰ οἰκήϊα.
It is a shameful thing for a man to be employed about the affairs of others, but to be ignorant of his own.
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τὸ ἀεὶ μέλλειν ἀτελέας ποιεῖ τὰς πρήξιας.
To be always intending to act renders action imperfect.
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κίβδηλοι καὶ ἀγαθοφανέες οἱ λόγωι μὲν ἅπαντα, ἔργωι δὲ οὐδὲν ἔρδοντες.
Fraudulent men, and such as are only seemingly good, do all things in words and nothing in deeds.
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ἁμαρτίης αἰτίη ἡ ἀμαθίη τοῦ κρέσσονος.
The ignorance of what is excellent is the cause of error.
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ἑωυτὸν πρῶτον αἰσχύνεσθαι χρεὼν τὸν αἰσχρὰ ἔρδοντα.
Prior to the performance of base things, a man should reverence himself.
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ὁ ἀντιλογεόμενος καὶ πολλὰ λεσχηνευόμενος ἀφυὴς ἐς μάθησιν ὧν χρή.
A man given to contradiction, and very attentive to trifles, is naturally unadapted to learn what is proper.
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πλεονεξίη τὸ πάντα λέγειν, μηδὲν δ’ ἐθέλειν ἀκούειν.
Continually to speak without being willing to hear, is arrogance.
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τὸν φαῦλον παραφυλάττειν δεῖ, μὴ καιροῦ λάβηται.
It is necessary to guard against a depraved man, lest he should take advantage of opportunity.
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ὁ φθονέων ἑωυτὸν ὡς ἐχθρὸν λυπέει.
An envious man is the cause of molestation to himself, as to an enemy.
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ἐχθρὸς οὐχ ὁ ἀδικέων, ἀλλὰ ὁ βουλόμενος.
Not only he is an enemy who acts unjustly, but even he who deliberates about so acting.
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ἡ τῶν συγγενῶν ἔχθρη τῆς τῶν ὀθνείων χαλεπωτέρη μάλα.
The enmity of relations is far more bitter than that of strangers.
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μὴ ὕποπτος πρὸς ἅπαντας, ἀλλ’ εὐλαβὴς γίνου καὶ ἀσφαλής.
Conduct yourself to all men without suspicion; and be accommodating and cautious in your behaviour.
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χάριτας δέχεσθαι χρεὼν προσκοπευόμενον κρέσσονας αὐτῶν ἀμοιβὰς ἀποδοῦναι.
It is proper to receive favours, at the same time determining that the retribution shall surpass the gift.
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χαριζόμενος προσκέπτεο τὸν λαμβάνοντα, μὴ κακὸν ἀντ’ ἀγαθοῦ κίβδηλος ἐὼν ἀποδῶι.
When about to bestow a favour, previously consider him who is to receive it, lest being a fraudulent character he should return evil for good.
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μικραὶ χάριτες ἐν καιρῶι μέγισται τοῖς λαμβάνουσι.
Small favours seasonably bestowed, become things of the greatest consequence to those that receive them.
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τιμαὶ παρὰ τοῖς εὖ φρονέουσι μέγα δύνανται, οἳ ξυνιᾶσι τιμώμενοι.
Honours, with wise men, are capable of effecting the greatest things, if at the same time they understand that they are honoured.
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χαριστικὸς οὐχ ὁ βλέπων πρὸς τὴν ἀμοιβήν, ἀλλ’ ὁ εὖ δρᾶν προηιρημένος.
The beneficent man is one who does not look to retribution; but who deliberately intends to do well.
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πολλοὶ δοκέοντες εἶναι φίλοι οὐκ εἰσί, καὶ οὐ δοκέοντες εἰσίν.
Many that appear to be friends are not, and others, who do not appear to be friends, are so.
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ἑνὸς φιλίη ξυνετοῦ κρέσσων ἀξυνέτων πάντων.
The friendship of one wise man is better than that of every fool.
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ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτωι μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος.
He is unworthy to live, who has not one worthy friend.
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ὅτεῳ μὴ διαμένουσιν ἐπὶ πολλὸν οἱ πειραθέντες φίλοι, δύστροπος.
Bei wem die erprobten Freunde nicht lange ausharren, der ist unverträglich.
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ἐκτρέπονται πολλοὶ τοὺς φίλους, ἐπὴν ἐξ εὐπορίης εἰς πενίην μεταπέσωσιν.
Many turn from their friends, if, from affluence, they fall into adversity.
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καλὸν ἐν παντὶ τὸ ἴσον· ὑπερβολὴ δὲ καὶ ἔλλειψις οὔ μοι δοκέει.
The equal is beautiful in every thing; but excess and defect to me do not appear to be so.
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οὐδ’ ὑφ’ ἑνὸς φιλέεσθαι δοκέει μοι ὁ φιλέων μηδένα.
He who loves no one does not appear to me to be loved by any one.
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γέρων εὔχαρις ὁ αἱμύλος καὶ σπουδαιόμυθος.
He is an agreeable old man who is facetious, and abounds in interesting anecdote.
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σώματος κάλλος ζωιῶδες, ἢν μὴ νοῦς ὑπῆι.
The beauty of the body is merely animal unless supported by intellect.
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ἐν εὐτυχίηι φίλον εὑρεῖν εὔπορον, ἐν δὲ δυστυχίηι πάντων ἀπορώτατον.
To find a friend in prosperity, is very easy; but in adversity, it is the most difficult of all things.
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φίλοι οὐ πάντες οἱ ξυγγενέες, ἀλλ’ οἱ ξυμφωνέοντες περὶ τοῦ ξυμφέροντος.
Not all relations are friends, but those who accord with what is mutually advantageous.
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ἄξιον ἀνθρώπους ὄντας ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπων συμφοραῖς μὴ γελᾶν, ἀλλ’ ὀλοφύρεσθαι
Since we are men, it is becoming not to deride, but bewail, the calamities of men.
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διζημένοισιν τἀγαθὰ μόλις παραγίνεται, τὰ δὲ κακὰ καὶ μὴ διζημένοισι.
Good scarcely presents itself, even to those who investigate it; but evil is obvious without investigation.
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οἱ φιλομεμφέες εἰς φιλίην οὐκ εὐφυέες.
Men who delight to blame others are not naturally adapted to friendship.
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DEMOKRATES 76
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γυνὴ μὴ ἀσκείτω λόγον· δεινὸν γάρ.
A woman should not be given to loquacity; for it is a dreadful thing.
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ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ἄρχεσθαι ὕβρις ἂν ἀνδρὶ εἴη ἐσχάτη.
To be governed by a woman is the extremity of insolence and unmanliness.
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θείου νοῦ τὸ ἀεί τι διαλογίζεσθαι καλόν.
It is the property of a divine intellect to be always intently thinking about the beautiful.
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μεγάλα βλάπτουσι τοὺς ἀξυνέτους οἱ ἐπαινέοντες.
Those who praise the unwise do them a great injury.
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βέλτερον ὑφ’ ἑτέρου ἢ ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπαινέεσθαι.
It is better to be praised by another than by oneself.
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ἢν μὴ γνωρίζηις τοὺς ἐπαίνους, κολακεύεσθαι ἡγέο.
If you cannot reconcile to yourself the praises you receive, think that you are flattered.
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ἦλθον γὰρ εἰς Ἀθήνας καὶ οὔ τίς με ἔγνωκεν.
I came to Athens and no one knew me.
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DIOG. IX 36 [s. A 1. II 11, 22 ].
CIC. Tusc. v 36, 104 intellegendum est igitur nec gloriam popularem ipsam per sese expetendam
nec ignobilitatem extimescendam. veni Athenas inquit D. neque me
quisquam ibi adgnovit. constantem hominem et gracem, qui glorietur a gloria se afuisse. Vgl. A
11 (II 15, 14).
ἦλθον γὰρ εἰς Ἀθήνας καὶ οὔ τίς με ἔγνωκεν.
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ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν· ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Of a truth we know nothing, for truth is in a well.
R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925)How this fragment survives
- Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers · IX 72
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— IX 72 [nach 19 B 4 ] Δ. δὲ τὰς ποιότητας ἐκβάλλων, ἵναφησί
νόμῳ θερμόν, νόμῳ ψυχρόν, ἐτεῇ δὲ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν [B 125 ] καὶ πάλιν·
ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν· ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Vgl. CIC. Ac. pr. II 10, 32 naturam accusa, quae in profundo veritatem,
ut ait D., penitus abstruserit. ISIDOR. Etym. VIII 6, 12.
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Δ. γοῦν αὐτός, ὥς φασιν, ἔλεγε βούλεσθαι μᾶλλον μίαν εὑρεῖν αἰτιολογίαν ἢ τὴν Περσῶν οἱ βασιλείαν γενέσθαι· καὶ ταῦτα μάτην καὶ ἀναιτίως αἰτιολογῶν ὡς ἀπὸ κενῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ ὑποθέσεως πλανωμένης ὁρμώμενος καὶ τὴν ῥίζαν καὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἀνάγκην τῆς τῶν ὄντων φύσεως οὐχ ὁρῶν, σοφίαν δὲ μεγίστην ἡγούμενος τὴν τῶν ἀσόφως καὶ ἠλιθίως συμβαινόντων κατανόησιν, καὶ τὴν τύχην τῶν μὲν καθόλου καὶ τῶν θείων δέσποιναν ἐφιστὰς καὶ βασιλίδα, καὶ πάντα γενέσθαι κατ’ αὐτὴν ἀποφαινόμενος, τοῦ δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων αὐτὴν ἀποκηρύττων βίου καὶ τοὺς πρεσβεύοντας αὐτὴν ἐλέγχων ἀγνώμονας.
For instance, Democritus himself, as the story goes, used to say that he would rather discover one single law of causation than receive the kingdom of Persia, and this, although he was vainly seeking causes where no cause was, as one who started from a false principle and an erroneous hypothesis, and did not discern the root and the necessity common to the nature of all things, but regarded the contemplation of senseless and random contingencies as the highest wisdom, and set up chance as the mistress and queen of things universal and things divine, and declared that all things took place in accordance therewith, but banished it from the life of man, and convicted those who worshipped it as senseless.
E. H. Gifford · Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903)How this fragment survives
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Preparation for the Gospel · XIV 27, 4
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DIONYSIOS, Bischof von Alexandrien, bei Eus. P. E. XIV 27, 4
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DIONYSIOS, Bischof von Alexandrien, bei Eus. P. E. XIV 27, 4 Δ.
γοῦν αὐτός, ὥς φασιν, ἔλεγε βούλεσθαι μᾶλλον
μίαν εὑρεῖν αἰτιολογίαν ἢ τὴν Περσῶν οἱ βασιλείαν γενέσθαι· καὶ ταῦτα μάτην καὶ ἀναιτίως αἰτιολογῶν ὡς ἀπὸ κενῆς ἀρχῆς
καὶ ὑποθέσεως πλανωμένης ὁρμώμενος καὶ τὴν ῥίζαν καὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἀνάγκην τῆς τῶν ὄντων φύσεως οὐχ ὁρῶν, σοφίαν δὲ
μεγίστην ἡγούμενος τὴν τῶν ἀσόφως καὶ ἠλιθίως συμβαινόντων κατανόησιν, καὶ τὴν τύχην τῶν μὲν καθόλου καὶ τῶν θείων
δέσποιναν ἐφιστὰς καὶ βασιλίδα, καὶ πάντα γενέσθαι κατ’ αὐτὴν ἀποφαινόμενος, τοῦ δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων αὐτὴν ἀποκηρύττων
βίου καὶ τοὺς πρεσβεύοντας αὐτὴν ἐλέγχων ἀγνώμονας.
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τῶν γοῦν ὑποθηκῶν ἀρχόμενος λέγει ἄνθρωποι . . . ἰδίης ἀνοίης. φύσει γὰρ γνώμῃ τύχη μάχεται· καὶ τὴν ἐχθίστην τῇ φρονήσει ταύτην αὐτὴν ἔφασαν κρατεῖν· μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ταύτην ἄρδην ἀναιροῦντες καὶ ἀφανίζοντες ἐκείνην ἀντικαθιστᾶσιν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῇ τὴν φρόνησιν, ἀλλ’ ἐμφρονεστάτην ὑμνοῦσι τὴν τύχην.
For example, in the beginning of his Suggestions he says: "Men formed an image of chance as an excuse for their own folly: for chance is by nature antagonistic to judgement: and this worst enemy of wisdom they said ruled over it; or rather they utterly overthrow and annihilate this latter, and set up the other in its place: for they praise not wisdom as fortunate, but fortune as most wise."
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— — (5) τῶν γοῦν ὑποθηκῶν ἀρχόμενος λέγει
ἄνθρωποι . . .
ἰδίης ἀνοίης. φύσει γὰρ γνώμῃ τύχη μάχεται· καὶ τὴν ἐχθίστην τῇ φρονήσει ταύτην αὐτὴν ἔφασαν κρατεῖν· μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ
ταύτην ἄρδην ἀναιροῦντες καὶ ἀφανίζοντες ἐκείνην ἀντικαθιστᾶσιν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῇ τὴν φρόνησιν, ἀλλ’ ἐμφρονεστάτην
ὑμνοῦσι τὴν τύχην. STOB. II 8, 16 Δ— ου. ἄνθρωποι . . . κατιθύνει. EPICUR.
sent. 16 [p. 74, 17 Us.] βραχέα σοφῷ τύχη παρεμπίπτει, τὰ δὲ μέγιστα καὶ κυριώτατα ὁ λογισμὸς διώικηκε καὶ κατὰ
τὸν συνεχῇ χρόνον τοῦ βίου διοικεῖ καὶ διοικήσει.
ἄνθρωποι τύχης εἴδωλον ἐπλάσαντο πρόφασιν ἰδίης ἀβουλίης. βαιὰ γὰρ φρονήσει τύχη μάχεται, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα
ἐν βίῳ εὐξύνετος ὀξυδερκείη κατιθύνει.
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Pulsschlag.
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The terminology belongs to ancient anatomy; phlebopaliē is the lexical item being documented
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EROTIAN. p. 131, 12 Kl. φλέβας δὲ οὐ τὰς συνήθως λεγομένας, ἀλλὰ
τὰς ἀρτηρίας ὠνόμασε. καὶ ὁ Δ. δὲ φλεβοπαλίην καλεῖ τὴν τῶν ἀρτηριῶν κίνησιν.
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Geeignetesten.
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EUSTATH. zu β 190 p. 1441 [aus Philoxenos Περὶ συγκριτικῶν]
Δ. δὲ ἐπιτηδειέστατον φησί.
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Fallgruben.
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ETYM. GEN. ἀλαπάξαι : ἐκπορθῆσαι παρὰ τὴν λάπαθον τὴν βοτάνην ἥ ἐστι
κενωτικὴ γαστρός. καὶ Δ. τοὺς βόθρους τοὺς παρὰ τῶν κυνηγετῶν γινομένους λαπάθους καλεῖ διὰ τὸ κεκενῶσθαι.
ANECD. BEKK. LEX. VI 374, 14 ἀμέλει Δ. τοὺς βόθρους τοὺς πρὸς τῶν κυνηγῶν
σκαπτομένους οἷς ὑπεράνω κόνις λεπτὴ ἐπιχεῖται καὶ φρύγανα ἐπιβάλλεται, ἵνα οἱ λαγωοὶ ἐμπίπτωσιν
εἰς αὐτούς, λαπάθους φησὶ καλεῖσθαι.
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Weib (Etymologie).
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ETYM. GEN. γυνή : . . . ἤ, ὡς Δ., γονή τις οὖσα, ἡ γονῆς δεκτική.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Abbild.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
- Etymologicum Genuinum (anonymous)
Etymologicum Genuinum · s.v. δείκελον
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— δείκελον:
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The term concerns an image-like emission in atomist perception
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— δείκελον : παρὰ δὲ Δημοκρίτῳ κατ’ εἶδος ὁμοία τοῖς πράγμασιν ἀπόρροια.
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τοῦτο καὶ Δ. εἰδώς, ὁπότε τὰ φαινόμενα διέβαλε, νόμῳ χροιή, νόμῳ γλυκύ, νόμῳ πικρόν, εἰπών, ἐτεῇ δ’ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν, ἐποίησε τὰς αἰσθήσεις λεγούσας πρὸς τὴν διάνοιαν οὕτως· τάλαινα φρήν, παρ’ ἡμέων λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις ἡμέας καταβάλλεις; πτῶμά τοι τὸ κατάβλημα.
Nachdem D. sein Mißtrauen gegen die Sinneswahrnehmungen in dem Satze ausgesprochen: ‘Scheinbar (d. i. konventionell) ist Farbe, scheinbar Süßigkeit, scheinbar Bitterkeit: wirklich nur Atome und Leeres’ läßt er die Sinne gegen den Verstand reden: ‘Du armer Verstand, von uns nimmst du deine Beweisstücke und willst uns damit besiegen? Dein Sieg ist dein Fall!’
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The final sentence plays on related words for throwing down and falling
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GALEN. de medic. empir. fr. ed. H. Schoene [Berl. Sitx. Ber. 1901] 1259, 8
ὃς γὰρ οὐδ’ ἄρξασθαι δύναται τῆς ἐναργείας χωρίς, πῶς ἂν οὗτος πιστὸς εἴη, παρ’ ἧς ἔλαβε τὰς ἀρχάς, κατ’ αὐτῆς
〈ταύτης〉 θρασυνόμενος; τοῦτο καὶ Δ. εἰδώς, ὁπότε τὰ φαινόμενα διέβαλε, νόμῳ χροιή, νόμῳ γλυκύ,
νόμῳ πικρόν, εἰπών, ἐτεῇ δ’ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν, ἐποίησε τὰς αἰσθήσεις λεγούσας πρὸς τὴν
διάνοιαν οὕτως· τάλαινα φρήν, παρ’ ἡμέων λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις ἡμέας καταβάλλεις;
πτῶμά τοι τὸ κατάβλημα. Vgl. zu B 9. 117.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅσα κυματοειδῶς ἀνὰ τὴν πορείαν πλάζεται.
Alle Raupen, die bei ihrer Wanderung wellenartig irren.
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The final zoological comparison in the retained complete witness is Aristotle’s. Modern species identification is uncertain
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— de differ. puls. I 25 [VIII 551 K. über den κυματώδης und σκωληκίζων σφυγμός]
κοινὸν μέν, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τοὔνομα ἑκατέροις, τῷ μὲν κυματώδει τὸ οἷον κύματα ἐπανίστασθαι κατὰ τὴν ἀρτηρίαν ἕτερον ἐφ’ ἑτέρῳ,
τῷ δὲ σκωληκίζοντι σκώληκος ἐοικέναι πορείαι καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ζωίου κυματωδῶς κινουμένου, καθάπερ καὶ Δ. λέγει που περὶ τῶν τοιούτων
διαλεγόμενος τῶν ὅσα κυματοειδῶς ἀνὰ τὴν πορείαν πλάζεται. ARIST. hist. anim. E 19.
551ᵇ 6 γίνονται δὲ καὶ τὰ ὕπερα καὶ τὰ πηνία ἔκ τινων τοιούτων ἄλλων, αἳ κυμαίνουσι τῇ πορείᾳ καὶ προβᾶσαι τῷ ἑτέρῳ κάμψασαι ἐπιβαίνουσιν.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ξυόμενοι ἄνθρωποι ἥδονται καί σφιν γίνεται ἅπερ τοῖς ἀφροδισιάζουσιν.
Wenn die Menschen sich kratzen, haben sie ein Wohlgefühl, und es wird ihnen wie beim Liebesgenuß.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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HERODIAN. π. καθολ. προσ. bei Eustath. zu ξ 428 p. 1766 [II 445, 9 L.]
καὶ Δ. ξυόμενοι ἄνθρωποι ἥδονται καί σφιν γίνεται ἅπερ τοῖς ἀφροδισιάζουσιν.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Gradgebohrtes Loch (?).
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The retained complete witness discusses grammatical endings. Bars over letters identify quoted letter sequences and do not reliably indicate vowel quantity
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HERODIAN. π. καθολ. προσ. bei Theogn. p. 79 [I 355, 19 L.] εἰς ω̄ν̄ οὐδέτερον
μονογενὲς ἢ εἰς η̄ν̄ ἢ εἰς ᾱν̄ ἢ εἰς ε̄ν̄ ἢ εἰς ῑν̄ ἢ εἰς ῡν̄ οὐκ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν. τὸ γὰρ ἰθύτρην παρὰ Δ —ῳ βεβίασται.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Göttliches ersinnen sie im Geiste.
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The examples in the retained complete witness illustrate vowel contraction
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— περὶ παθῶν in Et. gen. s. νένωται [II 253 L.] καὶ πάλιν ὡς χρυσόονται,
χρυσοῦνται οὕτω καὶ νόονται. νοῦνται. Δ. φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται. Vgl. B 18. 21. 112.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Ist gelehnt.
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— — Epimer. Hom. 396, 11 [II 224 n. L.] καὶ παρὰ τὸ κλίνω κέκλιται παρὰ τῷ Δ—ῳ χωρὶς τοῦ ν̄.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Hohle Spangen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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HESYCH. ἀμφιδητιοι · ὡς [?] κρίκοι διάκενοι παρὰ Δ—ῳ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Unbetreten [= ungewöhnlich].
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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— ἀπάτητον : τὸ ἀνωμάλως συγκείμενον παρὰ Δ—ῳ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Gleichseitiges.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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— ἀσκαληρές : ἰσόπλευρον παρὰ Δ—ῳ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Feuchtartig.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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— βροχμώδης : ἡ νοτερὰ καὶ ἁπαλή. Δ—ος.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Riemen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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— βρόχος : ἀγκύλη Δ—ος, ἀγχόνη, δεσμός.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Behälter [= Adern im Körper].
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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— δεξαμεναί : ὑδάτων δοχεῖα, καὶ ἐν τῷ σώματι φλέβες. Δ—ου.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Bedeckelt [= versieht mit Deckel].
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 409; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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The headword’s morphology or transmitted spelling is uncertain
The retained Hesychian witness also gives the related form δυοχῶσαι and its gloss πωμάσαι
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
The lemma δυοχοῖ is printed in 1906p 409B 136. Later supplementary lexical comparison not reproduced.
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 409; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 409; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
The lemma δυοχοῖ is printed in 1906p 409B 136. Later supplementary lexical comparison not reproduced.
δυοχοῖ· πωματίζει παρὰ Δ—ωι.
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Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.
Available translations: German
Zusammenwuchs.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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In the retained complete witness, the final editorial phrase introduces subsequent unattributed lexical entries
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— συγγονή : σύστασις. Δ—ος. Ohne Lemma:
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Weltenwechsel.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
- Hesychius of Alexandria
Lexicon · s.v. ἀμειψικοσμίη
Citation in the source record
— ἀμειψικοσμίη:
Preceding citation(s)
Passage correspondence
Witness/content comparison between displayed 1922 source and later-numbered candidate, checked against observed modern inventory label; numeral alone is not the basis.
The historical edition repeats the preceding dictionary name with ditto marks; this entry has its own printed headword.
Citation in a linked historical source record.
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— ἀμειψικοσμίη : μετακόσμησις.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Formwechseln.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
- Hesychius of Alexandria
Lexicon · s.v. ἀμειψιρυσμεῖν
Citation in the source record
— ἀμειψιρυσμεῖν:
Preceding citation(s)
Passage correspondence
Witness/content comparison between displayed 1922 source and later-numbered candidate, checked against observed modern inventory label; numeral alone is not the basis.
The historical edition repeats the preceding dictionary name with ditto marks; this entry has its own printed headword.
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— ἀμειψιρυσμεῖν : ἀλλάσσειν τὴν σύγκρισιν ἢ μεταμορφοῦσθαι. Vgl. B 8ᵃ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Wohlstand.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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The dictionary’s etymological explanation in the retained complete witness is ancient testimony; it does not establish the only sense of Democritus’s ethical term
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— εὐεστώ : . . . εὐδαιμονία ἀπὸ τοῦ εὖ ἑστάναι τὸν οἶκον. Vgl. II 19, 24.
54, 8. 56, 24.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: Hermann Diels (1848–1922), historical translation published before 1931. This uses the historical Diels wording, not later Kranz revisions.
Available translations: German
Gestalt.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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— ἰδέα : ἡ ὁμοιότης, μορφή, εἶδος. καὶ τὸ ἐλάχιστον σῶμα. Vgl. B 6.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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Die Worte sind redende Bilder.
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OLYMPIOD. in Plat. Phileb.² p. 242 Stallb. τί τὸ τοσοῦτον σέβας περὶ τὰ θεῶν
ὀνόματα τοῦ Σωκράτους [vgl. Phil. p. 12 c ]; ἢ ὅτι πάλαι καθιέρωται τοῖς οἰκείοις τὰ οἰκεῖα
καὶ ἄτοπον κινεῖν τὰ ἀκίνητα ἢ ὅτι φύσει αὐτοῖς ὠκείωται κατὰ τὸν ἐν Κρατύλῳ λόγον ἢ ὅτι ἀγάλματα φωνήεντα καὶ ταῦτά ἐστι
τῶν θεῶν, ὡς Δ.; [vgl. B. 26. II 68, 6 ]. HIEROCL. in Pyth. c. aur. 25
τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ὄνομα σύμβολόν ἐστι καὶ εἰκὼν ἐν φωνῇ δημιουργικῆς οὐσίας τῷ τοὺς πρώτους θεμένους τοῖς πράγμασι τὰ ὀνόματα
διὰ σοφίας ὑπερβολὴν ὥσπερ τινὰς ἀγαλματοποιοὺς ἀρίστους διὰ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὡς δι’ εἰκόνων ἐμφανίσαι αὐτῶν τὰς δυνάμεις.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅσα τις ἂν νώσαιτο κατὰ Δημόκριτον κακά
Unglück, soviel man nur erdenken könnte.
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PHLODEM. de ira 28, 17 κἀπαντῶσι δὲ πολλάκι πολλαὶ συμφοραὶ καὶ φίλοις καὶ
προσήκουσιν ἄλλοις, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ πατρίσι καὶ βασιλείαις, οὐ πάλαι μόνον, ὅθ’ ἡ μῆνις ἐκείνη μυρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγη ἔθηκεν,
ἀλλ’ ὁσημέραι, καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν ὅσα τις ἂν νώσαιτο κατὰ Δημόκριτον κακά πάντα
παρακολουθεῖ διὰ τὰς ὑπερμέτρους ὀργάς. Vgl. 57 B 2.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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μουσικήν φησι νεωτέραν εἶναι καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀποδίδωσι λέγων μὴ ἀποκρῖναι τἀναγκαῖον, ἀλλὰ ἐκ τοῦ περιεῦντος ἤδη γενέσθαι.
Die Musik sei eine junge Kunst. Denn nicht die Not habe sie geboren, sondern sie sei aus dem bereits entwickelten Luxus entstanden:
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— de music. Δ̄ 31 p. 108, 29 Kemke Δ. μὲν τοίνυν, ἀνὴρ οὐ φυσιολογώτατος
μόνον τῶν ἀρχαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων, μουσικήν φησι νεωτέραν εἶναι καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν
ἀποδίδωσι λέγων μὴ ἀποκρῖναι τἀναγκαῖον, ἀλλὰ ἐκ τοῦ περιεῦντος ἤδη γενέσθαι.
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Ich werde auf den Anfang zurückkommen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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PHOTIUS Lex. A S. 106, 23 Reitzenst. ἀναβήσομαι Δ.: ἐπανεξελεύσομαι 〈ἐπὶ τὰ〉
ἐξ ἀρχῆς. Vgl. HESYCH. s. v.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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λόγος γὰρ ἔργου σκιή, κατὰ Δημόκριτον.
as Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
Simon Ford; revised by W. W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Essays and Miscellanies, vol. 1 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)How this fragment survives
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The Education of Children · 14 p. 9 F
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PLUT. de puer. ed. 14 p. 9 F
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Published passage: Of the Training of Children 14 (9F)
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PLUT. de puer. ed. 14 p. 9 F [vgl. ob. II 11, 30]
λόγος γὰρ ἔργου σκιή, κατὰ Δημόκριτον.
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τὸν λόγον ἐντὸς ἤδη τρεφόμενον καὶ ῥιζούμενον ἐν ἑαυτῷ καὶ κατὰ Δημόκριτον αὐτὸν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ τὰς τέρψιας ἐθιζόμενον λαμβάνειν.
his reason looks inward and is well rooted within him, and that the man (as Democritus said) is accustomed to take satisfaction from himself.
Mr. Tod; revised by W. W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Essays and Miscellanies, vol. 2 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: How a Man May Be Sensible of His Progress in Virtue 10 (81B)
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PLUT. de prof. in virt. 10 p. 81 B
durch Enthaltsamkeit zeigt man τὸν λόγον ἐντὸς ἤδη τρεφόμενον καὶ ῥιζούμενον ἐν
ἑαυτῷ καὶ κατὰ Δημόκριτον αὐτὸν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ τὰς τέρψιας ἐθιζόμενσον λαμβάνειν.
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ἄτοπον γάρ ἐστι κοράκων μὲν λαρυγγισμοῖς καὶ κλωσμοῖς ἀλεκτορίδων καὶ συσὶν ἐπὶ φορυτῷ μαργαινούσαις, ὡς ἔφη Δ., ἐπιμελῶς προσέχειν σημεῖα ποιουμένους πνευμάτων καὶ ὄμβρων, τὰ δὲ τοῦ σώματος κινήματα καὶ σάλους καὶ προπαθείας μὴ προλαμβάνειν μηδὲ προφυλάττειν μηδὲ ἔχειν σημεῖα χειμῶνος ἐν ἑαυτῷ γενησομένου καὶ μέλλοντος.
It is absurd, as Democritus says, by the croaking of ravens, the crowing of a cock, or the wallowing of a sow in the mire, carefully to observe the signs of windy or rainy weather, and not to prevent and guard ourselves against the motions and fluctuations of our bodies or the indication of a distemper, nor to understand the signs of a storm which is just ready to break forth within ourselves.
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Published passage: Rules for the Preservation of Health 14 (129A)
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— de sanit. praec. 14 p. 129 A ἄτοπον
γάρ ἐστι κοράκων μὲν λαρυγγισμοῖς καὶ κλωσμοῖς ἀλεκτορίδων καὶ συσὶν ἐπὶ φορυτῷ μαργαινούσαις, ὡς ἔφη Δ., ἐπιμελῶς
προσέχειν σημεῖα ποιουμένους πνευμάτων καὶ ὄμβρων, τὰ δὲ τοῦ σώματος κινήματα καὶ σάλους καὶ προπαθείας μὴ προλαμβάνειν
μηδὲ προφυλάττειν μηδὲ ἔχειν σημεῖα χειμῶνος ἐν ἑαυτῷ γενησομένου καὶ μέλλοντος. CLEM. protr. 10, 92,
4 (I 68, 7 St.) οἱ δὲ σκωλήκων δίκην περὶ τέλματα καὶ βορβόρους τὰ ἡδονῆς ῥεύματα καλινδούμενοι ἀνονήτους καὶ
ἀνοήτους ἐκβόσκονται τρυφάς, ὑώδεις τινὲς ἄνθρωποι. ὕες γάρ, φησίν, ἥδονται βορβόρῳ μᾶλλον ἢ καθαρῷ ὕδατι
[vgl. 12 B 13. 37 ] καὶ ἐπὶ φορυτῷ μαργαίνουσιν κατὰ Δημόκριτον. Vgl.
[THEOPHR.] de sign. 49 καὶ τὸ πανταχοῦ δὲ λεγόμενον σημεῖον δημόσιον χειμέριον, ὅταν σύες περὶ φορυτοῦ μάχωνται καὶ
φύρωσιν. ARAT. 1123 σύες φορυτῷ ἔπι μαργαίνουσαι.
σύες ἐπὶ φορυτῷ μαργαίνουσιν.
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ὁ γὰρ ὀμφαλὸς πρῶτον ἐν μήτρῃσιν, ὥς φησι Δ., ἀγκυρηβόλιον σάλου καὶ πλάνης ἐμφύεται, πεῖσμα καὶ κλῆμα τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ καὶ μέλλοντι
for the navel as Democritus says, grows first, like an anchor to keep the foetus from fluctuating, or as a stay or footstalk to the child
R. Brown; revised by W. W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Essays and Miscellanies, vol. 4 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Of Natural Affection towards One’s Offspring 3 (495E)
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— de amore prol. 3 p. 495 E ὅταν δὲ τὴν γονὴν ἀναλάβῃ προσπεσοῦσαν ἡ
ὑστέρα καὶ περιστείλῃ ῥιζώσεως γενομένης (ὁ γὰρ ὀμφαλὸς πρῶτον ἐν μήτρῃσιν, ὥς φησι Δ., ἀγκυρηβόλιον
σάλου καὶ πλάνης ἐμφύεται, πεῖσμα καὶ κλῆμα τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ καὶ μέλλοντι) [καὶ] τοὺς μὲν ἐμμήνους καὶ καθαρσίους
ἔκλεισεν ὀχετοὺς ἡ φύσις κτλ. Vgl. de fort. Rom. 2. 317 A.
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λέγωμεν οὖν ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι πολλὰ μέν, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σοῦ καὶ τὸ σῶμα νοσήματα καὶ πάθη φύσει τε ἀνίησιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ προσπίπτοντα δέχεται θύραθεν· ἂν δὲ σαυτὸν ἔνδοθεν ἀνοίξῃς, ποικίλον τι καὶ πολυπαθὲς κακῶν ταμιεῖον εὑρήσεις καὶ θησαύρισμα, ὥς φησι Δ., οὐκ ἔξωθεν ἐπιρρεόντων, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐγγείους καὶ αὐτόχθονας πηγὰς ἐχόντων, ἃς ἀνίησιν ἡ κακία πολύχυτος καὶ δαψιλὴς οὖσα τοῖς πάθεσιν.
Let us then say also to ourselves: Thy body, O man, naturally of itself breeds many diseases and passions, and many it receives befalling it from without; but if thou shalt open thy interior, thou wilt find a certain various and abundantly furnished storehouse and (as Democritus says) treasury of evils, not flowing into it from abroad, but having as it were their inbred and original springs, which vice, exceedingly affluent and rich in passions, causes to break forth.
S. White; revised by W. W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Essays and Miscellanies, vol. 4 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Whether the Passions of the Soul or Diseases of the Body Are Worse 2 (500D)
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— animine an corp. aff. 2 p. 500 D
λέγωμεν οὖν ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι πολλὰ μέν, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σοῦ καὶ τὸ σῶμα
νοσήματα καὶ πάθη φύσει τε ἀνίησιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ προσπίπτοντα δέχεται θύραθεν· ἂν δὲ σαυτὸν ἔνδοθεν ἀνοίξῃς, ποικίλον
τι καὶ πολυπαθὲς κακῶν ταμιεῖον εὑρήσεις καὶ θησαύρισμα, ὥς φησι Δ., οὐκ
ἔξωθεν ἐπιρρεόντων, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐγγείους καὶ αὐτόχθονας πηγὰς ἐχόντων, ἃς ἀνίησιν ἡ κακία πολύχυτος καὶ δαψιλὴς οὖσα τοῖς πάθεσιν.
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οὕτω τὰς ψυχὰς αἱ μὲν ἐλαφραὶ ζητήσεις ἐμμελῶς καὶ ὠφελίμως κινοῦσιν, ἐριδαντέων δὲ κατὰ Δημόκριτον καὶ ἱμαντελικτέων λόγους ἀφετέον.
thus light and easy disquisitions do pleasantly and profitably excite us, but we must forbear all contentious and (to use Democritus’s word) wrangling disputes,
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Published passage: Symposiacs I.1.5 (614D–E)
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— quaest. conv. I 1, 5 p. 614 D E
οὕτω τὰς ψυχὰς αἱ μὲν ἐλαφραὶ ζητήσεις ἐμμελῶς καὶ ὠφελίμως κινοῦσιν, ἐριδαντέων δὲ κατὰ Δημόκριτον καὶ
ἱμαντελικτέων λόγους ἀφετέον. Vgl. STRAB. I p. 65 C. p. 85, 31 M ;
CLEM. Strom. I 22 [II 14, 25 St. ]
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ἐν γὰρ ξυνῷ ἰχθύι ἄκανθαι οὐκ ἔνεισιν, ὥς φησιν ὁ Δ.
for in a fish eaten in common, Democritus says, there are no bones.
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Published passage: Symposiacs II.10.2 (643F)
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— — II 10, 2 p. 643 F ἐν γὰρ ξυνῷ
ἰχθύι ἄκανθαι οὐκ ἔνεισιν, ὥς φησιν ὁ Δ.
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τὸ κεραύνιον πῦρ ἀκριβείαι καὶ λεπτότητι θαυμαστόν ἐστιν, αὐτόθεν τε τὴν γένεσιν ἐκ καθαρᾶς καὶ ἁγνῆς ἔχον οὐσίας καὶ πᾶν εἴ τι συμμίγνυται νοτερὸν ἢ γεῶδες αὐτῷ τῆς περὶ τὴν κίνησιν ὀξύτητος ἀποσειομένης καὶ διακαθαιρούσης. διόβλητον μὲν οὐδέν, ὥς φησι Δ., 〈οἷον μὴ τὸ〉 παρ’ αἰθρίης στέγειν 〈εὐαγὲς〉 σέλας.
Lightning is wonderfully piercing and subtile, partly because it rises from a very pure substance, and partly because by the swiftness of its motion it purges itself and throws off all gross earthy particles that are mixed with it. Nothing, says Democritus, is blasted with lightning, that cannot resist and stop the motion of the pure flame.
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— — IV 2, 4 p. 665 F τὸ κεραύνιον πῦρ ἀκριβείαι καὶ λεπτότητι θαυμαστόν ἐστιν,
αὐτόθεν τε τὴν γένεσιν ἐκ καθαρᾶς
καὶ ἁγνῆς ἔχον οὐσίας καὶ πᾶν εἴ τι συμμίγνυται νοτερὸν ἢ γεῶδες αὐτῷ τῆς περὶ τὴν κίνησιν ὀξύτητος ἀποσειομένης καὶ
διακαθαιρούσης. διόβλητον μὲν οὐδέν, ὥς φησι Δ., 〈οἷον μὴ τὸ〉 παρ’ αἰθρίης στέγειν 〈εὐαγὲς〉 σέλας.
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τήν γ’ ἀληθινὴν τιμὴν καὶ χάριν ἱδρυμένην ἐν εὐνοίαι καὶ διαθέσει τῶν μεμνημένων οὐχ ὑπερόψεται πολιτικὸς ἀνήρ, οὐδέ γε δόξαν ἀτιμάσει φεύγων τὸ τοῖς πέλας ἁνδάνειν, ὡς ἠξίου Δ.
since a wise statesman will not despise true honor and favor, consisting in the good-will and friendly disposition of those who gratefully remember his services; nor will he contemn glory by shunning to please his neighbors, as Democritus would have him.
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— reip. ger. praec. 28 p. 821 A
τήν γ’ ἀληθινὴν τιμὴν καὶ χάριν ἱδρυμένην ἐν εὐνοίαι καὶ διαθέσει τῶν μεμνημένων οὐχ ὑπερόψεται πολιτικὸς ἀνήρ, οὐδέ
γε δόξαν ἀτιμάσει φεύγων τὸ τοῖς πέλας ἁνδάνειν, ὡς ἠξίου Δ. PHILOD. de adulat. pap. 1457
c. 10 [Crönert Kolot. S. 130 ] μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἰδιώταις ἄνευ τῆς τοιαύτης
ἀρεσκείας ὁρᾶται κατακτώμενα. Δημόκριτον μέντοι Νικασικράτης ἐπαινῶν κακίζοντα ἐπὶ 〈τῶι〉 τοῖς πέ[λ]α[ς] ἁνδάνειν
ὡς ζη[μιώδη] τὴν ἀρέσκειαν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπως ὁμολογεῖ τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἐπίκουρον.
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γελοῖοι δ’ ἴσως ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μανθάνειν τὰ ζῶια σεμνύνοντες, ὧν ὁ Δ. ἀποφαίνει μαθητὰς ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις γεγονότας ἡμᾶς· ἀράχνης ἐν. ὑφαντικῇ καὶ ἀκεστικῇ, χελιδόνος ἐν οἰκοδομίαι, καὶ τῶν λιγυρῶν, κύκνου καὶ ἀηδόνος, ἐν ὠιδῇ κατὰ μίμησιν.
But perhaps we may seem ridiculous for signalizing beasts in this manner because they learn, since we find that Democritus affirms us to have been their scholars in the greatest matters;—of the spider, in weaving and repairing what we tear or wear out; of the swallow, in building houses; and of the mournful swan and nightingale, in singing and imitation.
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PLUT. de sollert. anim. 20 p. 974 A γελοῖοι δ’ ἴσως ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μανθάνειν
τὰ ζῶια σεμνύνοντες, ὧν ὁ Δ. ἀποφαίνει μαθητὰς ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις γεγονότας ἡμᾶς· ἀράχνης ἐν. ὑφαντικῇ καὶ ἀκεστικῇ,
χελιδόνος ἐν οἰκοδομίαι, καὶ τῶν λιγυρῶν, κύκνου καὶ ἀηδόνος, ἐν ὠιδῇ κατὰ μίμησιν.
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ἔτι τοίνυν ὅρα τίνα τρόπον ἀπήντησε [Chrysippos] Δημοκρίτῳ διαποροῦντι φυσικῶς καὶ ἐπιτυχῶς· εἰ κῶνος τέμνοιτο παρὰ τὴν βάσιν ἐπιπέδῳ, τί χρὴ διανοεῖσθαι τὰς τῶν τμημάτων ἐπιφανείας, ἴσας ἢ ἀνίσους γιγνομένας; ἄνισοι μὲν γὰρ οὖσαι τὸν κῶνον ἀνώμαλον παρέξουσι πολλὰς ἀποχαράξεις λαμβάνοντα βαθμοειδεῖς καὶ τραχύτητας, ἴσων δ’ οὐσῶν ἴσα τμήματα ἔσται καὶ φανεῖται τὸ τοῦ κυλίνδρου πεπονθὼς ὁ κῶνος, ἐξ ἴσων συγκείμενος καὶ οὐκ ἀνίσων κύκλων, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀτοπώτατον.
See it yet farther, in what manner he answered Democritus, enquiring philosophically and properly, if a cone is divided by a plane parallel with its base, what is to be thought of the superficies of its segments, whether they are equal or unequal; for if they are unequal, they will render the cone uneven, receiving many step-like incisions and roughnesses; but if they are equal, the sections will be equal, and the cone will seem to have the same qualities as the cylinder, to wit, to be composed not of unequal but of equal circles; which is most absurd.
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— de commun. not. 39 p. 1079 E ἔτι τοίνυν ὅρα τίνα τρόπον ἀπήντησε
[Chrysippos] Δημοκρίτῳ διαποροῦντι φυσικῶς
καὶ ἐπιτυχῶς· εἰ κῶνος τέμνοιτο παρὰ τὴν βάσιν ἐπιπέδῳ, τί χρὴ διανοεῖσθαι τὰς τῶν τμημάτων ἐπιφανείας, ἴσας ἢ
ἀνίσους γιγνομένας; ἄνισοι μὲν γὰρ οὖσαι τὸν κῶνον ἀνώμαλον παρέξουσι πολλὰς ἀποχαράξεις λαμβάνοντα βαθμοειδεῖς
καὶ τραχύτητας, ἴσων δ’ οὐσῶν ἴσα τμήματα ἔσται καὶ φανεῖται τὸ τοῦ κυλίνδρου πεπονθὼς ὁ κῶνος, ἐξ ἴσων
συγκείμενος καὶ οὐκ ἀνίσων κύκλων, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀτοπώτατον.
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ἐγκαλεῖ δ’ αὐτῷ [Kolotes dem Demokr.] πρῶτον, ὅτι τῶν πραγμάτων ἕκαστον εἰπὼν οὐ μᾶλλον τοῖον ἢ τοῖον εἶναι συγκέχυκε τὸν βίον. ἀλλὰ τοσοῦτόν γε Δ. ἀποδεῖ τοῦ νομίζειν μὴ μᾶλλον εἶναι τοῖον ἢ τοῖον τῶν πραγμάτων ἕκαστον, ὥστε Πρωταγόραι τῷ σοφιστῇ τοῦτο εἰπόντι μεμαχῆσθαι καὶ γεγραφέναι πολλὰ καὶ πιθανὰ πρὸς αὐτόν· οἷς οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἐντυχὼν ὁ Κολώτης ἐσφάλη περὶ λέξιν τοῦ ἀνδρός, ἐν ἧι διορίζεται μὴ μᾶλλον τὸ δὲν ἢ τὸ μηδὲν εἶναι, δὲν μὲν ὀνομάζων τὸ σῶμα, μηδὲν δὲ τὸ κενόν, ὡς καὶ τούτου φύσιν τινὰ καὶ ὑπόστασιν ἰδίαν ἔχοντος.
Now the first thing he lays to his charge is, that, by supposing every thing to be no more of one nature than another, he wholly confounds human life. But Democritus was so far from having been of this opinion, that he opposed Protagoras the philosopher who asserted it, and writ many excellent arguments concluding against him, which this fine fellow Colotes never saw nor read, nor yet so much as dreamed of; but deceived himself by misunderstanding a passage which is in his works, where he determines that τὸ δέν is no more than τὸ μηδέν, naming in that place the body by δέν, and the void by μηδέν, and meaning that the void has its own proper nature and subsistence, as well as the body.
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— adv. Colot. 4 p. 1108 F ἐγκαλεῖ δ’ αὐτῷ [Kolotes
dem Demokr.] πρῶτον, ὅτι τῶν πραγμάτων ἕκαστον εἰπὼν οὐ
μᾶλλον τοῖον ἢ τοῖον εἶναι συγκέχυκε τὸν βίον. ἀλλὰ τοσοῦτόν γε Δ. ἀποδεῖ τοῦ νομίζειν μὴ μᾶλλον εἶναι τοῖον ἢ τοῖον
τῶν πραγμάτων ἕκαστον, ὥστε Πρωταγόραι τῷ σοφιστῇ τοῦτο εἰπόντι μεμαχῆσθαι καὶ γεγραφέναι πολλὰ καὶ πιθανὰ πρὸς
αὐτόν· οἷς οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἐντυχὼν ὁ Κολώτης ἐσφάλη περὶ λέξιν τοῦ ἀνδρός, ἐν ἧι διορίζεται μὴ μᾶλλον τὸ δὲν ἢ τὸ μηδὲν
εἶναι, δὲν μὲν ὀνομάζων τὸ σῶμα, μηδὲν δὲ τὸ κενόν, ὡς καὶ τούτου φύσιν τινὰ καὶ ὑπόστασιν ἰδίαν ἔχοντος.
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ὧν Δ. μὲν παραινεῖ τήν τε πολιτικὴν τέχνην μεγίστην οὖσαν ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι καὶ τοὺς πόνους διώκειν, ἀφ’ ὧν τὰ μεγάλα καὶ λαμπρὰ γίνονται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
Amongst whom, Democritus in his writings advises and exhorts to the learning of political science, as being the greatest of all, and to the accustoming one’s self to bear fatigues, by which men attain to great wealth and honor.
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— — 32 p. 1126 A ἐμοὶ δὲ περὶ
τούτων οἱ οἰκονομικῶς καὶ πολιτικῶς βεβιωκότες ἐγκαλείτωσαν; εἰσὶ δ’ οὗτοι
πάντες οἷς Κωλώτης λελοιδόρηκεν. ὧν Δ. μὲν παραινεῖ τήν τε πολιτικὴν τέχνην μεγίστην οὖσαν ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι καὶ τοὺς πόνους
διώκειν, ἀφ’ ὧν τὰ μεγάλα καὶ λαμπρὰ γίνονται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Vgl. 1100 C.
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ὥς φησι Δ. νέα ἐφ’ ἡμέρῃ φρονέοντες ἄνθρωποι τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁρμῇ καθάπερ ἀρτήματι συντόνῳ σπασθέντες ἄλλος ἀλλαχόθεν ἐπὶ τὰς πράξεις ἀνίστανται.
and, as Democritus tells us, men setting themselves every new-spring day to endeavors of mutual beneficence and service one towards another, as if they were fastened in the straitest tie together, do all of them, some from one, some from another quarter of the world, rouse up and awake to action.
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— de lat. viv. 5 p. 1129 B
ὁ ἥλιος ἀνασχών ... συνώρμησε τῷ φωτὶ τὰς πράξεις καὶ τὰς νοήσεις τὰς ἁπάντων, ὥς φησι Δ. νέα ἐφ’ ἡμέρῃ
φρονέοντες ἄνθρωποι τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁρμῇ καθάπερ ἀρτήματι συντόνῳ σπασθέντες ἄλλος ἀλλαχόθεν ἐπὶ τὰς πράξεις
ἀνίστανται. Vgl. qu. conv. III 6, 4 p. 655 D. VIII 3, 5 p. 722 D und 12 B 6.
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πρὸς τούτους γὰρ οἶμαι μάλιστα τὸν Δημόκριτον εἰπεῖν, ὡς εἰ τὸ σῶμα δικάσαιτο τῇ ψυχῇ κακώσεως, οὐκ ἂν αὐτὴν ἀποφυγεῖν.
To such as these I think Democritus chiefly spoke, when he said, that if the body should summon the soul before a court on an action for ill-treatment, the soul would lose the case.
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— fragm. de libid. et aegr. 2
ἔοικε παλαιά τις αὕτη τῷ σώματι διαδικασία πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν περὶ τῶν παθῶν εἶναι. καὶ
Δ. μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἀναφέρων 〈τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς〉 κακοδαιμον〈ίας〉 φησίν·
εἰ τοῦ σώματος αὐτῇ δίκην λαχόντος, παρὰ πάντα τὸν βίον ὧν ὠδύνηται 〈καὶ〉 κακῶς πέπονθεν, αὐτὸς γένοιτο
τοῦ ἐγκλήματος δι〈καστής〉, ἡδέως ἂν καταψηφίσασθαι τῆς ψυχῆς, ἐφ’ οἷς τὰ μὲν ἀπώλεσε τοῦ σώματος ταῖς ἀμελείαις καὶ
ἐξέλυσε ταῖς μέθαις, τὰ δὲ κατέφθειρε καὶ διέσπασε ταῖς φιληδονίαις, ὥσπερ ὀργάνου τινὸς ἢ σκεύους κακῶς ἔχοντος τὸν
χρώμενον ἀφειδῶς αἰτιασάμενος. Vgl. de sanit. praec. 24 p. 135 E ἐπηρεάζοντες ἑτέροις
ἢ φθονοῦντες ἢ φιλονικοῦντες ἢ δόξας ἀκάρπους καὶ κενὰς διώκοντες. πρὸς τούτους γὰρ οἶμαι μάλιστα τὸν Δημόκριτον εἰπεῖν,
ὡς εἰ τὸ σῶμα δικάσαιτο τῇ ψυχῇ κακώσεως, οὐκ ἂν αὐτὴν ἀποφυγεῖν.
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τὸ γὰρ κακῶς ζῆν καὶ μὴ φρονίμως καὶ σωφρόνως καὶ ὁσίως Δ. ἔλεγεν οὐ κακῶς ζῆν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ πολὺν χρόνον ἀποθνήισκειν.
Das böse, unverständige, unkeusche und unheilige Leben sei nicht ein böses Leben, sondern ein langwieriges Sterben.
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PORPHYR. de abst. IV 21 τὸ γὰρ κακῶς ζῆν καὶ μὴ φρονίμως καὶ σωφρόνως
καὶ ὁσίως Δ. ἔλεγεν οὐ κακῶς ζῆν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ πολὺν χρόνον ἀποθνήισκειν.
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διὸ καὶ μέχρι τῶν Δημοκρίτου χρόνων πολλοὶ τὰς ἐκλείψεις καθαιρέσεις ἐκάλουν.
Die Finsternisse nannte man häufig bis auf Demokrits Zeit Herabholungen (des Mondes oder der Sonne).
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SCHOL. in APOLL. RHOD. Γ 533 τὸ παλαιὸν ὤιοντο αἱ φαρμακίδες τὴν
σελήνην καὶ τὸν ἥλιον καθαιρεῖν. διὸ καὶ μέχρι τῶν Δημοκρίτου χρόνων πολλοὶ τὰς ἐκλείψεις καθαιρέσεις ἐκάλουν.
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Δ. δὲ τὸ κυλινδρικὸν σχῆμα ὀλοοίτροχον καλεῖ.
Statt Zylinder sagte D. Walze.
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— in HOM. AB zu N 137 Δ. δὲ τὸ κυλινδρικὸν σχῆμα ὀλοοίτροχον καλεῖ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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καὶ γὰρ ζῶια, φησίν, ὁμογενέσι ζώιοις συναγελάζεται ὡς περιστεραὶ περιστεραῖς καὶ γέρανοι γεράνοις καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀλόγων ὡσαύτως. 〈ὣς〉 δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀψύχων, καθάπερ ὁρᾶν πάρεστιν ἐπί τε τῶν κοσκινευομένων σπερμάτων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν παρὰ ταῖς κυματωγαῖς ψηφίδων· ὅπου μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τὸν τοῦ κοσκίνου δῖνον διακριτικῶς φακοὶ μετὰ φακῶν τάσσονται καὶ κριθαὶ μετὰ κριθῶν καὶ πυροὶ μετὰ πυρῶν, ὅπου δὲ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ κύματος κίνησιν αἱ μὲν ἐπιμήκεις ψηφῖδες εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον ταῖς ἐπιμήκεσιν ὠθοῦνται, αἱ δὲ περιφερεῖς ταῖς περιφερέσιν ὡς ἂν συναγωγόν τι ἐχούσης τῶν πραγμάτων τῆς ἐν τούτοις ὁμοιότητος.
Denn alle Lebewesen gesellen sich zu ihrer Art wie Tauben zu Tauben, Kraniche zu Kranichen und so bei den übrigen Tieren. Ebenso ist es aber auch bei den leblosen Dingen, wie man es sehen kann bei dem Durchsieben der Samen und bei den Steinen an der Brandung. Denn dort ordnet sich durch das Wirbeln des Siebes gesondert Linse zu Linse, Gerste zu Gerste und Weizen zu Weizen, hier dagegen werden durch den Wogenschlag die länglichen Steine zu den länglichen gerollt, die runden zu den runden, als ob die Ähnlichkeit der Dinge eine gewisse Vereinigungskraft auf sie ausübe.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Against the Mathematicians · VII 116
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— VII 116 παλαιὰ ... δόξα περὶ τοῦ τὰ ὅμοια τῶν ὁμοίων εἶναι γνωριστικά ...
(117 ) ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν Δ. ἐπί τε τῶν ἐμψύχων καὶ ἀψύχων ἵστησι τὸν λόγον. καὶ γὰρ ζῶια, φησίν,
ὁμογενέσι ζώιοις συναγελάζεται ὡς περιστεραὶ περιστεραῖς καὶ γέρανοι γεράνοις καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀλόγων ὡσαύτως. 〈ὣς〉
δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀψύχων, καθάπερ ὁρᾶν πάρεστιν ἐπί τε τῶν κοσκινευομένων σπερμάτων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν παρὰ ταῖς κυματωγαῖς
ψηφίδων· ὅπου μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τὸν τοῦ κοσκίνου δῖνον διακριτικῶς φακοὶ μετὰ φακῶν τάσσονται καὶ κριθαὶ μετὰ κριθῶν καὶ
πυροὶ μετὰ πυρῶν, ὅπου δὲ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ κύματος κίνησιν αἱ μὲν ἐπιμήκεις ψηφῖδες εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον ταῖς ἐπιμήκεσιν
ὠθοῦνται, αἱ δὲ περιφερεῖς ταῖς περιφερέσιν ὡς ἂν συναγωγόν τι ἐχούσης τῶν πραγμάτων τῆς ἐν τούτοις ὁμοιότητος.
ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν Δ. οὕτως. [Vgl. A 128 ].
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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λέγω τάδε περὶ τῶν ξυμπάντων... ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν ὃ πάντες ἴδμεν.
Ich behaupte Folgendes über das All... Mensch ist, was allen bekannt ist.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Against the Mathematicians · VII 265
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— VII 265 Δ. δὲ ὁ τῇ Διὸς φωνῇ παρεικαζόμενος καὶ λέγων τάδε περὶ τῶν
ξυμπάντων [Anfang d. Μικρὸς διάκοσμος?] ἐπεχείρησε μὲν τὴν ἐπίνοιαν
[den Begriff ἄνθρωπος] ἐκθέσθαι, πλεῖον δὲ ἰδιωτικῆς ἀποφάσεως οὐδὲν ἴσχυσεν εἰπών·
ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν ὃ πάντες ἴδμεν. CIC. Ac. pr. II 23. 73
quid loquar de Democrito? quem cum eo conferre possumus non modo ingenii
magnitudine, sed etiam animi? qui ita sit ausus ordiri haec loquor de universis.
nihil excipit de quo non profiteatur, quid enim esse potest extra universa? ... atque is
non hoc dicit quod nos qui veri esse
aliquid non negamus, percipi posse negamus: ille esse verum plane negat sensusque idem non obscuros dicit,
sed tenebricosos [wohl σκοτίας vgl. B 11 ]: sic
enim appellat eos. Vgl. ARIST. de partt. anim. A 1. 640b 29 εἰ μὲν οὖν τῷ
σχήματι καὶ τῷ χρώματι ἕκαστον ἔστι τῶν τε ζώιων καὶ τῶν μορίων, ὀρθῶς ἂν Δ. λέγοι· φαίνεται γὰρ οὕτως ὑπολαβεῖν.
φησὶ γοῦν παντὶ δῆλον εἶναι οἷόν τι τὴν μορφήν ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὡς ὄντος αὐτοῦ τῶ τε σχήματι καὶ τῷ χρώματι γνωρίμου.
καίτοι καὶ ὁ τεθνεὼς ἔχει τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σχήματος μορφήν, ἀλλ’ ὅμως οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος. EPICUR. fr.
310 [Sext. VII 267] ἄνθρωπός ἐστι τοιουτονὶ μόρφωμα μετ’ ἐμψυχίας.
λέγω τάδε περὶ τῶν ξυμπάντων... ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν ὃ πάντες ἴδμεν.
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Δ. δὲ εἴδωλά τινά φησιν ἐμπελάζειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ τούτων τὰ μὲν εἶναι ἀγαθοποιὰ τὰ δὲ κακοποιά· ἔνθεν καὶ εὔχετο εὐλόγχων τυχεῖν εἰδώλων.
D. behauptet gewisse Abbilder nahten den Menschen und diese seien teils Gutes, teils Böses wirkend. Darum wünscht er auch glückbedeutender Bilder teilhaftig zu werden.
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SEXT. adv. math. IX 19 Δ. δὲ εἴδωλά τινά φησιν ἐμπελάζειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ
τούτων τὰ μὲν εἶναι ἀγαθοποιὰ τὰ δὲ κακοποιά· ἔνθεν καὶ εὔχετο εὐλόγχων τυχεῖν εἰδώλων. εἶναι δὲ ταῦτα μεγάλα τε καὶ
ὑπερφυῆ καὶ δύσφθαρτα μέν, οὐκ ἄφθαρτα δέ, προσημαίνειν τε τὰ μέλλοντα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις θεωρούμενα καὶ φωνὰς ἀφιέντα.
ὅθεν τούτων αὐτῶν φαντασίαν λαβόντες οἱ παλαιοὶ ὑπενόησαν εἶναι θεόν, μηδενὸς ἄλλου παρὰ ταῦτα ὄντος θεοῦ τοῦ ἄφθαρτον
φύσιν ἔχοντος. Vgl. A 75.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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δῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι παντοίων εἰδέων.
Ein Wirbel mannigfaltiger Formen sei von dem All abgesondert worden.
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SIMPL. phys. 327, 24 [s. A 67 II 28, 38] δῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι
παντοίων εἰδέων.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ταῦτα γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι φύσιν ἐκάλουν ... περιπαλάσσεσθαι γὰρ ἔλεγον αὐτά.
Die Atome nannten die Demokriteer Natur; sie würden in dem Leeren umhergeschleudert.
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Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 1318, 34
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— — 1318, 34 [= A 58 II 27, 5 ] ταῦτα
[die Atome] γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι φύσιν ἐκάλουν ... περιπαλάσσεσθαι γὰρ ἔλεγον αὐτά.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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μὴ πάντα ἐπίστασθαι προθυμέο, μὴ πάντων ἀμαθὴς γένῃ.
Bemüh’ dich nicht alles wissen zu wollen, sonst lernst du nichts.
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STOBAEUS II (ecl. eth.) 1, 12 Wachsm.
Δ—ου. μὴ πάντα ἐπίστασθαι προθυμέο, μὴ πάντων ἀμαθὴς γένῃ.
— 4, 12 = B 51.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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εὐδαιμονίη ψυχῆς καὶ κακοδαιμονίη.
Seligkeit und Unseligkeit ruht in der Seele.
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Anthology · 7, 3
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— 7, 3i [s. A 167] εὐδαιμονίη ψυχῆς καὶ κακοδαιμονίη.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐν βοσκήμασιν οἰκεῖ οὐδὲ ἐν χρυσῶι· ψυχὴ οἰκητήριον δαίμονος.
Seligkeit wohnt nicht in Herden oder Gold: die Seele ist seligen Wesens Wohnsitz.
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Anthology · 7, 3
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Daimōn can mean a divine being, a person’s allotted fortune, or an indwelling power. The sentence plays on its presence in eudaimoniē, ‘happiness’
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— — [nach B 170]
εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐν βοσκήμασιν οἰκεῖ οὐδὲ ἐν χρυσῶι· ψυχὴ οἰκητήριον δαίμονος.
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ἀφ’ ὧν ἡμῖν τἀγαθὰ γίγνεται, ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων καὶ τὰ κακὰ ἐπαυρισκοίμεθ’ ἄν, τῶν δὲ κακῶν ἐκτὸς εἴημεν. αὐτίκα ὕδωρ βαθὺ εἰς πολλὰ χρήσιμον καὶ δαὖτε κακόν· κίνδυνος γὰρ ἀποπνιγῆναι. μηχανὴ οὖν εὑρέθη, νήχεσθαι διδάσκειν.
Von wannen uns das Gute kommt, ebendaher wird uns auch das Schlimme zuteil und das Mittel es zu meiden. Tiefes Wasser z. B. ist zu vielem nütze und auch wieder schädlich; denn man läuft Gefahr darin zu ertrinken. Dagegen hat man nun ein Mittel erfunden: Schwimmunterricht.
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Anthology · 9, 1
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— 9, 1 Δ—ου. ἀφ’ ὧν ἡμῖν
τἀγαθὰ γίγνεται, ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν τούτων καὶ τὰ κακὰ ἐπαυρισκοίμεθ’ ἄν, τῶν δὲ κακῶν ἐκτὸς εἴημεν. αὐτίκα ὕδωρ
βαθὺ εἰς πολλὰ χρήσιμον καὶ δαὖτε κακόν· κίνδυνος γὰρ ἀποπνιγῆναι. μηχανὴ οὖν εὑρέθη, νήχεσθαι διδάσκειν.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνθρώποισι κακὰ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν φύεται, ἐπήν τις τἀγαθὰ μὴ’ πιστῆται ποδηγετεῖν μηδὲ ὀχεῖν εὐφόρως. οὐ δίκαιον ἐν κακοῖσι τὰ τοιάδε κρίνειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀγαθοῖσιν ὦν· τοῖς τε ἀγαθοῖσιν οἷόν τε χρῆσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὰ κακά, εἴ τινι βουλομένῳ, ἀλκῇ.
Den Menschen erwächst Schlimmes aus Gutem, wenn man das Gute nicht zu lenken und wohl zu tragen versteht. Es ist nicht billig, solche Dinge unter die Übel zu rechnen, vielmehr unter das Gute; und man kann auch das Gute, wenn man will, zur Abwehr gegen die Übel verwenden.
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— — 2 [vgl. III 4, 51]
τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀνθρώποισι κακὰ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν φύεται, ἐπήν τις τἀγαθὰ μὴ’ πιστῆται
ποδηγετεῖν μηδὲ ὀχεῖν εὐφόρως. οὐ δίκαιον ἐν κακοῖσι τὰ τοιάδε κρίνειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀγαθοῖσιν ὦν· τοῖς τε ἀγαθοῖσιν οἷόν
τε χρῆσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὰ κακά, εἴ τινι βουλομένῳ, ἀλκῇ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὁ μὲν εὔθυμος εἰς ἔργα αἰεὶ φερόμενος δίκαια καὶ νόμιμα καὶ ὕπαρ καὶ ὄναρ χαίρει τε καὶ ἔρρωται καὶ ἀνακηδής ἐστιν· ὃς δ’ ἂν καὶ δίκης ἀλογῇ καὶ τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα μὴ ἔρδῃ, τούτῳ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀτερπείη, ὅταν τευ ἀναμνησθῇ , καὶ δέδοικε καὶ ἑωυτὸν κακίζει.
Der Wohlgemute fühlt sich stets zu gerechten und gesetzlichen Handlungen hingetrieben und ist darum Tag und Nacht heiter und stark und unbekümmert. Doch wer der Gerechtigkeit spottet und seine Pflichten nicht erfüllt, dem wird das alles zur Unlust, wenn er sich an irgend ein Vergehen erinnert, und er befindet sich in steter Angst und Selbstpeinigung.
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STOBAEUS II 9, 3
ὁ μὲν εὔθυμος εἰς ἔργα αἰεὶ φερόμενος δίκαια καὶ νόμιμα καὶ ὕπαρ καὶ ὄναρ χαίρει τε καὶ
ἔρρωται καὶ ἀνακηδής ἐστιν· ὃς δ’ ἂν καὶ δίκης ἀλογῇ καὶ τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα μὴ ἔρδῃ, τούτῳ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀτερπείη,
ὅταν τευ ἀναμνησθῇ , καὶ δέδοικε καὶ ἑωυτὸν κακίζει.
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οἱ δὲ θεοὶ τοῖσι ἀνθρώποισι διδοῦσι τἀγαθὰ πάντα καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν. πλὴν ὁκόσα κακὰ καὶ βλαβερὰ καὶ ἀνωφελέα, τάδε δ’ οὔ〈τε〉 πάλαι οὔτε νῦν θεοὶ ἀνθρώποισι δωροῦνται, ἀλλ’ αὐτοὶ τοῖσδεσιν ἐμπελάζουσι διὰ νοῦ τυφλότητα καὶ ἀγνωμοσύνην.
Die Götter aber gewähren den Menschen alles Gute, jetzt und ehedem. Nur alles, was schlimm, schädlich und unnütz ist, das schenken die Götter weder jetzt noch ehedem den Menschen, sondern sie selbst tappen hinein infolge ihrer Sinnesverblendung und Torheit.
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— — 4 οἱ δὲ θεοὶ τοῖσι ἀνθρώποισι
διδοῦσι τἀγαθὰ πάντα καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν. πλὴν ὁκόσα κακὰ καὶ βλαβερὰ καὶ ἀνωφελέα, τάδε δ’ οὔ〈τε〉 πάλαι οὔτε νῦν
θεοὶ ἀνθρώποισι δωροῦνται, ἀλλ’ αὐτοὶ τοῖσδεσιν ἐμπελάζουσι διὰ νοῦ τυφλότητα καὶ ἀγνωμοσύνην.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τύχη μεγαλόδωρος, ἀλλ’ ἀβέβαιος, φύσις δὲ αὐτάρκης· διόπερ νικᾶι τῷ ἥσσονι καὶ βεβαίῳ τὸ μεῖζον τῆς ἐλπίδος.
Der Zufall ist freigebig, aber unzuverlässig, die Natur dagegen ruht auf sich selbst. Und darum trägt sie mit ihren geringeren aber zuverlässigen Mitteln doch den Sieg davon über die größeren Verheißungen der Hoffnung.
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‘Nature’ here contrasts secure natural sufficiency with hopes attached to fortune
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— — 5 τύχη μεγαλόδωρος, ἀλλ’ ἀβέβαιος,
φύσις δὲ αὐτάρκης· διόπερ νικᾶι τῷ ἥσσονι καὶ βεβαίῳ τὸ μεῖζον τῆς ἐλπίδος.
— 15, 33 πόλλοι δρῶντες ... ἀσκέουσιν
= B 53.
— — 36 = B 55.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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οὔτε λόγος ἐσθλὸς φαύλην πρῆξιν ἀμαυρίσκει οὔτε πρῆξις ἀγαθὴ λόγου βλασφημίῃ λυμαίνεται.
Eine treffliche Rede verdunkelt nicht eine schlechte Tat, und eine gute Tat wird nicht durch eine lästernde Rede zu schanden.
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— — 40 Δ—ου. οὔτε λόγος ἐσθλὸς φαύλην πρῆξιν
ἀμαυρίσκει οὔτε πρῆξις ἀγαθὴ λόγου βλασφημίῃ λυμαίνεται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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πάντων κάκιστον ἡ εὐπετείη παιδεῦσαι τὴν νεότητα· αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἣ τίκτει τὰς ἡδονὰς ταύτας, ἐξ ὧν ἡ κακότης γίνεται.
Das allerschlimmste, was man die Jugend lehren kann, ist der Leichtsinn. Denn er ist es, der jene Lüste großzieht, aus denen die Lasterhaftigkeit erwächst.
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— — 31, 56 Δ—ου. πάντων κάκιστον ἡ εὐπετείη
παιδεῦσαι τὴν νεότητα· αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἣ τίκτει τὰς ἡδονὰς ταύτας, ἐξ ὧν ἡ κακότης γίνεται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἔξω τί κως ἢ πονεῖν παῖδες ἀνιέντες οὔτε γράμματ’ ἂν μάθοιεν οὔτε μουσικὴν οὔτε ἀγωνίην οὐδ’ ὅπερ μάλιστα τὴν ἀρετὴν συνέχει, τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι· μάλα γὰρ ἐκ τούτων φιλεῖ γίγνεσθαι ἡ αἰδώς.
Wenn die Knaben sich irgend zu etwas anderm als zum Arbeiten gehen lassen dürfen, werden sie weder Lesen noch Musik, noch Sport, noch, was vor allen Dingen die Tüchtigkeit bedingt, Respekt lernen. Denn aus jenen drei Schulen pflegt besonders der Respekt zu erwachsen.
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- — — 31, 56
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— — 57 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἔξω τί κως ἢ πονεῖν παῖδες
ἀνιέντες οὔτε γράμματ’ ἂν μάθοιεν οὔτε μουσικὴν οὔτε ἀγωνίην
οὐδ’ ὅπερ μάλιστα τὴν ἀρετὴν συνέχει, τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι· μάλα γὰρ ἐκ τούτων φιλεῖ γίγνεσθαι ἡ αἰδώς.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἡ παιδεία εὐτυχοῦσι μέν ἐστι κόσμος, ἀτυχοῦσι δὲ καταφύγιον
Die Bildung ist der Glücklichen Schmuck und der Unglücklichen Zuflucht.
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— — 58 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἡ παιδεία εὐτυχοῦσι μέν ἐστι
κόσμος, ἀτυχοῦσι δὲ καταφύγιον [Lemma zweifelh., vgl.
Aristoteles b. Stob. II 31, 35. ]
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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κρείσσων ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν φανεῖται προτροπῇ χρώμενος καὶ λόγου πειθοῖ ἤπερ νόμῳ καὶ ἀνάγκῃ. λάθρῃ μὲν γὰρ ἁμαρτέειν εἰκὸς τὸν εἰργμένον ἀδικίης ὑπὸ νόμου, τὸν δὲ ἐς τὸ δέον ἠγμένον πειθοῖ οὐκ εἰκὸς οὔτε λάθρῃ οὔτε φανερῶς ἔρδειν τι πλημμελές. διόπερ συνέσει τε καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ ὀρθοπραγέων τις ἀνδρεῖος ἅμα καὶ εὐθύγνωμος γίγνεται.
Besser wird es offenbar bei der Erziehung zur Tugend dem glücken, der Aufmunterung und überredende Worte als wer Gesetz und Zwangsmaßregeln zur Anwendung bringt. Denn wer sich nur durch das Gesetz am Übeltun gehindert sieht, wird vermutlich im Geheimen sündigen, wer dagegen durch Überredung einmal auf den Weg der Pflicht geführt ist, wird voraussichtlich weder heimlich noch öffentlich etwas Verkehrtes tun. Darum also zeigt sich Jemand, der mit Einsicht und Bewußtsein das Rechte tut, zugleich als entschlossener und geradsinniger Mann.
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— — 59 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κρείσσων ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν φανεῖται
προτροπῇ χρώμενος καὶ λόγου πειθοῖ ἤπερ νόμῳ
καὶ ἀνάγκῃ. λάθρῃ μὲν γὰρ ἁμαρτέειν εἰκὸς τὸν εἰργμένον ἀδικίης ὑπὸ νόμου, τὸν δὲ ἐς τὸ δέον ἠγμένον πειθοῖ οὐκ εἰκὸς
οὔτε λάθρῃ οὔτε φανερῶς ἔρδειν τι πλημμελές. διόπερ συνέσει τε καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ ὀρθοπραγέων τις ἀνδρεῖος ἅμα καὶ εὐθύγνωμος γίγνεται.
STOB. II 31, 65 Δ—ου = B 33.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τὰ μὲν καλὰ χρήματα τοῖς πόνοις ἡ μάθησις ἐξεργάζεται, τὰ δ’ αἰσχρὰ ἄνευ πόνων αὐτόματα καρποῦται. καὶ γὰρ οὖν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα πολλάκις ἐξείργει τοιοῦτον εἶναι ὅτῳ μεγάλη ἐστὶ τῇ φύσι κακεστώ.
Die edlen Dinge erarbeitet der Unterricht nur unter Mühen, die unedlen fallen dagegen sonder Mühe von selbst vom Baume. Denn selbst wider Willen zwingen sie oft einen Menschen, dem von Natur eine große Schwäche innewohnt, so (unedel) zu sein.
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— — 66 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. τὰ μὲν καλὰ χρήματα τοῖς πόνοις
ἡ μάθησις ἐξεργάζεται, τὰ δ’ αἰσχρὰ ἄνευ πόνων αὐτόματα καρποῦται. καὶ γὰρ οὖν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα πολλάκις ἐξείργει τοιοῦτον
εἶναι ὅτῳ μεγάλη ἐστὶ τῇ φύσι κακεστώ.
— — 71 = B 59.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἔστι που νέων ξύνεσις καὶ γερόντων ἀξυνεσίη· χρόνος γὰρ οὐ διδάσκει φρονεῖν, ἀλλ’ ὡραίη τροφὴ καὶ φύσις.
Es gibt wohl auch Verstand bei den Jungen und Unverstand bei den Alten. Denn nicht die Zeit lehrt denken, sondern eine frühzeitige Erziehung und Naturanlage.
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— — 72 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἔστι που νέων ξύνεσις
καὶ γερόντων ἀξυνεσίη· χρόνος γὰρ οὐ διδάσκει φρονεῖν, ἀλλ’ ὡραίη τροφὴ καὶ φύσις.
— — 73 = B 85.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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φαύλων ὁμιλίη συνεχὴς ἕξιν κακίης συναύξει.
Beständiger Umgang mit Schlechten vermehrt schlechte Anlage.
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— — 90 Δ—ου. φαύλων ὁμιλίη συνεχὴς ἕξιν κακίης συναύξει.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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κρέσσονές εἰσιν αἱ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἐλπίδες ἢ ὁ τῶν ἀμαθῶν πλοῦτος.
Besser sind die Aussichten der Gebildeten als der Reichtum der Ungebildeten.
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— — 94 Δ—ου. κρέσσονές εἰσιν αἱ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων
ἐλπίδες ἢ ὁ τῶν ἀμαθῶν πλοῦτος. Vgl. A 17.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Übereinstimmung der Gedanken bewirkt Freundschaft.
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— — 33, 9 Δ—ου. ὁμοφροσύνη φιλίην ποιεῖ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνθρώποις ἁρμόδιον ψυχῆς μᾶλλον ἢ σώματος λόγον ποιεῖσθαι· ψυχῆς μὲν γὰρ τελεότης σκήνεος μοχθηρίην ὀρθοῖ, σκήνεος δὲ ἰσχὺς ἄνευ λογισμοῦ ψυχὴν οὐδέν τι ἀμείνω τίθησιν.
Es schickt sich für die Menschen, mehr um die Seele als um den Leib sich zu kümmern. Denn der Seele Vortrefflichkeit richtet des Leibes Schwäche auf, Leibesstärke aber ohne Verstandeskraft macht die Seele um nichts besser.
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— (flor.) III t. 1, 27 Hense
[vgl. B 36 ] Δημοκρίτου. ἀνθρώποις ἁρμόδιον ψυχῆς μᾶλλον ἢ σώματος λόγον ποιεῖσθαι·
ψυχῆς μὲν γὰρ τελεότης σκήνεος μοχθηρίην ὀρθοῖ, σκήνεος δὲ ἰσχὺς ἄνευ λογισμοῦ ψυχὴν οὐδέν τι ἀμείνω τίθησιν.
— — 1,45 Δ—ου = B 47.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅρος συμφόρων καὶ ἀσυμφόρων τέρψις καὶ ἀτερψίη.
The bounds of profitable and unprofitable are, pleasant and unpleasant.
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— — 1, 46 ὅρος συμφόρων καὶ ἀσυμφόρων τέρψις καὶ ἀτερψίη.
Vgl. B 4.
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ἄριστον ἀνθρώπῳ τὸν βίον διάγειν ὡς πλεῖστα εὐθυμηθέντι καὶ ἐλάχιστα ἀνιηθέντι. τοῦτο δ’ ἂν εἴη, εἴ τις μὴ ἐπὶ τοῖς θνητοῖσι τὰς ἡδονὰς ποιοῖτο.
Das Beste für den Menschen ist sein Leben soviel wie möglich wohlgemut und so wenig wie möglich mißmutig zu verbringen. Dies wird aber dann der Fall sein, wenn er seine Lust nicht auf das Sterbliche richtet.
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— — 47 ἄριστον ἀνθρώπῳ τὸν βίον διάγειν ὡς πλεῖστα
εὐθυμηθέντι καὶ ἐλάχιστα ἀνιηθέντι. τοῦτο δ’ ἂν εἴη, εἴ τις μὴ ἐπὶ τοῖς θνητοῖσι τὰς ἡδονὰς ποιοῖτο.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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φαύλων ἔργων καὶ τοὺς λόγους παραιτητέον.
Von schlimmen Werken muß man auch das Reden vermeiden.
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The object of the refusal is broad and can be understood in more than one way
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STOB. III 1, 91
Δ—ου. φαύλων ἔργων καὶ τοὺς λόγους παραιτητέον.
— — 95 = B 41.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνθρώποισι γὰρ εὐθυμίη γίνεται μετριότητι τέρψιος καὶ βίου συμμετρίῃ· τὰ δ’ ἐλλείποντα καὶ ὑπερβάλλοντα μεταπίπτειν τε φιλεῖ καὶ μεγάλας κινήσιας ἐμποιεῖν τῇ ψυχῇ. αἱ δ’ ἐκ μεγάλων διαστημάτων κινούμεναι τῶν ψυχέων οὔτε εὐσταθέες εἰσὶν οὔτε εὔθυμοι. ἐπὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς οὖν δεῖ ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην καὶ τοῖς παρεοῦσιν ἀρκέεσθαι τῶν μὲν ζηλουμένων καὶ θαυμαζομένων ὀλίγην μνήμην ἔχοντα καὶ τῇ διανοίᾳ μὴ προσεδρεύοντα, τῶν δὲ ταλαιπωρεόντων τοὺς βίους θεωρέειν, ἐννοούμενον ἃ πάσχουσι κάρτα, ὅκως ἂν τὰ παρεόντα σοι καὶ ὑπάρχοντα μεγάλα καὶ ζηλωτὰ φαίνηται, καὶ μηκέτι πλειόνων ἐπιθυμέοντι συμβαίνῃ κακοπαθεῖν τῇ ψυχῇ . ὁ γὰρ θαυμάζων τοὺς ἔχοντας καὶ μακαριζομένους ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῇ μνήμῃ πᾶσαν ὥραν προσεδρεύων ἀεὶ ἐπικαινουργεῖν ἀναγκάζεται καὶ ἐπιβάλλεσθαι δ’ ἐπιθυμίην τοῦ τι πρήσσεν ἀνήκεστον ὧν νόμοι κωλύουσιν. διόπερ τὰ μὲν μὴ δίζεσθαι χρεών, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς εὐθυμέεσθαι χρεών, παραβάλλοντα τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον πρὸς τὸν τῶν φαυλότερον πρησσόντων καὶ μακαρίζειν ἑωυτὸν ἐνθυμεύμενον ἃ πάσχουσιν, ὁκόσῳ αὐτέων βέλτιον πρήσσει τε καὶ διάγει. ταύτης γ’ ἄρ’ ἐχόμενος τῆς γνώμης εὐθυμότερόν τε διάξεις καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγας κῆρας ἐν τῷ βίῳ διώσεαι, φθόνον καὶ ζῆλον καὶ δυσμενίην.
Wohlgemutheit erringen sich die Menschen durch Mäßigung der Lust und Harmonie des Lebens. Mangel und Überfluß aber pflegt umzuschlagen und große Erregungen in der Seele zu verursachen. Die in starken Gegensätzen sich aufregenden Seelen sind weder beständig noch wohlgemut. Man muß also sein Denken auf das Mögliche richten und sich mit dem Vorhandenen begnügen, ohne der Beneideten und Bewunderten viel zu achten und in Gedanken ihnen nachzujagen. Vielmehr muß man auf die Lebensschicksale der Trübsalbeladenen schauen und sich ernstlich ihre Leiden vergegenwärtigen, auf daß dir deine gegenwärtige Lage groß und beneidenswert erscheine und es dir nicht begegne Schaden zu erleiden an deiner Seele über der weiter schweifenden Begier nach mehr. Denn wer die Besitzenden und von den andern Menschen selig gepriesenen bewundert und zu jeglicher Frist mit seinen Gedanken ihnen nachjagt, wird dazu gezwungen, stets etwas Neues auszuhecken und seine Gier sogar auf irgend ein unsühnbares, durch das Gesetz verbotenes Verbrechen zu werfen. Deshalb also ist es Pflicht, dem einen nicht nachzujagen und mit dem andern es sich wohlgemut sein zu lassen und sein eigenes Leben mit dem anderer zu vergleichen, denen es noch schlechter geht, und in Beherzigung ihrer Leiden sich selbst selig zu preisen, daß man es soviel besser hat und treibt. Hältst du dich also an diese Einsicht, so wirst du wohlgemuter leben und in deinem Leben nicht wenige Fluchgeister verscheuchen: Neid, Ehrsucht und Verbitterung.
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— — 210 Δ—ου. ἀνθρώποισι γὰρ εὐθυμίη γίνεται
μετριότητι τέρψιος καὶ βίου συμμετρίῃ· τὰ δ’ ἐλλείποντα
καὶ ὑπερβάλλοντα μεταπίπτειν τε φιλεῖ καὶ μεγάλας κινήσιας ἐμποιεῖν τῇ ψυχῇ. αἱ δ’ ἐκ μεγάλων διαστημάτων κινούμεναι
τῶν ψυχέων οὔτε εὐσταθέες εἰσὶν οὔτε εὔθυμοι. ἐπὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς οὖν δεῖ ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην καὶ τοῖς παρεοῦσιν ἀρκέεσθαι
τῶν μὲν ζηλουμένων καὶ θαυμαζομένων ὀλίγην μνήμην ἔχοντα καὶ τῇ διανοίᾳ μὴ προσεδρεύοντα, τῶν δὲ ταλαιπωρεόντων
τοὺς βίους θεωρέειν, ἐννοούμενον ἃ πάσχουσι κάρτα, ὅκως ἂν τὰ παρεόντα σοι καὶ ὑπάρχοντα μεγάλα καὶ ζηλωτὰ φαίνηται,
καὶ μηκέτι πλειόνων ἐπιθυμέοντι συμβαίνῃ κακοπαθεῖν τῇ ψυχῇ . ὁ γὰρ θαυμάζων τοὺς ἔχοντας καὶ μακαριζομένους ὑπὸ τῶν
ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῇ μνήμῃ πᾶσαν ὥραν προσεδρεύων ἀεὶ ἐπικαινουργεῖν ἀναγκάζεται καὶ
ἐπιβάλλεσθαι δ’ ἐπιθυμίην τοῦ τι πρήσσεν ἀνήκεστον ὧν νόμοι κωλύουσιν.
διόπερ τὰ μὲν μὴ δίζεσθαι χρεών, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς εὐθυμέεσθαι χρεών, παραβάλλοντα τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον πρὸς τὸν τῶν φαυλότερον
πρησσόντων καὶ μακαρίζειν ἑωυτὸν ἐνθυμεύμενον ἃ πάσχουσιν, ὁκόσῳ αὐτέων βέλτιον πρήσσει τε καὶ διάγει. ταύτης γ’ ἄρ’
ἐχόμενος τῆς γνώμης εὐθυμότερόν τε διάξεις καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγας κῆρας ἐν τῷ βίῳ διώσεαι, φθόνον καὶ ζῆλον καὶ δυσμενίην.
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ἔστι ῥάιδιον μὲν ἐπαινεῖν ἃ μὴ χρὴ καὶ ψέγειν, ἑκάτερον δὲ πονηροῦ τινος ἤθους.
It is easy to praise what we ought not, and to blame; but both are signs of a depraved disposition.
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— 2, 36 Δ—ου. ἔστι ῥάιδιον μὲν ἐπαινεῖν ἃ μὴ χρὴ
καὶ ψέγειν, ἑκάτερον δὲ πονηροῦ τινος ἤθους.
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φρονήσιος ἔργον μέλλουσαν ἀδικίην φυλάξασθαι, ἀναλγησίης δὲ τὸ γενομένην μὴ ἀμύνασθαι.
It is the work of Prudence to prevent an injury; of Indolence, when done, not to revenge it.
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— 3, 43 Δ—ου. φρονήσιος ἔργον μέλλουσαν ἀδικίην
φυλάξασθαι, ἀναλγησίης δὲ τὸ γενομένην μὴ ἀμύνασθαι.
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αἱ μεγάλαι τέρψεις ἀπὸ τοῦ θεᾶσθαι τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἔργων γίνονται.
There ariseth a great delight from beholding good actions.
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— — 46 Δ—ου. αἱ μεγάλαι τέρψεις ἀπὸ τοῦ
θεᾶσθαι τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἔργων γίνονται.
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εἴδωλα ἐσθῆτι καὶ κόσμῳ διαπρεπέα πρὸς θεωρίην, ἀλλὰ καρδίης κενεά.
Mit Gewand und Schmuck zum Schauen prächtig ausgestattete Bilder, aber es fehlt ihnen das Herz.
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— 4, 69 Δ—ου. εἴδωλα ἐσθῆτι καὶ κόσμῳ διαπρεπέα
πρὸς θεωρίην, ἀλλὰ καρδίης κενεά.
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λήθη τῶν ἰδίων κακῶν θρασύτητα γεννᾶι.
Vergessen der eigenen Sünden erzeugt Frechheit.
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λήθη τῶν ἰδίων κακῶν θρασύτητα γεννᾶι.
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ἀνοήμονες ῥυσμοῦνται τοῖς τῆς τύχης κέρδεσιν, οἱ δὲ τῶν τοιῶνδε δαήμονες τοῖς τῆς σοφίης.
Toren richten sich nach den erhofften Gewinnen des Glückes, die Kenner solcher Gewinne dagegen nach denen der Philosophie.
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Anthology · 71
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Rhysm(ountai) retains a shaping or configuration metaphor; it can also imply being regulated or ordered
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— — 71 ἀνοήμονες ῥυσμοῦνται τοῖς τῆς τύχης
κέρδεσιν, οἱ δὲ τῶν τοιῶνδε δαήμονες τοῖς τῆς σοφίης.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τὸ χρήιζον οἶδεν, ὁκόσον χρήιζει, ὁ δὲ χρηίζων οὐ γινώσκει.
〈Um wieviel weiser als der Mensch ist das Tier〉, das in seinem Bedürfnis weiß, wieviel es bedarf! Der Mensch dagegen sieht das nicht ein, wenn er ein Bedürfnis hat.
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Anthology · 72
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— — 72 τὸ χρήιζον οἶδεν, ὁκόσον χρήιζει, ὁ δὲ χρηίζων οὐ γινώσκει.
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ἀνοήμονες τὸ ζῆν ὡς στυγέοντες ζῆν ἐθέλουσι δείματι ἀίδεω.
Toren, denen das Leben verleidet ist, wollen trotzdem leben aus Angst vor dem Hades.
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Anthology · 73
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— — 73 ἀνοήμονες τὸ ζῆν ὡς στυγέοντες ζῆν ἐθέλουσι δείματι ἀίδεω.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες βιοῦσιν οὐ τερπόμενοι βιοτῇ .
Toren leben ohne Freude am Leben.
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— — 74 ἀνοήμονες βιοῦσιν οὐ τερπόμενοι βιοτῇ .
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες δηναιότητος ὀρέγονται οὐ τερπόμενοι δηναιότητι.
Toren wünschen sich langes Leben, ohne doch dessen froh zu werden.
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— — 75 ἀνοήμονες δηναιότητος ὀρέγονται οὐ τερπόμενοι δηναιότητι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες τῶν ἀπεόντων ὀρέγονται, τὰ δὲ παρεόντα καί〈περ τῶν〉 παρῳχημένων κερδαλεώτερα ἐόντα ἀμαλδύνουσιν.
Toren haschen nach dem Abwesenden, das Gegenwärtige dagegen, wenn es auch vorteilhafter ist als das ihnen Entgangene, lassen sie umkommen.
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— — 76 ἀνοήμονες τῶν ἀπεόντων ὀρέγονται, τὰ δὲ
παρεόντα καί〈περ τῶν〉 παρῳχημένων κερδαλεώτερα ἐόντα ἀμαλδύνουσιν.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον φεύγοντες διώκουσιν.
Menschen, die vor dem Tode fliehen, laufen ihm gerade nach.
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— — 77 ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον φεύγοντες διώκουσιν.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες οὐδέν’ ἁνδάνουσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ βιοτῇ .
Toren können niemanden in ihrem ganzen Leben zufrieden stellen.
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Anthology · 78
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— — 78 ἀνοήμονες οὐδέν’ ἁνδάνουσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ βιοτῇ .
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες ζωῆς ὀρέγονται 〈ἀντὶ〉 γήραος θάνατον δεδοικότες.
Toren wünschen sich das Leben, da sie den Tod fürchten statt des Alters.
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— — 79 ἀνοήμονες ζωῆς ὀρέγονται 〈ἀντὶ〉 γήραος θάνατον δεδοικότες.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνοήμονες θάνατον δεδοικότες γηράσκειν ἐθέλουσιν.
Toren wünschen sich das Alter aus Furcht vor dem Tode.
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Anthology · 80
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— — 80 ἀνοήμονες θάνατον δεδοικότες γηράσκειν ἐθέλουσιν.
— — 81 = B 64.
— — 82 = B 77.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἡδονὴν οὐ πᾶσαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ καλῷ αἱρεῖσθαι χρεών.
Nicht jede Lust soll man erstreben, sondern nur die mit Edlem verknüpfte.
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Anthology · 5, 22
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— 5, 22 Δ—ου. ἡδονὴν οὐ πᾶσαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ
καλῷ αἱρεῖσθαι χρεών. Vgl. 54 A. 37.
— — 23 = B 73.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα.
Vaters Selbstbeherrschung ist für die Kinder die wirksamste Vermahnung.
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— — 24 πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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αὐταρκείῃ τροφῆς σμικρὴ νὺξ [?] οὐδέποτε γίνεται.
Für einen genügsamen Magen gibt es niemals eine verkürzte Nacht (?).
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— — 25 Δ—ου. αὐταρκείῃ τροφῆς σμικρὴ νὺξ [?] οὐδέποτε γίνεται.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τράπεζαν πολυτελέα μὲν τύχη παρατίθησιν, αὐτάρκεα δὲ σωφροσύνη.
Das Glück beschert einen reichen Tisch, die Mäßigkeit einen ausreichenden.
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— — 26 Δ—ου. τράπεζαν πολυτελέα μὲν τύχη παρατίθησιν,
αὐτάρκεα δὲ σωφροσύνη.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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σωφροσύνη τὰ τερπνὰ ἀέξει καὶ ἡδονὴν ἐπιμείζονα ποιεῖ.
Temperance augments things that are pleasant, and maketh the pleasure it self greater.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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STOB. III 5, 27 Δ—ου.
σωφροσύνη τὰ τερπνὰ ἀέξει καὶ ἡδονὴν ἐπιμείζονα ποιεῖ.
— 6, 26 = B 214ᵇ.
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ἡμερήσιοι ὕπνοι σώματος ὄχλησιν ἢ ψυχῆς ἀδημοσύνην ἢ ἀργίην ἢ ἀπαιδευσίην σημαίνουσι.
Sleeps in the day signifieth either distemper of the Body, or grief of the Mind, or sloth, or dulness.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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— 6, 27 Δ—ου. ἡμερήσιοι ὕπνοι σώματος
ὄχλησιν ἢ ψυχῆς ἀδημοσύνην ἢ ἀργίην ἢ ἀπαιδευσίην σημαίνουσι.
— 6, 28 Δ—ου. ξυνουσίη . . . ἐξ
ἀνθρώπου = B 32.
— — 59. 60 [τοῦ αὐτοῦ d. i. Ἐπικτήτου!] =
B 232. 233.
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ἀνδρείη τὰς ἄτας μικρὰς ἔρδει.
Tapferkeit verringert die Schicksalsschläge.
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— 7, 21 Δ—ου. ἀνδρείη τὰς ἄτας μικρὰς ἔρδει.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνδρεῖος οὐχ ὁ τῶν πολεμίων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ τῶν ἡδονῶν κρέσσων. ἔνιοι δὲ πολίων μὲν δεσπόζουσι, γυναιξὶ δὲ δουλεύουσιν.
Not he only is valiant who vanquisheth his Enemy, but he also who subdueth Pleasure; yet some there are, who Command Cities, and are slaves to Women.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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— — 25 Δ—ου. ἀνδρεῖος οὐχ ὁ τῶν πολεμίων
μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ τῶν ἡδονῶν κρέσσων. ἔνιοι δὲ πολίων μὲν δεσπόζουσι, γυναιξὶ δὲ δουλεύουσιν.
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δίκης κῦδος γνώμης θάρσος καὶ ἀθαμβίη, ἀδικίης δὲ δεῖμα ξυμφορῆς τέρμα.
Der Segen der Gerechtigkeit ist zuversichtliches und unverblüffbares Urteil, das Ende der Ungerechtigkeit aber ist Angst vor kommendem Unheil.
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Anthology · 31
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— — 31 Δ—ου. δίκης κῦδος γνώμης θάρσος καὶ ἀθαμβίη,
ἀδικίης δὲ δεῖμα ξυμφορῆς τέρμα.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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σοφίη ἄθαμβος ἀξίη πάντων τιμιωτάτη οὖσα.
Wisdom not admiring any thing, merits all things, being most Honourable.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 74
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— — 74 Δ—ου. σοφίη ἄθαμβος ἀξίη πάντων τιμιωτάτη οὖσα.
— 9, 22 Δ—ου. = B 62.
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μοῦνοι θεοφιλέες, ὅσοις ἐχθρὸν τὸ ἀδικέειν.
Those alone are dear to divinity, who are hostile to injustice.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 262How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 30
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πλοῦτος ἀπὸ κακῆς ἐργασίης περιγινόμενος ἐπιφανέστερον τὸ ὄνειδος κέκτηται.
Where ill Actions acquire Wealth, the Infamy is the greater.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 10, 36
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— 10, 36 [IV 31, 50 H.] Δ—ου. πλοῦτος
ἀπὸ κακῆς ἐργασίης περιγινόμενος ἐπιφανέστερον τὸ ὄνειδος κέκτηται.
— — 42 Δ—ου. = B 52.
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χρημάτων ὄρεξις, ἢν μὴ ὁρίζηται κόρῳ, πενίης ἐσχάτης πολλὸν χαλεπωτέρη· μέζονες γὰρ ὀρέξεις μέζονας ἐνδείας ποιεῦσιν.
Wenn die Gier nach Geld nicht im Genughaben ihre Grenze findet, ist sie noch viel schlimmer als die drückendste Armut. Denn größere Begehrlichkeit erweckt größere Bedürfnisse.
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Anthology · 43
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— — 43 τοὺ αὐτοῦ. χρημάτων ὄρεξις, ἢν μὴ ὁρίζηται κόρῳ,
πενίης ἐσχάτης πολλὸν χαλεπωτέρη· μέζονες γὰρ ὀρέξεις μέζονας ἐνδείας ποιεῦσιν.
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κακὰ κέρδεα ζημίαν ἀρετῆς φέρει.
Schlimmer Gewinn bringt Ehrverlust.
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— — 44 Δ—ου. κακὰ κέρδεα ζημίαν ἀρετῆς φέρει.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἐλπὶς κακοῦ κέρδεος ἀρχὴ ζημίης.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 58
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— — 58 Δ—ου. ἐλπὶς κακοῦ κέρδεος ἀρχὴ ζημίης.
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ἡ τέκνοις ἄγαν χρημάτων συναγωγὴ πρόφασίς ἐστι φιλαργυρίης τρόπον ἴδιον ἐλέγχουσα.
Allzustarkes Geldanhäufen für die Kinder ist nur ein Vorwand, durch die sich der eigentliche Charakter der Habgier verrät.
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— — 64 Δ—ου. ἡ τέκνοις ἄγαν χρημάτων συναγωγὴ
πρόφασίς ἐστι φιλαργυρίης τρόπον ἴδιον ἐλέγχουσα.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὧν τὸ σκῆνος χρήιζει, πᾶσι πάρεστιν εὐμαρέως ἄτερ μόχθου καὶ ταλαιπωρίης· ὁκόσα δὲ μόχθου καὶ ταλαιπωρίης χρήιζει καὶ βίον ἀλγύνει, τούτων οὐκ ἱμείρεται τὸ σκῆνος, ἀλλ’ ἡ τῆς γνώμης κακοθιγίη.
Those things which the body necessarily requires, are easily to be procured by all men, without labor and molestation; but those things to the attainment of which labor and molestation are requisite, are objects of desire, not to the body, but to depraved opinion.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 262How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 65
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ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι τῇ Αἰσωπείῃ κυνὶ ἰκέλη γινομένη.
Die Gier nach Mehr verliert, was sie hat, und gleicht darin dem Hunde bei Äsop.
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STOB. III 10, 68 Δ—ου. ἡ τοῦ
πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι τῇ Αἰσωπείῃ κυνὶ ἰκέλη γινομένη.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀληθομυθέειν χρεών, ὃ πολὺ λώ̈ιον.
We ought to speak Truth where it is best.
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Anthology · 12, 13
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— 12, 13 Δ—ου. ἀληθομυθέειν χρεών, ὃ πολὺ λώ̈ιον.
Vgl. B 44.
— 13, 46 Δ—ου. = B 60.
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οἰκήιον ἐλευθερίης παρρησίη, κίνδυνος δὲ ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ διάγνωσις.
Freedom of Speech is proper to generosity, but the difference of occasions render it dangerous.
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Anthology · 47
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— — 47 Δ—ου. οἰκήιον ἐλευθερίης παρρησίη, κίνδυνος δὲ ἡ
τοῦ καιροῦ διάγνωσις.
— 14, 8 Δ—ου. = B 63.
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οἱ φειδωλοὶ τὸν τῆς μελίσσης οἶτον ἔχουσιν ἐργαζόμενοι ὡς ἀεὶ βιωσόμενοι.
Die Geizigen teilen das Los der Biene: sie arbeiten, als ob sie ewig leben würden.
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Anthology · 16, 17
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— 16, 17 Δ—ου. οἱ φειδωλοὶ τὸν τῆς μελίσσης οἶτον ἔχουσιν
ἐργαζόμενοι ὡς ἀεὶ βιωσόμενοι.
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οἱ τῶν φειδωλῶν παῖδες ἀμαθέες γινόμενοι ὥσπερ οἱ ὀρχησταὶ οἱ ἐς τὰς μαχαίρας ὀρούοντες, ἢν ἑνὸς μούνου 〈μὴ〉 τύχωσι καταφερόμενοι, ἔνθα δεῖ τοὺς πόδας ἐρεῖσαι, ἀπόλλυνται· χαλεπὸν δὲ τυχεῖν ἑνὸς· τὸ γὰρ ἴχνιον μοῦνον λέλειπται τῶν ποδῶν· οὕτω δὲ καὶ οὗτοι, ἢν ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τύπου τοῦ ἐπιμελέος καὶ φειδωλοῦ, φιλέουσι διαφθείρεσθαι.
Den Kindern karger Väter geht es, wenn sie in Unwissenheit heranwachsen, wie den Tänzern, die über Schwerter Räder schlagen. Wenn sie beim Niederkommen den einzigen Fleck nicht treffen, wo sie die Füße hinsetzen müssen, sind sie verloren. Es ist aber schwierig den einen Fleck zu treffen. Denn nur das Plätzchen für die Fußsohlen ist frei. So geht es auch jenen. Wenn sie das väterliche Vorbild von Peinlichkeit und Kargheit verfehlen, pflegen sie zugrunde zu gehen.
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— — 18 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. οἱ τῶν φειδωλῶν παῖδες ἀμαθέες
γινόμενοι ὥσπερ οἱ ὀρχησταὶ οἱ ἐς τὰς μαχαίρας ὀρούοντες, ἢν ἑνὸς μούνου 〈μὴ〉 τύχωσι καταφερόμενοι, ἔνθα δεῖ τοὺς
πόδας ἐρεῖσαι, ἀπόλλυνται· χαλεπὸν δὲ τυχεῖν ἑνὸς· τὸ γὰρ ἴχνιον μοῦνον λέλειπται τῶν ποδῶν· οὕτω δὲ καὶ οὗτοι, ἢν
ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τύπου τοῦ ἐπιμελέος καὶ φειδωλοῦ, φιλέουσι διαφθείρεσθαι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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φειδώ τοι καὶ λιμὸς χρηστή· ἐν καιρῷ δὲ καὶ δαπάνη· γινώσκειν δὲ ἀγαθοῦ.
Sparen und Hungerleiden ist zwar nützlich, zu Zeiten aber auch Verschwenden. Die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen ist Sache eines tüchtigen Mannes.
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— — 19 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. φειδώ τοι καὶ λιμὸς χρηστή· ἐν καιρῷ
δὲ καὶ δαπάνη· γινώσκειν δὲ ἀγαθοῦ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος.
Ein Leben ohne Feste ist ein langer Weg ohne Wirtshäuser.
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Anthology · 22
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— — 22 Δ—ου. βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος.·
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εὐγνώμων ὁ μὴ λυπεόμενος ἐφ’ οἷσιν οὐκ ἔχει, ἀλλὰ χαίρων ἐφ’ οἷσιν ἔχει.
He is welldisposed who grieves not for what he hath not, and rejoyceth for what he hath.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 17, 25
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— 17, 25 Δ—ου. εὐγνώμων ὁ μὴ λυπεόμενος ἐφ’ οἷσιν
οὐκ ἔχει, ἀλλὰ χαίρων ἐφ’ οἷσιν ἔχει.
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τῶν ἡδέων τὰ σπανιώτατα γινόμενα μάλιστα τέρπει.
Of pleasant things, those which we have most seldome, delight most.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 37
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— — 37 [vgl. III 6, 59]
Δ—ου. τῶν ἡδέων τὰ σπανιώτατα γινόμενα μάλιστα τέρπει.
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εἴ τις ὑπερβάλλοι τὸ μέτριον, τὰ ἐπιτερπέστατα ἀτερπέστατα ἂν γίγνοιτο.
If a Man exceeds moderation, the sweetest things prove the most bitter.
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Anthology · 38
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— — 38 [vgl. III 6, 60]
τοῦ αὐτοῦ. εἴ τις ὑπερβάλλοι τὸ μέτριον, τὰ ἐπιτερπέστατα ἀτερπέστατα ἂν γίγνοιτο.
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ὑγιείην εὐχῇσι παρὰ θεῶν αἰτέονται ἄνθρωποι, τὴν δὲ ταύτης δύναμιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχοντες οὐκ ἴσασιν· ἀκρασίῃ δὲ τἀναντία πρήσσοντες αὐτοὶ προδόται τῆς ὑγείης τῇσιν ἐπιθυμίῃσιν γίνονται.
Gesundheit fordern die Menschen in ihren Gebeten von den Göttern. Sie wissen aber nicht, daß sie selbst Macht darüber haben. Indem sie ihr durch ihre Unmäßigkeit entgegenarbeiten, werden sie selbst infolge ihrer Gelüste zu Verrätern an ihrer Gesundheit.
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Anthology · 18, 30
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— 18, 30 Δ—ου. ὑγιείην εὐχῇ σι παρὰ θεῶν αἰτέονται
ἄνθρωποι, τὴν δὲ ταύτης δύναμιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχοντες οὐκ ἴσασιν· ἀκρασίῃ δὲ τἀναντία πρήσσοντες αὐτοὶ προδόται τῆς
ὑγείης τῇσιν ἐπιθυμίῃσιν γίνονται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅσοι ἀπὸ γαστρὸς τὰς ἡδονὰς ποιέονται ὑπερβεβληκότες τὸν καιρὸν ἐπὶ βρώσεσιν ἢ πόσεσιν ἢ ἀφροδισίοισιν, τοῖσι πᾶσιν αἱ μὲν ἡδοναὶ βραχεῖαί τε καὶ δι’ ὀλίγου γίνονται, ὁκόσον ἂν χρόνον ἐσθίωσιν ἢ πίνωσιν, αἱ δὲ λῦπαι πολλαὶ 〈καὶ μακραί〉. τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἐπιθυμεῖν ἀεὶ τῶν αὐτῶν πάρεστι καὶ ὁκόταν γένηται ὁκοίων ἐπιθυμέουσι, διὰ ταχέος τε ἡ ἡδονὴ παροίχεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖσι χρηστόν ἐστιν ἄλλ’ ἢ τέρψις βραχεῖα, καὶ αὖθις τῶν αὐτῶν δεῖ.
They who indulge to the pleasures of the Belly, consuming the time in eating, drinking, or wantonness; in all these there are short pleasures, which last as long as they are eating and drinking, but many griefs: For they are in a continual desire of these things, and when they have obtain’d them, the pleasure passeth away, and there is nothing in them but a momentany titillation; the pleasure is short, and they soon need the same again.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 35
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— — 35 [vgl. III 6, 65]
Δ—ου. ὅσοι ἀπὸ γαστρὸς τὰς ἡδονὰς ποιέονται ὑπερβεβληκότες τὸν καιρὸν ἐπὶ βρώσεσιν
ἢ πόσεσιν ἢ ἀφροδισίοισιν, τοῖσι πᾶσιν αἱ μὲν ἡδοναὶ βραχεῖαί τε καὶ δι’ ὀλίγου γίνονται, ὁκόσον ἂν
χρόνον ἐσθίωσιν ἢ πίνωσιν, αἱ δὲ λῦπαι πολλαὶ 〈καὶ μακραί〉. τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ
τὸ ἐπιθυμεῖν ἀεὶ τῶν αὐτῶν πάρεστι καὶ ὁκόταν γένηται ὁκοίων ἐπιθυμέουσι, διὰ ταχέος τε ἡ ἡδονὴ παροίχεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἐν
αὐτοῖσι χρηστόν ἐστιν ἄλλ’ ἢ τέρψις βραχεῖα, καὶ αὖθις τῶν αὐτῶν δεῖ.
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θυμῷ μάχεσθαι μὲν χαλεπόν· ἀνδρὸς δὲ τὸ κρατέειν εὐλογίστου.
To resist Anger is difficult, but to vanquish it is proper to an understanding Person.
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STOB. III 20, 56 Δ—ου. θυμῷ μάχεσθαι
μὲν χαλεπόν· ἀνδρὸς δὲ τὸ κρατέειν εὐλογίστου. [Vgl. 12 B 85. ]
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φιλονικίη πᾶσα ἀνόητος· τὸ γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ δυσμενέος βλαβερὸν θεωρεῦσα τὸ ἴδιον συμφέρον οὐ βλέπει.
Jede Rechthaberei ist unvernünftig; denn im Hinstarren auf den Schaden des Feindes sieht sie den eigenen Vorteil nicht.
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Anthology · 62
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— — 62 Δ—ου. φιλονικίη πᾶσα ἀνόητος· τὸ γὰρ κατὰ
τοῦ δυσμενέος βλαβερὸν θεωρεῦσα τὸ ἴδιον συμφέρον οὐ βλέπει.
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τελευτᾶι γὰρ ἐς κενοδοξίην κακὴν ὁ παρεκτεινόμενος τῷ κρέσσονι.
He who contends with his Superior, ends in Infamy.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 22, 42
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— 22, 42 Δ—ου. τελευτᾶι γὰρ ἐς κενοδοξίην κακὴν ὁ
παρεκτεινόμενος τῷ κρέσσονι.
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ὅρκους οὓς ποιέονται ἐν ἀνάγκῃσιν ἐόντες οὐ τηρέουσιν οἱ φλαῦροι, ἐπὴν διαφύγωσιν.
Wicked Men, after they have escaped the danger, keep not the Oaths which they had made in their extremity.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 28, 13
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— 28, 13 Δ—ου. ὅρκους οὓς ποιέονται ἐν ἀνάγκῃσιν ἐόντες
οὐ τηρέουσιν οἱ φλαῦροι, ἐπὴν διαφύγωσιν.
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οἱ ἑκούσιοι πόνοι τὴν τῶν ἀκουσίων ὑπομονὴν ἐλαφροτέρην παρασκευάζουσι.
Freiwillige Mühen gestalten das Ertragen unfreiwilliger leichter.
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Anthology · 29, 63. 83a
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— 29, 63. 83a
(III p. LXXIX Η.) Δ—ου. οἱ ἑκούσιοι πόνοι τὴν τῶν ἀκουσίων ὑπομονὴν ἐλαφροτέρην παρασκευάζουσι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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πόνος συνεχὴς ἐλαφρότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται.
Fortgesetzte Arbeit macht sich leichter durch die Gewöhnung.
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Anthology · 64
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— — 64 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. πόνος συνεχὴς ἐλαφρότερος ἑαυτοῦ
συνηθείῃ γίνεται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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πλέονες ἐξ ἀσκήσιος ἀγαθοὶ γίνονται ἢ ἀπὸ φύσιος.
More are made good by Exercitation, than by Nature.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 66
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— — 66 Δ—ου. πλέονες ἐξ ἀσκήσιος ἀγαθοὶ γίνονται ἢ ἀπὸ φύσιος.
— — 67 τοῦ αὐτοῦ = B 81.
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τῆς ἡσυχίης πάντες οἱ πόνοι ἡδίονες, ὅταν ὧν εἵνεκεν πονέουσι τυγχάνωσιν ἢ εἰδέωσι κύρσοντες. ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ ἀποτυχίῃ τὸ 〈πονεῖν〉 πᾶν ὁμοίως ἀνιηρὸν καὶ ταλαίπωρον.
Alle Mühen sind angenehmer als die Ruhe, wenn man das Ziel der Mühen erreicht oder weiß, daß man es erreichen wird. Bei jedem Mißlingen aber ist alle Mühe in gleicher Weise lästig und peinvoll.
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Anthology · 88
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— — 88 Δ—ου. τῆς ἡσυχίης πάντες οἱ πόνοι ἡδίονες, ὅταν ὧν
εἵνεκεν πονέουσι τυγχάνωσιν ἢ εἰδέωσι κύρσοντες. ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ ἀποτυχίῃ τὸ 〈πονεῖν〉 πᾶν ὁμοίως ἀνιηρὸν καὶ ταλαίπωρον.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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φαῦλον, κἂν μόνος ἦις, μήτε λέξῃς μήτ’ ἐργάσῃ· μάθε δὲ πολὺ μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων σεαυτὸν αἰσχύνεσθαι.
Neither say nor do ill, though alone; learn to stand more in awe of thy self than of others.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 31, 7
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— 31, 7 Δ—ου. φαῦλον, κἂν μόνος ἦις, μήτε λέξῃς μήτ’ ἐργάσῃ·
μάθε δὲ πολὺ μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων σεαυτὸν αἰσχύνεσθαι. Vgl. B 84. 264.
— 36, 24 Δ—ου. = B 86.
— 37, 22 Δ—ου. = B 39.
— — 25 Δ—ου. = B 61.
— 38, 46 Δ—ου. = B 48.
— — 47 (τοῦ αὐτοῦ) = B 88.
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οὐκ ἂν ἐκώλυον οἱ νόμοι ζῆν ἕκαστον κατ’ ἰδίην ἐξουσίην, εἰ μὴ ἕτερος ἕτερον ἐλυμαίνετο· φθόνος γὰρ στάσιος ἀρχὴν ἀπεργάζεται.
The Laws would not have prohibited every Man from living according to his own Will, if one were not injurious to another; for Envy causeth the beginning of Sedition.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 53
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— — 53 Δ—ου. οὐκ ἂν ἐκώλυον οἱ νόμοι ζῆν ἕκαστον κατ’
ἰδίην ἐξουσίην, εἰ μὴ ἕτερος ἕτερον ἐλυμαίνετο· φθόνος γὰρ στάσιος ἀρχὴν ἀπεργάζεται.
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ξενιτείη βίου αὐτάρκειαν διδάσκει· μᾶζα γὰρ καὶ στιβὰς λιμοῦ καὶ κόπου γλυκύτατα ἰάματα.
Travelling teaches a man frugality, and the way in which he may be sufficient to himself. For bread made of milk and flour, and a bed of grass, are the sweetest remedies of hunger and labor.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 265How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 40, 6
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English · Thomas Taylor. Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 265.. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνδρὶ σοφῷ πᾶσα γῆ βατή· ψυχῆς γὰρ ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος.
To the wise man every land is eligible as a place of residence; for the whole world is the country of the worthy soul.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 265How this fragment survives
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ὁ νόμος βούλεται μὲν εὐεργετεῖν βίον ἀνθρώπων· δύναται δέ, ὅταν αὐτοὶ βούλωνται πάσχειν εὖ· τοῖσι γὰρ πειθομένοισι τὴν ἰδίην ἀρετὴν ἐνδείκνυται.
Das Gesetz will das Leben der Menschen wohl gestalten. Das ist ihm aber nur möglich, wenn sie selbst den Wunsch haben wohl behandelt zu werden. Denn denen, die ihm folgen, erweist es seine eigene Trefflichkeit.
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— (flor.) IV t. 1, 33 Hense.
Δ—ου. ὁ νόμος βούλεται μὲν εὐεργετεῖν βίον ἀνθρώπων· δύναται δέ, ὅταν αὐτοὶ
βούλωνται πάσχειν εὖ· τοῖσι γὰρ πειθομένοισι τὴν ἰδίην ἀρετὴν ἐνδείκνυται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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στάσις ἐμφύλιος ἐς ἑκάτερα κακόν· καὶ γὰρ νικέουσι καὶ ἡσσωμένοις ὁμοίη φθορή.
Civil War hurts both Parties; the harm is equal to the Victor, and to the Vanquished.
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— — 34 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. στάσις ἐμφύλιος ἐς ἑκάτερα κακόν·
καὶ γὰρ νικέουσι καὶ ἡσσωμένοις ὁμοίη φθορή.
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ἀπὸ ὁμονοίης τὰ μεγάλα ἔργα καὶ ταῖς πόλεσι τοὺς πολέμους δυνατὸν κατεργάζεσθαι, ἄλλως δ’ οὔ.
By Concord, besides other great things, War may be undertaken by Cities; without it, not.
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— — 40 Δ—ου. ἀπὸ ὁμονοίης τὰ μεγάλα ἔργα καὶ ταῖς
πόλεσι τοὺς πολέμους δυνατὸν κατεργάζεσθαι, ἄλλως δ’ οὔ.
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ἡ ἐν δημοκρατίῃ πενίη τῆς παρὰ τοῖς δυνάστῃσι καλεομένης εὐδαιμονίης τοσοῦτόν ἐστι αἱρετωτέρη, ὁκόσον ἐλευθερίη δουλείης.
Die Armut in einer Demokratie ist dem gepriesenen Glücke bei den Despoten gerade so sehr vorzuziehen wie die Freiheit der Knechtschaft.
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— — 42 Δ—ου. ἡ ἐν δημοκρατίῃ πενίη τῆς παρὰ τοῖς
δυνάστῃσι καλεομένης εὐδαιμονίης τοσοῦτόν ἐστι αἱρετωτέρη, ὁκόσον ἐλευθερίη δουλείης.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν χρεὼν τῶν λοιπῶν μέγιστα ἡγεῖσθαι, ὅκως ἄξεται εὖ, μήτε φιλονικέοντα παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικὲς μήτε ἰσχὺν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθέμενον παρὰ τὸ χρηστὸν τὸ τοῦ ξυνοῦ. πόλις γὰρ εὖ ἀγομένη μεγίστη ὄρθωσίς ἐστι, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πάντα ἔνι, καὶ τούτου σῳζομένου πάντα σώιζεται καὶ τούτου διαφθειρομένου τὰ πάντα διαφθείρεται.
Das Interesse des Staates soll man unter allen am höchsten stellen, damit er gut verwaltet werde. Man darf dabei nicht durch Streitlust die Billigkeit verletzen oder sich wider das allgemeine Beste irgend eine Gewalt anmaßen. Denn ein wohlverwaltetes Staatswesen ist der größte Hort. Alles ist darin beschlossen: ist dies gesund, dann ist alles gesund, und wenn es zugrunde geht, dann geht alles zugrund.
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— — 43 τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν χρεὼν τῶν λοιπῶν μέγιστα
ἡγεῖσθαι, ὅκως ἄξεται εὖ, μήτε φιλονικέοντα παρὰ τὸ ἐπιεικὲς μήτε ἰσχὺν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθέμενον παρὰ
τὸ χρηστὸν τὸ τοῦ ξυνοῦ. πόλις γὰρ εὖ ἀγομένη μεγίστη ὄρθωσίς ἐστι,
καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πάντα ἔνι, καὶ τούτου σῳζομένου πάντα σώιζεται καὶ τούτου διαφθειρομένου τὰ πάντα διαφθείρεται.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τοῖς χρηστοῖσιν οὐ συμφέρον ἀμελέοντας τῶν ἑωυτῶν ἄλλα πρήσσειν· τὰ γὰρ ἴδια κακῶς ἔσχεν. εἰ δὲ ἀμελέοι τις τῶν δημοσίων, κακῶς ἀκούειν γίγνεται, καὶ ἤν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ . ἐπεὶ καὶ 〈μὴ〉 ἀμελέοντι ἢ ἀδικέοντι κίνδυνος κακῶς ἀκούειν καὶ δὴ καὶ παθεῖν τι· ἀνάγκη δὲ ἁμαρτάνειν, συγγινώσκεσθαι δὲ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὐκ εὐπετές.
Den wackeren Bürgern ist es nicht zuträglich ihr Eigentum zu vernachlässigen, um fremde Geschäfte zu treiben. Denn sonst pflegt es um die eigenen schlecht zu stehen. Wenn man aber die öffentlichen vernachlässigen wollte, wird sich ein übler Ruf bilden, auch wenn man nichts stiehlt oder sonst begeht. Droht doch selbst dem, der nichts vernachlässigt oder begeht, die Gefahr in üblen Ruf, ja sogar in Ungelegenheiten zu geraten. Es ist ja unvermeidlich, Fehler zu begehen, aber recht schwer, die Verzeihung der Menschen dafür zu erhalten.
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— — 43, 44 τοῖς χρηστοῖσιν οὐ συμφέρον ἀμελέοντας
τῶν ἑωυτῶν ἄλλα πρήσσειν· τὰ γὰρ ἴδια κακῶς ἔσχεν. εἰ δὲ ἀμελέοι τις τῶν δημοσίων, κακῶς ἀκούειν γίγνεται, καὶ ἤν
μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ . ἐπεὶ καὶ 〈μὴ〉 ἀμελέοντι ἢ ἀδικέοντι κίνδυνος κακῶς ἀκούειν καὶ δὴ καὶ παθεῖν τι· ἀνάγκη
δὲ ἁμαρτάνειν, συγγινώσκεσθαι δὲ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὐκ εὐπετές.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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οἱ κακοὶ ἰόντες ἐς τὰς τιμὰς ὁκόσῳ ἂν μᾶλλον ἀνάξιοι ἐόντες ἴωσι, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀνακηδέες γίγνονται καὶ ἀφροσύνης καὶ θράσεος πίμπλανται.
Je unwürdiger die schlechten Bürger, die Ehrenämter antreten, dazu sind, um so nachlässiger werden sie und um so mehr zeigen sie sich von Torheit und Frechheit geschwollen.
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— — 45 οἱ κακοὶ ἰόντες ἐς τὰς τιμὰς ὁκόσῳ ἂν μᾶλλον
ἀνάξιοι ἐόντες ἴωσι, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀνακηδέες γίγνονται καὶ ἀφροσύνης καὶ θράσεος πίμπλανται.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅταν οἱ δυνάμενοι τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσι καὶ προτελεῖν τολμέωσι καὶ ὑπουργεῖν καὶ χαρίζεσθαι, ἐν τούτῳ ἤδη καὶ τὸ οἰκτίρειν ἔνεστι καὶ μὴ ἐρήμους εἶναι καὶ τὸ ἑταίρους γίγνεσθαι, καὶ τὸ ἀμύνειν ἀλλήλοισι καὶ τοὺς πολιήτας ὁμονόους εἶναι καὶ ἄλλα ἀγαθά, ἅσσα οὐδεὶς ἂν δύναιτο καταλέξαι.
Wenn die Vermögenden es über sich gewinnen den Unvermögenden vorzustrecken und beizuspringen und wohl zu tun, so liegt bereits hierin das Mitleid und das Nichtalleinsein und die Verbrüderung und die gegenseitige Hilfe und die Eintracht der Bürger und andere gute Dinge, die Niemand alle aufzählen könnte.
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— — 46 ὅταν οἱ δυνάμενοι τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσι καὶ προτελεῖν
τολμέωσι καὶ ὑπουργεῖν καὶ χαρίζεσθαι, ἐν τούτῳ ἤδη καὶ τὸ οἰκτίρειν ἔνεστι καὶ μὴ ἐρήμους εἶναι
καὶ τὸ ἑταίρους γίγνεσθαι, καὶ τὸ ἀμύνειν ἀλλήλοισι καὶ τοὺς πολιήτας ὁμονόους ε
ἶναι καὶ ἄλλα ἀγαθά, ἅσσα οὐδεὶς ἂν δύναιτο καταλέξαι.
STOB. IV 2, 13 = B 75.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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δίκη μέν ἐστιν ἔρδειν τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα, ἀδικίη δὲ μὴ ἔρδειν τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα, ἀλλὰ παρατρέπεσθαι.
It is justice to do those things which ought to be done; Injustice not to do them, but to decline them.
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— — 14 δίκη μέν ἐστιν ἔρδειν τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα, ἀδικίη δὲ μὴ
ἔρδειν τὰ χρὴ ἐόντα, ἀλλὰ παρατρέπεσθαι.
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κατὰ δὲ ζώιων ἔστιν ὧν φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει· τὰ ἀδικέοντα καὶ θέλοντα ἀδικεῖν ἀθῶιος ὁ κτείνων, καὶ πρὸς εὐεστοῦν τοῦτο ἔρδειν μᾶλλον ἢ μή.
As concerning the killing and not killing of Animals, the business stands thus, Those who do, or would do injury, he who killeth is blameless; nay, such ought rather to be killed, than not.
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— — 15 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κατὰ δὲ ζώιων ἔστιν ὧν φόνου καὶ μὴ
φόνου ὧδε ἔχει· τὰ ἀδικέοντα καὶ θέλοντα ἀδικεῖνἀθῶιος ὁ κτείνων, καὶ πρὸς εὐεστοῦν τοῦτο ἔρδειν μᾶλλον ἢ μή.
Vgl. B 140.
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κτείνειν χρὴ τὰ πημαίνοντα παρὰ δίκην πάντα περὶ παντός· καὶ ταῦτα ὁ ποιῶν εὐθυμίης καὶ δίκης καὶ θάρσεος καὶ κτήσεως ἐν παντὶ κόσμῳ μείζω μοῖραν μεθέξει.
Alles, was widerrechtlich Schaden bringt, muß man um jeden Preis töten. Wer dies tut, wird in jeder Verfassung mehr Ruhe und Recht und Vertrauen und Besitz beanspruchen dürfen.
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The maxim has an absolute formulation. The precise scope of kosmos here is uncertain
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— — 16 κτείνειν χρὴ τὰ πημαίνοντα παρὰ δίκην πάντα περὶ παντός·
καὶ ταῦτα ὁ ποιῶν εὐθυμίης καὶ δίκης καὶ θάρσεος καὶ κτήσεως ἐν παντὶ κόσμῳ μείζω μοῖραν μεθέξει.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὅκωσπερ περὶ κιναδέων τε καὶ ἑρπετέων 〈νόμοι〉 γεγράφαται τῶν πολεμίων, οὕτω καὶ κατὰ ἀνθρώπων· δοκεῖ μοι χρεὼν εἶναι ποιεῖν· κατὰ νόμους τοὺς πατρίους κτείνειν πολέμιον ἐν παντὶ κόσμῳ, ἐν ὦι μὴ νόμος ἀπείργει· ἐκνόμως δὲ ἀπείργει ἱερὰ ἑκάστοισι ἐπιχώρια καὶ σπονδαὶ καὶ ὅρκοι.
As it is written concerning Beasts and Serpents, that are in enmity with us, so also in my Opinion may we do with Men. According to the Laws of our Country, an Enemy may be kill’d in any part of the World, where no Law forbiddeth it; but Law forbiddeth sometimes, and they have sacred Rites, Covenants, and Oaths.
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— — 17 ὅκωσπερ περὶ κιναδέων τε καὶ ἑρπετέων 〈νόμοι〉
γεγράφαται τῶν πολεμίων, οὕτω καὶ κατὰ ἀνθρώπων· δοκεῖ μοι χρεὼν εἶναι ποιεῖν· κατὰ νόμους τοὺς
πατρίους κτείνειν πολέμιον ἐν
παντὶ κόσμῳ, ἐν ὦι μὴ όμος ἀπείργει· ἐκνόμως δὲ ἀπείργει ἱερὰ ἑκάστοισι ἐπιχώρια καὶ σπονδαὶ καὶ ὅρκοι.
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κιξάλλην καὶ λῃστὴν πάντα κτείνων τις ἀθῶιος ἂν εἴη καὶ αὐτοχειρίῃ καὶ κελεύων καὶ ψήφῳ.
Any Man that either kills with his own hand, or causeth to be killed by Command or Vote, a Thief, is to be esteemed innocent.
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— — 18 κιξάλλην καὶ λῃστὴν πάντα κτείνων τις ἀθῶιος ἂν
εἴη καὶ αὐτοχειρίῃ καὶ κελεύων καὶ ψήφῳ.
— 4, 27 = B 49.
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ἀδικουμένοισι τιμωρεῖν κατὰ δύναμιν χρὴ καὶ μὴ παρἱέναι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοιοῦτον δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθόν, τὸ δὲ μὴ τοιοῦτον ἄδικον καὶ κακόν.
They who suffer Injuries are to be defended to the utmost, and not to be despised; for this is just and good, the other unjust and ill.
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— 5, 43 Δ—ου. ἀδικουμένοισι τιμωρεῖν κατὰ δύναμιν
χρὴ καὶ μὴ παρἱέναι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοιοῦτον δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθόν, τὸ δὲ μὴ τοιοῦτον ἄδικον καὶ κακόν.
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καὶ οἳ φυγῆς ἄξια ἔρδουσιν ἢ δεσμῶν, ἢ θῳῆς ἄξιοι, καταψηφιστέον καὶ μὴ ἀπολύειν· ὃς δ’ ἂν παρὰ νόμον ἀπολύῃ κέρδει ὁρίζων ἢ ἡδονῇ , ἀδικεῖ, καί οἱ τοῦτο ἐγκάρδιον ἀνάγκη εἶναι.
Zu verurteilen und nicht freizusprechen sind auch die, welche Verbrechen begehen, auf denen Verbannung und Einkerkerung steht, oder solche, die bußfällig sind. Wer dagegen widergesetzlich freispricht nach Gewinn oder nach Belieben urteilend, ist ein Verbrecher, und das muß ihm am Herzen nagen.
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— — 44 Δ—ου. καὶ οἳ φυγῆς ἄξια ἔρδουσιν ἢ δεσμῶν, ἢ θῳῆς
ἄξιοι, καταψηφιστέον καὶ μὴ ἀπολύειν· ὃς δ’ ἂν παρὰ νόμον ἀπολύῃ κέρδει ὁρίζων ἢ ἡδονῇ , ἀδικεῖ, καί οἱ τοῦτο ἐγκάρδιον ἀνάγκη εἶναι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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δίκης καὶ ἀρετῆς μεγίστην μετέχει μοῖραν ὁ [τιμὰς] ἀξίας τὰς μεγίστας τάμνων 〈τοῖς ἀξιωτάτοις〉.
He hath the greatest part of Justice and Virtue, who Honors those that are Worthy.
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— — 45 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. δίκης καὶ ἀρετῆς μεγίστην μετέχει μοῖραν ὁ
[τιμὰς] ἀξίας τὰς μεγίστας τάμνων 〈τοῖς ἀξιωτάτοις〉.
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μηδέν τι μᾶλλον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους αἰδεῖσθαι ἑωυτοῦ μηδέ τι μᾶλλον ἐξεργάζεσθαι κακόν, εἰ μέλλει μηδεὶς εἰδήσειν ἢ 〈εἰ〉 οἱ πάντες ἄνθρωποι· ἀλλ’ ἑωυτὸν μάλιστα αἰδεῖσθαι, καὶ τοῦτον νόμον τῇ ψυχῇ καθεστάναι, ὥστε μηδὲν ποιεῖν ἀνεπιτήδειον.
Man soll sich vor den anderen Menschen nicht mehr schämen als vor sich selber und um nichts mehr etwas Böses tun, ob es niemand erfahren wird oder ob alle Leute. Vielmehr soll man sich vor sich selbst am allermeisten schämen, und das sollte als Gesetz in jedes Seele geschrieben stehen: tue nichts Unnützes!
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STOB. IV 5, 46 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. μηδέν τι
μᾶλλον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους αἰδεῖσθαι ἑωυτοῦ μηδέ τι μᾶλλον ἐξεργάζεσθαι κακόν, εἰ μέλλει μηδεὶς εἰδήσειν ἢ 〈εἰ〉 οἱ πάντες
ἄνθρωποι· ἀλλ’ ἑωυτὸν μάλιστα αἰδεῖσθαι, καὶ τοῦτον νόμον τῇ ψυχῇ καθεστάναι, ὥστε μηδὲν ποιεῖν ἀνεπιτήδειον.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τῶν ἡμαρτημένων ἄνθρωποι μεμνέαται μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν εὖ πεποιημένων. καὶ γὰρ δίκαιον οὕτως· ὥσπερ 〈γὰρ τὸν〉 τὰς παρακαταθήκας ἀποδιδόντα οὐ χρὴ ἐπαινεῖσθαι, τὸν δὲ μὴ ἀποδιδόντα κακῶς ἀκούειν καὶ πάσχειν, οὕτω καὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα. οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἡιρέθη ὡς κακῶς ποιήσων, ἀλλ’ ὡς εὖ
Men are more mindful of Wrongs than of Benefits, and it is but just it should be so: as he who restores a Depositum, deserves no Commendation; but he who detains it, Blame and Punishment. The same case it is in a Ruler, who is chosen not to do ill, but good.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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— — 47 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. τῶν ἡμαρτημένων ἄνθρωποι μεμνέαται
μᾶλλσν ἢ τῶν εὖ πεποιημένων. καὶ γὰρ δίκαιον οὕτως· ὥσπερ 〈γὰρ τὸν〉 τὰς παρακαταθήκας ἀποδιδόντα οὐ χρὴ ἐπαινεῖσθαι,
τὸν δὲ μὴ ἀποδιδόντα κακῶς ἀκούειν καὶ πάσχειν, οὕτω καὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα. οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἡιρέθη ὡς κακῶς ποιήσων, ἀλλ’ ὡς εὖ
[vgl. B 253 ].
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οὐδεμία μηχανὴ τῷ νῦν καθεστῶτι ῥυθμῷ μὴ οὐκ ἀδικεῖν τοὺς ἄρχοντας, ἣν καὶ πάνυ ἀγαθοὶ ἔωσιν. οὐδενὶ γὰρ ἄλλῳ ἔοικεν ἢ ἑωυτῷ τὸν 〈* * *〉 αὐτὸν ἐφ’ ἑτέροισι γίγνεσθαι· δεῖ δέ κως οὕτω καὶ ταῦτα κοσμηθῆναι, ὅκως ὁ μηδὲν ἀδικέων, ἣν καὶ πάνυ ἐτάζῃ τοὺς ἀδικέοντας, μὴ ὑπ’ ἐκείνους γενήσεται, ἀλλά τις ἢ θεσμὸς ἡ τι ἄλλο ἀμυνεῖ τῷ τὰ δίκαια ποιεῦντι.
Nach der jetzt bestehenden Verfassungsform gibt es kein Mittel für die Beamten, selbst wenn sie sehr tüchtig sind, zu verhüten, daß diese ihnen Unrecht tue. Denn es ziemt sich nicht, daß der Beamte einem andern als sich selbst 〈verantwortlich sei, oder daß der, der über andre geherrscht hat, über’s Jahr〉 selbst in die Gewalt anderer gerate. Aber es muß doch auch dieser Mißstand irgendwie und zwar so geordnet werden, daß der Beamte, der sich nichts zu schulden kommen läßt, wenn er die Schuldigen auch noch so scharf anfaßt, nicht in jener Gewalt geraten könne, sondern daß irgend ein Gesetz oder eine sonstige Einrichtung den Mann, der der Gerechtigkeit waltet, schütze.
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— — 48 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. οὐδεμία μηχανὴ τῷ νῦν καθεστῶτι ῥυθμῷ μὴ
οὐκ ἀδικεῖν τοὺς ἄρχοντας, ἣν καὶ πάνυ ἀγαθοὶ ἔωσιν. οὐδενὶ γὰρ ἄλλῳ ἔοικεν ἢ ἑωυτῷ τὸν 〈* * *〉 αὐτὸν ἐφ’ ἑτέροισι γίγνεσθαι·
δεῖ δέ κως οὕτω καὶ ταῦτα κοσμηθῆναι, ὅκως ὁ μηδὲν ἀδικέων, ἣν καὶ πάνυ ἐτάζῃ τοὺς
ἀδικέοντας, μὴ ὑπ’ ἐκείνους γενήσεται, ἀλλά τις ἢ θεσμὸς ἡ τι ἄλλο ἀμυνεῖ τῷ τὰ δίκαια ποιεῦντι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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φύσει τὸ ἄρχειν οἰκήιον τῷ κρέσσονι.
To be naturally fitted for Command, is proper to the most excellent Persons.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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— 6, 19 Δ—ου. φύσει τὸ ἄρχειν οἰκήιον τῷ κρέσσονι.
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φόβος κολακείην μὲν ἐργάζεται, εὔνοιαν δὲ οὐκ ἔχει.
Einschüchterung bewirkt Liebedienerei, Zuneigung aber bringt sie nicht.
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Anthology · 7, 13
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— 7, 13 Δ—ου. φόβος κολακείην μὲν ἐργάζεται, εὔνοιαν δὲ οὐκ ἔχει.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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τόλμα πρήξιος ἀρχή, τύχη δὲ τέλεος κυρίη.
Boldness is the beginning of an Action, the end is guided by Fortune.
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Anthology · 10, 28
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— 10, 28 Η. Δ—ου. τόλμα πρήξιος ἀρχή,
τύχη δὲ τέλεος κυρίη.
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οἰκέταισιν ὡς μέρεσι τοῦ σκήνεος χρῷ ἄλλῳ πρὸς ἄλλο.
Make use of Servants, as of the parts of your own Body; appoint to each a several Office.
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Anthology · 19, 45
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— 19, 45 Δ—ου. οἰκέταισιν ὡς μέρεσι τοῦ σκήνεος
χρῷ ἄλλῳ πρὸς ἄλλο.
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ἐρωτικὴν μέμψιν ἡ ἀγαπωμένη [?] λύει.
She that is belov’d, easily forgiveth the Offence of her Lover.
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Anthology · 20, 33
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— 20, 33 Δ—ου. ἐρωτικὴν μέμψιν ἡ ἀγαπωμένη [?] λύει.
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Δ. ἔφη, ὡς γαμβροῦ ὁ μὲν ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν, ὁ δὲ ἀποτυχὼν ἀπώλεσε καὶ θυγατέρα.
D. sagte: Wer mit seinem Eidam Glück hat, findet einen Sohn, wer Unglück, verliert eine Tochter obendrein.
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STOB. iv 22, 108 Δ—ου. Δ. ἔφη,
ὡς γαμβροῦ ὁ μὲν ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν, ὁ δὲ ἀποτυχὼν ἀπώλεσε καὶ θυγατέρα.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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γυνὴ πολλὰ ἀνδρὸς ὀξυτέρη πρὸς κακοφραδμοσύνην.
A Woman is sharper-witted for mischief than a Man.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 199
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— — 199 Δ—ου. γυνὴ πολλὰ ἀνδρὸς ὀξυτέρη πρὸς κακοφραδμοσύνην.
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κόσμος ὀλιγομυθίη γυναικί· καλὸν δὲ καὶ κόσμου λιτότης.
To speak little, becomes a Woman; plain Attire adorns her.
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Anthology · 23, 38
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— 23, 38 Δ—ου. κόσμος ὀλιγομυθίη γυναικί· καλὸν δὲ καὶ κόσμου λιτότης.
— — 39 Δ—ου. = B 111.
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τεκνοτροφίη σφαλερόν· τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἐπιτυχίην ἀγῶνος μεστὴν καὶ φροντίδος κέκτηται, τὴν δὲ ἀποτυχίην ἀνυπέρθετον ἑτέρῃ ὀδύνῃ.
Kindererziehung ist eine unsichere Sache. Wenn’s glückt, so ist es eitel Kampf und Sorge gewesen; wenn’s aber mißglückt, ist der Kummer darüber mit keinem anderen zu vergleichen.
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Anthology · 24, 29
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— 24, 29 Δ—ου. τεκνοτροφίη σφαλερόν· τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἐπιτυχίην
ἀγῶνος μεστὴν καὶ φροντίδος κέκτηται, τὴν δὲ ἀποτυχίην ἀνυπέρθετον ἑτέρῃ ὀδύνῃ.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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οὐ δοκεῖ μοι χρῆναι παῖδας κτᾶσθαι· ἐνορῶ γὰρ ἐν παίδων κτήσει πολλοὺς μὲν καὶ μεγάλους κινδύνους, πολλὰς δὲ λύπας, ὀλίγα δὲ τὰ εὐθηλέοντα καὶ ταῦτα λεπτά τε καὶ ἀσθενέα.
I approve not the having of Children; for I see the troubles of them are many and great; the Comforts and Pleasures few and small.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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— — 31 Δ—ου. οὐ δοκεῖ μοι χρῆναι παῖδας κτᾶσθαι· ἐνορῶ
γὰρ ἐν παίδων κτήσει πολλοὺς μὲν καὶ μεγάλους κινδύνους, πολλὰς δὲ λύπας, ὀλίγα δὲ τὰ εὐθηλέοντα καὶ ταῦτα λεπτά τε καὶ ἀσθενέα.
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ὅτεῳ χρήμη τεά ἐστι παῖδα ποιήσασθαι, ἐκ τῶν φίλων τεύ μοι δοκεῖ ἄμεινον εἶναι. καὶ τῷ μὲν παῖς ἔσται τοιοῦτος, οἷον ἂν βούληται· ἔστι γὰρ ἐκλέξασθαι οἷον ἐθέλει· καὶ ὃς ἂν δοκῇ ἐπιτήδειος εἶναι, κἂν μάλιστα κατὰ φύσιν ἕποιτο. καὶ τοῦτο τοσοῦτον διαφέρει, ὅσον ἐνταῦθα μὲν ἔστι τὸν παῖδα λαβεῖν καταθύμιον ἐκ πολλῶν, οἷον ἂν δέῃ. ἣν δέ τις ποιῆται ἀπὸ ἑωυτοῦ, πολλοὶ ἔνεισι κίνδυνοι· ἀνάγκη γάρ, ὃς ἂν γένηται, τούτῳ χρῆσθαι.
Wer irgend eine Nötigung hat, sich Nachkommenschaft zu sichern, tut dies meines Bedünkens besser durch Adoption von Freundeskindern. Dann wird er auf diesem Wege einen Knaben bekommen, wie er ihn wünscht. Denn er kann sich einen auswählen, wie er ihn will; und wer dazu tauglich zu sein scheint, wird ihm wohl auch infolge seiner Naturanlage am meisten folgen. Und dabei ergibt sich folgender Unterschied: hier kann man den Knaben nach Herzenswunsch aus einer Menge, so wie man ihn braucht, auswählen: zeugt man ihn aber sich selbst, so sind viele Gefahren dabei: denn man muß doch mit dem, der einem gerade geboren wird, vorlieb nehmen.
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Anthology · 32
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— — 32 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ὅτεῳ χρήμη τεά ἐστι παῖδα ποιήσασθαι,
ἐκ τῶν φίλων τεύ μοι δοκεῖ ἄμεινον εἶναι. καὶ τῷ μὲν παῖς ἔσται τοιοῦτος, οἷον
ἂν βούληται· ἔστι γὰρ ἐκλέξασθαι οἷον ἐθέλει· καὶ ὃς ἂν δοκῇ ἐπιτήδειος εἶναι, κἂν μάλιστα κατὰ φύσιν ἕποιτο. καὶ τοῦτο τοσοῦτον
διαφέρει, ὅσον ἐνταῦθα μὲν ἔστι τὸν παῖδα λαβεῖν καταθύμιον ἐκ πολλῶν, οἷον ἂν δέῃ. ἣν δέ τις ποιῆται ἀπὸ ἑωυτοῦ, πολλοὶ ἔνεισι
κίνδυνοι· ἀνάγκη γάρ, ὃς ἂν γένηται, τούτῳ χρῆσθαι.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀνθρώποισι τῶν ἀναγκαίων δοκεῖ εἶναι παῖδας κτήσασθαι ἀπὸ φύσιος καὶ καταστάσιός τινος ἀρχαίης. δῆλον δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ζώιοισι· πάντα γὰρ ἔκγονα κτᾶται κατὰ φύσιν ἐπωφελείης γε οὐδεμιᾶς εἵνεκα· ἀλλ’ ὅταν γένηται, ταλαιπωρεῖ καὶ τρέφει ἕκαστον ὡς δύναται καὶ ὑπερδέδοικε, μέγρι σμικρὰ ἦι, καὶ ἦν τι πάθῃ, ἀνιᾶται. ἡ μὲν φύσις τοιαύτη πάντων ἐστὶν ὅσσα ψυχὴν ἔχει· τῷ δὲ δὴ ἀνθρώπῳ νομίζον ἤδη πεποίηται, ὥστε καὶ ἐπαύρεσίν τινα γίγνεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκγόνου.
The begetting of Children seemeth to come from a most ancient Institution, and instinct of Nature, as is manifest even from brute Beasts, who beget young ones, though without hopes of receiving any advantage by them; As soon as they are brought forth, they feed and bring them up, and are solicitous for them even in the least things: and if they come to any hurt, they grieve at it. Such is the disposition of all Animals; how much more of Man, who hopes for a benefit from his Offspring.
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Anthology · 33
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— — 33 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀνθρώποισι τῶν ἀναγκαίων δοκεῖ εἶναι
παῖδας κτήσασθαι ἀπὸ φύσιος καὶ καταστάσιός τινος
ἀρχαίης. δῆλον δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ζώιοισι· πάντα γὰρ ἔκγονα κτᾶται κατὰ φύσιν ἐπωφελείης γε οὐδεμιᾶς εἵνεκα· ἀλλ’ ὅταν
γένηται, ταλαιπωρεῖ καὶ τρέφει ἕκαστον ὡς δύναται καὶ ὑπερδέδοικε, μέγρι σμικρὰ ἦι, καὶ ἦν τι πάθῃ, ἀνιᾶται. ἡ μὲν φύσις
τοιαύτη πάντων ἐστὶν ὅσσα ψυχὴν ἔχει· τῷ δὲ δὴ ἀνθρώπῳ νομίζον ἤδη
πεποίηται, ὥστε καὶ ἐπαύρεσίν τινα γίγνεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκγόνου.
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τοῖς παισὶ μάλιστα χρὴ τῶν ἀνυστῶν δατεῖσθαι τὰ χρήματα, καὶ ἅμα ἐπιμέλεσθαι αὐτῶν, μή τι ἀτηρὸν ποιέωσι διὰ χειρὸς ἔχοντες· ἅμα μὲν γὰρ πολλὸν φειδότεροι γίγνονται ἐς τὰ χρήματα καὶ προθυμότεροι κτᾶσθαι, καὶ ἀγωνίζονται ἀλλήλοισιν. ἐν γὰρ τῷ ξυνῷ τὰ τελεύμενα οὐκ ἀνιᾶι ὥσπερ ἰδίῃ οὐδ’ εὐθυμεῖ τὰ ἐπικτώμενα, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ ἧσσον.
Soweit es sich nur immer ausführen läßt, soll man sein Vermögen unter die Kinder verteilen und zugleich die Hand darüber halten, daß sie mit dem, was sie in Händen haben, keine Tollheit begehen. Denn einmal werden sie viel sparsamer mit dem Gelde wirtschaften lernen und eifriger im Erwerbe sein, und es entsteht ein Wetteifer unter einander. Denn in einer gemeinsamen Wirtschaft schmerzen die Ausgaben nicht so wie im getrennten Haushalte, und die Einnahmen erfreuen nicht ebenso, sondern viel weniger.
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Anthology · IV 26,25
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Stob. V 26, 25 Δ—ου. τοῖς παισὶ
μάλιστα χρὴ τῶν ἀνυστῶν δατεῖσθαι τὰ χρήματα, καὶ ἅμα ἐπιμέλεσθαι αὐτῶν,
μή τι ἀτηρὸν ποιέωσι διὰ χειρὸς ἔχοντες· ἅμα μὲν γὰρ πολλὸν φειδότεροι γίγνονται ἐς τὰ χρήματα καὶ προθυμότεροι κτᾶσθαι,
καὶ ἀγωνίζονται ἀλλήλοισιν. ἐν γὰρ τῷ ξυνῷ τὰ τελεύμενα οὐκ ἀνιᾶι ὥσπερ ἰδίῃ οὐδ’ εὐθυμεῖ τὰ ἐπικτώμενα, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ ἧσσον.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἔξεστιν οὐ πολλὰ τῶν σφετέρων ἀναλώσαντας παιδεῦσαί τε τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τεῖχός τε καὶ σωτηρίην περιβαλέσθαι τοῖς τε χρήμασι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτῶν.
Es ist möglich, ohne viel vom Eigenen aufzuwenden, die Kinder zu erziehen und dadurch zugleich um ihr Vermögen und ihr Leben eine rettende Mauer zu ziehen.
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Anthology · 26
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— — 26 Η. τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἔξεστιν οὐ πολλὰ τῶν σφετέρων
ἀναλώσαντας παιδεῦσαί τε τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τεῖχός τε καὶ σωτηρίην περιβαλέσθαι τοῖς τε χρήμασι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτῶν.
— 29, 18 Δ—ου. = B 57.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὥσπερ ἐν [μὲν] τοῖς ἕλκεσι φαγέδαινα κάκιστον νόσημα, οὕτως ἐν τοῖς χρήμασι τὸ μὴ προσαρμόσαν καὶ τὸ συνεχές [?].
Wie bei den Geschwüren der Krebs die schlimmste Krankheit ist, so beim Vermögen das Angliedern angrenzenden Besitzes [?].
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Anthology · 31, 49
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— 31, 49 Δ—ου. ὥσπερ ἐν [μὲν] τοῖς ἕλκεσι φαγέδαινα
κάκιστον νόσημα, οὕτως ἐν τοῖς χρήμασι τὸ μὴ προσαρμόσαν καὶ τὸ συνεχές [?].
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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χρημάτων χρῆσις ξὺν νόῳ μὲν χρήσιμον εἰς τὸ ἐλευθέριον εἶναι καὶ δημωφελέα, ξὺν ἀνοίῃ δὲ χορηγίη ξυνῇ 〈ἀλυσιτελής〉.
A prudent use of Money conduceth to the practice of liberality and relief of others; he that useth Money foolishly, makes it the Prey of all Men.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 120
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— — 120 Δ—ου. χρημάτων χρῆσις ξὺν νόῳ μὲν χρήσιμον εἰς τὸ
ἐλευθέριον εἶναι καὶ δημωφελέα, ξὺν ἀνοίῃ δὲ χορηγίη ξυνῇ 〈ἀλυσιτελής〉.
— — 121 (τοῦ αὐτοῦ) = B 78.
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πενίη πλοῦτος ὀνόματα ἐνδείης καὶ κόρου· οὔτε οὖν πλούσιος 〈ὁ〉 ἐνδέων οὔτε πένης ὁ μὴ ἐνδέων.
Poverty and Riches are the Names of Want and Sufficiency: He who wants, ought not to be called Rich; nor He who wants not, Poor.
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Anthology · 33, 23
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— 33, 23 Δ—ου. πενίη πλοῦτος ὀνόματα ἐνδείης καὶ κόρου·
οὔτε οὖν πλούσιος 〈ὁ〉 ἐνδέων οὔτε πένης ὁ μὴ ἐνδέων.
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ἣν μὴ πολλῶν ἐπιθυμέῃς, τὰ ὀλίγα τοι πολλὰ δόξει· σμικρὰ γὰρ ὄρεξις πενίην ἰσοσθενέα πλούτῳ ποιέει.
Wenn du nicht nach vielem begehrst, wird dir das Wenige viel scheinen. Denn geringes Begehren verleiht der Armut dieselbe Stärke wie dem Reichtum.
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Anthology · 24. 25
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— — 24. 25 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἣν μὴ πολλῶν ἐπιθυμέῃς, τὰ ὀλίγα
τοι πολλὰ δόξει· σμικρὰ γὰρ ὄρεξις πενίην ἰσοσθενέα πλούτῳ ποιέει.
— 34, 58 Δ—ου. = B 108.
— — 62 Δ—ου. vgl. B 297.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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γινώσκειν χρεὼν ἀνθρωπίνην βιοτὴν ἀφαυρήν τε ἐοῦσαν καὶ ὀλιγοχρόνιον, πολλῇσίν τε κηρσὶ συμπεφυρμένην καὶ ἀμηχανίῃσιν, ὅκως ἄν τις μετρίης τε κτήσιος ἐπιμέληται καὶ ἀμέτρητα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀναγκαίοισι ταλαιπωρέῃ.
Man soll einsehen, daß das menschliche Leben schwach und kurzdauernd, und daß es mit zahlreichen Schädlichkeiten und Schwierigkeiten verknüpft ist, auch nur mäßigen Besitz zu verwalten und unmäßige Mühe auf das Notdürftige zu verwenden.
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Anthology · 65
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 4th edition, vol 2 (Berlin:Weidmann, 1922), p 119, B 285; historical running text.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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εὐτυχὴς ὁ ἐπὶ μετρίοισι χρήμασιν εὐθυμεόμενος, δυστυχὴς δὲ ὁ ἐπὶ πολλοῖσι δυσθυμεόμενος.
He is happy who is chearful, though possessing little; he unhappy who is troubled, amidst much wealth.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 39, 17
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— 39, 17 Δ—ου. εὐτυχὴς ὁ ἐπὶ μετρίοισι χρήμασιν εὐθυμεόμενος,
δυστυχὴς δὲ ὁ ἐπὶ πολλοῖσι δυσθυμεόμενος.
STOB. IV 39, 25 Δ—ου. = B 3.
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ἀπορίη ξυνὴ τῆς ἑκάστου χαλεπωτέρη· οὐ γὰρ ὑπολείπεται ἐλπὶς ἐπικουρίης.
A publick calamity is greater than a private, for it affords no hope of relief.
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Anthology · 40, 20
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— 40, 20 Δ—ου. ἀπορίη ξυνὴ τῆς ἑκάστου χαλεπωτέρη· οὐ γὰρ
ὑπολείπεται ἐλπὶς ἐπικουρίης.
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νόσος οἴκου καὶ βίου γίνεται ὁκωσπερ καὶ σκήνεος.
Es gibt Krankheit des Hauses und des Lebens wie des Leibes.
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Anthology · 21
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— — 21 νόσος οἴκου καὶ βίου γίνεται ὁκωσπερ καὶ σκήνεος.
*— 41, 59 Δ—ου. οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτως ἀσφαλὴς πλούτου
πυλεών, ὃν οὐκ ἀνοίγει τύχης καιρός.
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀλογιστίη μὴ ξυγχωρέειν ταῖσι κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀνάγκαις.
Unüberlegtheit ist es, den Zwangslagen des Lebens keine Rechnung zu tragen.
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Anthology · 34, 64
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— 34, 64 Meineke Δ—ου. ἀλογιστίη μὴ
ξυγχωρέειν ταῖσι κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀνάγκαις.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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λύπην ἀδέσποτον ψυχῆς ναρκώσης λογισμῶι ἔκκρουε.
Expel by reasoning the unrestrained grief of a torpid soul.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 266How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 67
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Taylor cites Stobaeus p.572; his note 89 says the corresponding sayings are ascribed to Democritus in Stobaeus
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English: Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 266. Published translation ↗
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English · Thomas Taylor. Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 266.. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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πενίην ἐπιεικέως φέρειν σωφρονέοντος.
It is the province of a wise man to bear poverty with equanimity.
Thomas Taylor · Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 266How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 70
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English · Thomas Taylor. Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life (London: A. J. Valpy, 1818), appendix Pythagoric Ethical Sentences from Stobæus, p. 266.. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἄλογοι τῶν ἀξυνέτων αἱ ἐλπίδες.
The hopes of Fools are beyond reason.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 19
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Published passage: p. 467
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— — 19 Δ—ου. ἄλογοι τῶν ἀξυνέτων αἱ ἐλπίδες.
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οἶσιν ἡδονὴν ἔχουσιν αἱ τῶν πέλας ξυμφοραί, οὐ ξυνιᾶσι μὲν ὡς τὰ τῆς τύχης κοινὰ πᾶσιν, ἀπορέουσι δὲ οἰκηίης χαρᾶς.
Leute, denen des Nächsten Unglück Wohlgefallen bereitet, sehen nicht ein, daß des Schicksals Wechsel allen gemeinsam ist; sie sind auch arm an Freude im eigenen Hause.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 48, 10
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— 48, 10 Δ—ου. οἶσιν ἡδονὴν ἔχουσιν αἱ
τῶν πέλας ξυμφοραί, οὐ ξυνιᾶσι μὲν ὡς τὰ τῆς τύχης κοινὰ πᾶσιν,
ἀπορέουσι δὲ οἰκηίης χαρᾶς.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἰσχὺς καὶ εὐμορφίη νεότητος ἀγαθά, γήραος δὲ σωφροσύνης ἄνθος.
Kraft und Schönheit sind Vorzüge der Jugend, die des Alters aber ist Blüte der Besonnenheit.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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Anthology · 50, 20
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— 50, 20 Δ—ου. ἰσχὺς καὶ εὐμορφίη νεότητος ἀγαθά,
γήραος δὲ σωφροσύνης ἄνθος.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὁ γέρων νέος ἐγένετο, ὁ δὲ νέος ἄδηλον εἰ ἐς γῆρας ἀφίξεται· τὸ τέλειον οὖν ἀγαθὸν τοῦ μέλλοντος ἔτι καὶ ἀδήλου κρέσσον.
It is certain, that the Old Man was once young; but whether the Young Man shall ever come to be Old, is uncertain. A good thing that is compleat, is better than that which is to come, it being uncertain.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
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Anthology · 22
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— — 22 Δ—ου. ὁ γέρων νέος ἐγένετο, ὁ δὲ νέος ἄδηλον
εἰ ἐς γῆρας ἀφίξεται· τὸ τέλειον οὖν ἀγαθὸν τοῦ μέλλοντος ἔτι καὶ ἀδήλου κρέσσον.
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γῆρας ὁλόκληρός ἐστι πήρωσις· πάντ’ ἔχει καὶ πᾶσιν ἐνδεῖ.
Old Age is a universal imperfection; it hath all things, and yet wants all things.
Thomas Stanley · The History of Philosophy, third edition (London, 1701), Part XI, Democritus, chapter XHow this fragment survives
- Stobaeus
Anthology · 76
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Published passage: p. 467
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— 76 M. Δ—ου. τῆρας ὁλόκλησός ἐστι πήρωσις·
πάντ’ ἔχει καὶ πᾶσιν ἐνδεῖ.
*— — 80. 81 Δημοκρίτου = Herod. III 134.
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ἔνιοι θνητῆς φύσεως διάλυσιν οὐκ εἰδότες ἄνθρωποι, συνειδήσει δὲ τῆς ἐν τῷ βίῳ κακοπραγμοσύνης, τὸν τῆς βιοτῆς χρόνον ἐν ταραχαῖς καὶ φόβοις ταλαιπωρέουσι, ψεύδεα περὶ τοῦ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν μυθοπλαστέοντες χρόνου.
Some men who do not understand the dissolution of our mortal nature, but are conscious of the misery in human existence, painfully spend their allotted period of life in confusion and fear, inventing lies about the time after they are dead.
Robert Drew Hicks · R. D. Hicks, Stoic and Epicurean (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), p. 284How this fragment survives
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Anthology · IV 34.62 (historical 52, 40)
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ἔνιοι θνητῆς φύσεως διάλυσιν οὐκ εἰδότες ἄνθρωποι, συνειδήσει δὲ τῆς ἐν τῷ βίῳ κακοπραγμοσύνης, τὸν τῆς βιοτῆς χρόνον ἐν ταραχαῖς καὶ φόβοις ταλαιπωρέουσι, ψεύδεα περὶ τοῦ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν μυθοπλαστέοντες χρόνου.
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Anthology · 52, 40
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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Hicks prints this as a complete quotation from Stobaeus and explicitly cites “Diels², Fragment 297”. The wording was checked visually against p. 284 and the 1910 title page.
“Misery in human existence” is Hicks’s historical interpretation of κακοπραγμοσύνη. Diels’s German understands it as a bad way of life; neither version has been silently altered to agree with the other.
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English: Robert Drew Hicks · R. D. Hicks, Stoic and Epicurean (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), p. 284 Published translation ↗
Source pages: 1 · 2
English translation: Public domain (identified historical edition; contributors and publication year meet the project’s current screening rule).
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English · Robert Drew Hicks. R. D. Hicks, Stoic and Epicurean (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), p. 284. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Seine eigenen.
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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SUID. s. v. ā. βραχέως δὲ καὶ δασέως (also ἅ) τὸ ἅτινα ὡς παρ’ Ἱπποκράτει, παρὰ δὲ Δημοκρίτῳ ἴδια, παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ
τὰ ἑαυτοῦ.
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἐρώει σαφῶς τὸν ἐν τῷ θώρηκί σου συνιστάμενον θυμὸν καὶ ταράσ[σειν] τὴν ψυχὴν φυλάσ[σου] μηδὲ πάντα ἐπίτρεπε τῇ γλώσσῃ
Halte sorgsam den Zorn, der in deiner Brust sich sammelt, zurück und hüte dich deine Seele aufzuregen und laß nicht in allem die Zunge entscheiden!
German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922)How this fragment survives
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DEMETR. de poem. B 20 [Voll. herc.2 v 16 fr. 28, 4; Crönert Kolot. 107. 130. Vogliano Studi
italiani 18, 287] τὸ δ’ ἐρώει σαφῶς τὸν ἐν τῷ θώρηκί σου συνιστάμενον θυμὸν καὶ ταράσ[σειν] τὴν ψυχὴν φυλάσ[σου]
μηδὲ πάντα ἐπίτρεπε τῇ γλώσσῃ’[β]ο[ύλεται· εὖ [φ]υλάσσειν τὸν [θυμόν].
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German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922) Published translation ↗
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, vierte Auflage, Band 2 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝΙ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ.
Of the Sacred Writings in Babylon.
R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925)How this fragment survives
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Exact title phrase from Hicks’s catalogue at Diogenes Laertius IX.46–49, matched by catalogue position and Greek title. The expanded Diels Greek dossier, cross-references, proposed alternative titles, and supplements are retained separately; this record translates the displayed title only. Mixed Latin/Greek glyphs in the old digital transcription have been normalized to Greek letters
Published passage: IX.46–49; pp. 455–461
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English: R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (Loeb Classical Library, 1925) Published translation ↗
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, fourth edition, volume II (1922), p. 122. Digital transcription corrected against the printed page.
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The title reads ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝΙ and ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ in the printed edition; the misread letters are corrected.
I. THRASYLLS ΥΠΟΜΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΤ’ ΙΔΙΑΝ ΤΕΤΑΓΜΕΝΑ.Vgl. II 21, 1. [Ὑπ. 1] ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝΙ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ.
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Δ. γὰρ τοὺς Βαβυλωνίους λόγους ἠθικοὺς [?] πεποίηται· λέγεται γὰρ τὴν Ἀκικάρου στήλην ἑρμηνευθεῖσαν τοῖς ἰδίοις συντάξαι συγγράμμασι. κἄστιν ἐπισημήνασθαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τάδε λέγει Δημόκριτος γράφοντος. ναὶ μὴν καὶ περὶ αὑτοῦ ἧι σεμνυνόμενός φησί που ἐπὶ πολυμαθίαι. ἐγὼ δὲ τῶν κατ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνθρώπων γῆν πλείστην ἐπεπλανησάμην ἱστορέων τὰ μήκιστα καὶ ἀέρας τε καὶ γέας πλείστας εἶδον καὶ λογίων ἀνδρῶν πλείστων ἐπήκουσα καὶ γραμμέων συνθέσιος μετὰ ἀποδείξεως οὐδείς κώ με παρήλλαξεν οὐδ’ οἱ Αἰγυπτίων καλεόμενοι Ἀρπεδονάπται· σὺν τοῖς δ’ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἐπ’ ἔτεα ὀγδώκοντα ἐπὶ ξείνης ἐγενήθην. ἐπῆλθε γὰρ Bαβυλῶνά τε καὶ Περσίδα καὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖς τε μάγοις καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι μαθητεύων.
Democritus appropriated the Babylonian ethic discourses, for he is said to have combined with his own compositions a translation of the column of Acicarus. And you may find the distinction notified by him when he writes, “Thus says Democritus.” About himself, too, where, pluming himself on his erudition, he says, “I have roamed over the most ground of any man of my time, investigating the most remote parts. I have seen the most skies and lands, and I have heard of learned men in very great numbers. And in composition no one has surpassed me; in demonstration, not even those among the Egyptians who are called Arpenodaptæ, with all of whom I lived in exile up to eighty years.” For he went to Babylon, and Persis, and Egypt, to learn from the Magi and the priests.
William Wilson · The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1867)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Stromata I.15.69
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CLEM. Strom. I 15, 69 [II 43, 13 St.] Pythagoras,
Eudoxos und Platon seien Schüler der Barbaren: Δ. γὰρ τοὺς Βαβυλωνίους λόγους ἠθικοὺς [?] πεποίηται·
λέγεται γὰρ τὴν Ἀκικάρου στήλην ἑρμηνευθεῖσαν τοῖς ἰδίοις συντάξαι
συγγράμμασι. κἄστιν ἐπισημήνασθαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τάδε λέγει Δημόκριτος γράφοντος.
ναὶ μὴν καὶ περὶ αὑτοῦ [nämlich γράφει], ἧι σεμνυνόμενός φησί που ἐπὶ πολυμαθίαι.
ἐγὼ δὲ τῶν κατ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνθρώπων γῆν πλείστην ἐπεπλανησάμην ἱστορέων τὰ μήκιστα καὶ ἀέρας τε καὶ γέας πλείστας
εἶδον καὶ λογίων ἀνδρῶν πλείστων ἐπήκουσα καὶ γραμμέων συνθέσιος μετὰ ἀποδείξεως οὐδείς κώ με παρήλλαξεν οὐδ’
οἱ Αἰγυπτίων καλεόμενοι Ἀρπεδονάπται· σὺν τοῖς δ’ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἐπ’ ἔτεα ὀγδώκοντα ἐπὶ ξείνης ἐγενήθην. ἐπῆλθε γὰρ
Bαβυλῶνά τε καὶ Περσίδα καὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖς τε μάγοις καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι μαθητεύων.
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Of those in Meroë.
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A Voyage round the Ocean.
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Of <the Right Use of> History.
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[Ὑπ. 4] ΠΕΡΙ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΗΣ. Vgl. Suid. unter Bolos’ Schriften: Περὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἀναγνώσεως τῶν ἱστοριῶν εἰς ἐπίστασιν ἡμᾶς ἀγόντων [II 125, 4].
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A Chaldaean Treatise.
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[Ὑπ. 5] ΧΑΛΔΑΙΚΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ. Vgl. B 298v.
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A Phrygian Treatise.
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[Ὑπ. 6] ΦΡΥΓΙΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ. Vgl. [Diagoras] Φρύγιοι λόγοι, Fälschung d. III. J. v. Chr., zitiert in der Katalogquelle Ciceros d. nat. deor. III 16, 42, Tatian. 28. Schol. Apoll. Rh. I 558. Plut. Is. et Os. 29 p. 362 D. Damasc. II 154, 17 Ruelle. S. oben A 10a [II 15, 9].
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ΠΕΡΙ ΠΥΡΕΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΝΟΣΟΥ ΒΗΣΣΟΝΤΩΝ.
Concerning Fever and those whose Malady makes them Cough.
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[Ὑπ. 7] ΠΕΡΙ ΠΥΡΕΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΝΟΣΟΥ ΒΗΣΣΟΝΤΩΝ.
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Legal Causes and Effects.
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admiror etiam Democriti De rerum natura volumina et eius commentarium quod inscribitur Χειροκμήτων, in quo etiam utebatur anulo, 〈ut〉 signaret cera molli quae esset expertus.
I find also much for admiration in the books of Democritus on nature, and in his commentary entitled Χειρόκμητα, in which he made use of his ring to seal with soft wax the principles which he had himself put to the test.
Morris Hicky Morgan, revised by Albert A. Howard · Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), IX, introduction 14, p. 255How this fragment survives
- The Suda (anonymous)
Suda
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SUID. Β
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- Columella
On Agriculture · VII 5, 17
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COLUM. VII 5, 17
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- Plutarch
Table Talk · II 7, 1 p. 641 B
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PLUT. quaest. conv. II 7, 1 p. 641 B
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- Pliny the Elder
Natural History · XXV 23
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PLIN. hist. nat. XXV 23
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- Galen
On the Powers of Simple Drugs · XII 250–251 (Kühn)
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GAL. de simpl. medic. XIII 250
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Natural History · XXX 8
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PLIN. n. hist. XXX 8 ff
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- Seneca
Letters to Lucilius · 90, 32
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SENEC. ep. 90, 32
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ΒΩΛΟΥ ΧΕΙPOKMHTA ΚAI ΦΥΕΙΚΑ ΔΥΝΑΜΕPA (ΠΕPI ΕΥΜΠΑΘΕΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΠΑΘΕΙΩΝ).
Vgl. c.65.
SUID. Βῶλος ΜΝενδήσιος Πυθαγόρειος Περὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἀναγνώσεως τῶν ἱστορῶν
εἰς ἐπίστασιν ἡμὸς ἀγόντυν, Περὶ θαυμασίων, φυσικὰ δυναμερά· ἔχει δὲ Περὶ συμπαθειῶν καὶ ἀντιπαθειῶν, Αἴθων κατὰ στοιχεῖον,
Περὶ σημείων τῶν ἐξ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ ἄρκτου καὶ λύχνου καὶ ἴριδος. Aus anderer Quelle
Βῶλος Δημοκρίτ(ει)ος φιλόσοφος Ἱστορίαν καὶ Τέχνην ἰατρικήν (ἔχει δὲ ἰάσεις φυσικὰς ἀπό τινων βοηθημάτων τῆς φύσεως).
VITRUV. IX 1, 14 admiror etiam Democriti De rerum natura volumina et eius commentarium
quod inscribitur Χειροκμήτων, in quo etiam utebatur anulo, 〈ut〉 signaret cera molli quae
esset expertus. PLIN. XXIV 160 Democriti certe Chirocmeta esse constat; at in his ile post Pythagoram Magorum
studiosissimus
quanto portentosiora tradit! ut aglaophotim herbam quae admiratione hominum propter eximium colorem acceperit nomen, in
marmoribus Arabiae nascentem Persico (?) latere, qua de causa et marmaritim vocari. hac Magos uti, eum velint deos evocare.
(167 ) adiecit his Apollodorus adsecator eius [vgl. unten c. 61 ] herbam aeschynomenen.
COLUM. VII 5, 17 sed Aegyptiae gentis auctor memorabilis Bolus Mendesius,
cuius commenta quae appellantur graece Χειρόκμητα sub nomine Democriti falso produntur,
censet propter hanc [pusula, Rotlauf] saepius ac diligenter ovium terga perspicere, ut si forte sit in aliqua tale vitium
deprehensum confestim scrobem defodiamus in limine stabuli et vivam pecudem quae fuerit pusulosa resupinam obruamus
patiamurque super obrutam meare totum gregem, quod eo facto morbus propulsetur. XI 3,53 nos autem leviore
opera istud fieri apud Aegyptiae gentis Bolum Mendesium legimus, qui praecipit aprico et stercoroso loco alternis ordinibus
ferulas alternis rubos in hortis consitas habere. deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululum infra terram secare etc.
(61 ) veteres quidam auctores ut Democritus praecipiunt semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur
medicare eodemque remedio adversus bestiolas uti. (64 ) sed D. in eo libro qui graece inscribitur
Περὶ ἀντιπαθῶν affirmat has ipsas bestiolas [Raupen] enecari, si mulier quae in menstruis
est solutis crinibus et nudo pede unamquamque aream ter circumeat: post hoc enim decidere omnes vermiculos et ita emori.
SCHOL. NICANDR. Ther. 764 βῶλος δὲ ὁ Δημοκρίτειος ἐν τῷ Περὶ συμπαθῶν καὶ ἀντιπαθῶν
Πέρσας φησὶν ἔχοντας παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς θανάσιμον φυτὸν φυτεῦσαι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὡς πολλῶν μελλόντων ἀναιρεθήσεσθαι, τὴν δὲ ἀγαθὴν οὖσαν
εἰς τοὐναντίον μεταβαλεῖν ποιῆσαί τε τὸ φυτὸν καρπὸν γλυκύτατον.
CRATEUAS ed. M. Wellmann 18,14 [Abh. d. G. G. d. V. N. F. II 1] Ἀναγαλλίδες . . .
χρῶνται δ’ αὐτῇ καὶ εἰς τὰς Δημοκρίτου δυνάμεις.
PLUT. quaest. conv. II 7, 1 p. 641 B ἦσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ τὰς ἀντιπαθείας θρυλοῦντες καὶ
ἄλλα πολλὰ παθόντων (?) ἦν ἀκούειν· ὅτι μαινόμενον ἐλέφαντα καταπαύει κριὸς ὀφθείς κτλ.
PLIN. hist. nat. XXV 23 [nach Pythagoras, qui volumen De effectu herbarum composuit]
composuit et Democritus, ambo peragratis Persidis, Arabiae, Aethiopiae, Aegypti magis; adeoque ad haec attonita antiquitas
fuit, ut adfirmaverit etiam incredibilia dictu. PETRON. 88, 2 priscis enim temporibus, cum adhuc nuda virtus placeret,
vigebant artes ingenuae summumque certamen inter homines erat, ne quid profuturum saeculis diu lateret. itaque herbarum
omnium sucosDemocritus expressit, et ne lapidum virgultorumque vis lateret
aetatem inter ex. perimenta consumpsit.
GAL. de simpl. medic. XIII 250 sq. [vgl. unten n. 13a]
παραπλήσια δὲ τῷ Ξενοκράτει καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς ἔγραψαν περὶ ζώιων, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ξενοκράτης ἐξεγράψατο τὰ πλεῖστα. πόθεν γὰρ
ἂν ηὐπόρησε τοσούτων τε καὶ τοιούτων πραγμάτων αὐτὸς πειραθῆναι; ὁ γοῦν ἡμέτερος γενόμενός ποτε βασιλεὺς Ἄτταλος ἐλάττονα
φαίνεται γράφων καίτοι φιλοτιμότατα σχὼν περὶ τὴν τῶν τοιούτων πεῖραν. ἐπαινῶν δέ τις Ἀτευρίστου (?) τὴν αὐτὴν πραγματείαν
ἔδωκέ μοι καὶ αὐτὴν διελθεῖν, ὥς γε ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ χωρὶς αὐτοψίας ἰδίας τοῦ γράψαντος αὐτὴν γεγονυῖαν. ἐγὼ τοίνυν οὔτε βασιλίσκων
οὔτε ἐλεφάντων οὔθ’ ἵππων Νειλῴων οὔτ’ ἄλλου τινός . . . μνημονεύσω. Gegen PLIN. XXVIII 112
chamaeleonem peculiari volumine (!) dignum existimatum Democrito usw. wendet sich
GELL. X 12,1; vgl. 6 his portentis atque praestigiis a Plinio Secundo
scriptis non dignum esse cognomen Democriti puto, vel illud quale est quod idem Plinius in decimo libro [§ 137 ]
scripsisse adseverat aves quasdam etc. ... (8) multa autem videntur ab hominibus istis male sollertibus
huiuscemodi commenta in Democriti nomen data nobilitatis auctoritatisque eius perfugio utentibus. (Doch zitiert er selbst
IV 13,2 viperarum morsibus tibicinium scite modulateque adhibitum mederi refert etiam Democriti liber qui
inscribitur * * * in quo docet plurimis hominum morbidis medicinae fuisse incentiones tibiarum.)
Als Probe: ANON. ROHDEI (Kl. Schr. I 397)
Δ. δὲ ἱστορεῖ ὡς καὶ αὐτόπτης τοῦ ζωίου γεγονὼς ταῦτα· ὁ βασιλίσκος ὁ κινάδης (οὕτω γὰρ αὐτὸν καλεῖ),
ἔστι μὲν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ὀλίγος, νωθὴς δὲ κατὰ τὴν κίνησιν, ὀξυκέφαλος, ἀστεροειδὲς βασίλειον ἔχων ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς,
ξανθὸς τὴν χροιάν, ἀσύγκριτος τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ ἀνυπέρβλητος. εὑρίσκεται δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἐπέκεινα τόποις τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ
Κυρήνην, ὅπου καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν καλουμένων Ψύλλων γένος. τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ κινάδου δήγματα ὑπὸ τῶν Ψύλλων
θεραπεύεται. ἀντιπαθὴς δὲ τῷ κινάδῃ ἐστὶν ἡ κατοικίδιος γαλέα· ταύτης γὰρ οὔτε τὴν φωνὴν οὔτε τὸ εἶδος φέρει, ἀλλ’
εὐθὺς ἀπόλλυται. εἰ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τῷ φωλεῷ εὕροι, διασπαράσσει τοῦτον ἡ γαλέα. αὕτη τῆς ἀντιπαθείας ἡ ἐνέργεια.
Fruchtbarkeit des Hasen bei THEOPHYL. colloqu. 11,2
[Physici ed. Id. I 178] , der Demokrit neben Bolos als Quelle siliert
quaest. phys. p. 27 ed. Boiss.
Naturgeschichtliche Mirabilien und Sympathiemittel aus Democritus häufig bei
PLINIUS: VIII 61. XI 80. XIII 131. XIV 20.
XV 138. XVII 23. 62 [vgl. d. Georgikon B 26f]. XVIII 47.
159. 321 [mit Zitat von Verg. Georg I 276ff.]. XX 19. 28.
149. XXI 62. XXIV 156. XXV 13. 14. XXVI 19.
XXVII 141. XXVIII 7. 118. 153. XXIX 72. XXXII 49.
XXXVII 69. 146. 149. 160. 185. SOLIN.
I 54p. 13, 42 Momms. ;
III 3 p. 45, 15 (beides nicht aus Plin.). AMMIAN.
MARC. XXVIII 4, 34 ; COLUM. VI 28. VIII 8, 6. IX 14, 6.
XI 64 [s. 126, 17. 18] ; PALLAD. I 35, 7. Ferner
bei ANATOLIOS in den Geoponica (vermittelt durch Cassius Dionysius, Celsus, Plinius, Africanus und Apuleius)
überaus häufig (s. Beckh’s Index S. 531 u. bes. Oder Rhein. Mus. 45, 70 ):
Wetterprophezeiungen, Sympathiemittel (gegen Unkraut. Ungeziefer, wilde Tiere usw).
Vgl. Schol. Bodl. zu Epict. p. LXXIII 2 Schenkl. Über das
Ὑδροσκοπικὸν Δημοκρίτου GEOPON. II 6 vgl. Oder Philol. Suppl VII 240 ff.
SCHOL. BASIL. ed. Pasquali [Gött. Nachr. 1910, 200]
ἔστιν Δημοκρίτου πραγματεία τὰ Φρεωρυχικά, καὶ ἄλλοι ἔγραψαν Ὑδροσκοπικά.
Aus Ael. N. H. I 35-38. VII 7. 8 und Anatolios [Geopon. B. XIII und XV ] schöpft die byzantinische Fälschung Δημοκρίτου Περὶ συμπαθειῶν καὶ ἀντιπαθειῶν ed. W. Gemoll Striegau 1884.
Umfangreich war in Bolos’ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΝΤΙΠΑΘΕΙΩΝ
offenbar der die menschlichen Krankheiten umfasende Teil. CELSUS
I prooem. p. 2, 11 Dar. ideoque multos et sapientiae
professoribus peritos eius [nämlich medicinae] fuisse accepimus: clarissimos vero ex iis Pythagoram et Empedoclem et
Democritum. TATIAΝ. 16. 17 p. 18, 6 Schw. εἰσὶν μὲν οὖν καὶ νόσοι καὶ στάσεις τῆς ἐν
ἡμῖν ὕλης· δαίμονες δὲ αἴτιοι τούτων, 〈οἷς〉 τὰς αἰτίας, ἐπειδὰν συμβαίνωσιν ἑαυτοῖς, προσγράφουσιν, ἐπιόντες ὁπόταν καταλαμβάνῃ
κάματος (ἔστι δὲ ὅτε καὶ αὐτοὶ χειμῶνι τῆς σφῶν ἀβελτερίας κραδαίνουσιν τὴν ἔξιν τοῦ σώματος)· οἳ λόγῳ θεοῦ δυνάμεως πληττόμενοι
δεδιότες ἀπίασιν, καὶ ὁ κάμνων θεραπεύεται. (17 ) περὶ γὰρ τῶν κατὰ τὸν Δημόκριτον ξυμπαθειῶν τε καὶ ἀντιπαθειῶν τί
καὶ λέγειν ἔχομεν ἢ τοῦθ’ ὅτι κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν λόγον ἀβδηρολόγος ἐστὶν ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀβδήρων ἄνθρωπος;
Auch hier erscheinen einzelne Kapitel als Monographien. Vgl. die Excerpte aus Soran bei
CAEL. AUREL. ac. morb. III 14-16 Hydrophobie ; tard. IV 1
(Elephantiasis) veterum autem medicorum nullus istius passionis curationem ordinavit excepto
Themisone atque ex philosophis Democrito, si vere eius de elephantiacis conscriptus dicitur liber.
ANECD. PARIS. [ed. Fuchs Rh. Mus. 49, 557] τῆς δὲ ἐλεφαντιάσεως τῶν μὲν παλαιῶν οὐδεὶς ἐμνήσθη
ἰατρῶν, φιλοσόφων δὲ Δ. ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἐλεφαντιάσεως αὑτοῦ βιβλίῳ. Schärfer als Soran Rufus
Περὶ τῶν ἐκτὸς παθῶν, woraus ORIBAS. IV p. 63 Dar.
τὸ γὰρ εἰς Δημόκρντον ἀναφερόμενον βιβλίον περὶ τοῦ νοσήματος [Elephantiasis]
φανερῶς κατέψευσται. Dagegen ohne Bedenke III p. 607, 7 D.
über Bubonen. Sympathiemittel gegen Fieber und Epilepsie bei
THEODOR. PRISC. phys. IV 3 p. 251, 1 Rose. S. B
26b II 68, 28.
Excerpte im VATIC. gr. 299 f. 304 ff.
[Rohde Kl. Schr. I 383, ediert von M. Wellmann Berl. Sitz. Ber. 1908 625 ff]
Δημοκράτους [so] κεφαλαλγία Δημοκρίτου περὶ ὀφθαλμῶν, Δημοκρίτου Ἀβδηρίτου περὶ ὀφθαλμῶν φλεγμονῆς, Δ—ου πρὸς
ῥεῦμα ὀφθαλμοῦ, Δ—ου περὶ τριχιάσεως ὀφθαλμῶν, Δ. πρὸς ὑποσφάγματα ὀφθαλμῶν, Δ. περὶ χημώσεως, περὶ νεφελίων
Δ., πρὸς ὑπώπια καὶ πελιώματα, Δ. περὶ φλεγμονῆς γαργαρεῶνος, πρὸς ἔμετον στομάχου Δ., σταλτικὸν ἐμέτου Ἀβδηρίτου.
AEL. PROMOT. c. 26 [nach Marc. 295] πρὸς τὰ λοιμικὰ πάθη καὶ μολυβδώδη ἔχοντας τὴν
χρόαν ... ἄλλο ἔστι δὴ τῶν Δημοκρίτου πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὸ ἀέρος ἑλώδους βεβλαμμένους.
Folgt Rezept.
Die graulichsten Sympathiemittel scheinen in Περὶ συμπαθειῶν mit dem Namen
des Magiers Ostanes [oder Osthanes] verknüpft gewesen zu sein. TATIAΝ. 17 p. 18, 15
[nach ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀβδήρων ἄνθρωπος II 128, 24 ] ὥσπερ δὲ ὁ τῇ πόλει
τῆς προσηγορίας αἴτιος [Abderos, Gründer der Stadt] φίλος ὤν, ὥς φασιν, Ἡρακλέους
ὑπὸ τῶν Διομήδους ἵππων κατεβρώθη, τρόπῳ τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ τὸν μάγον Ὀστάνην καυχώμενος ἐν ἡμέραι συντελείας πυρὸς
αἰωνίου βορᾶι παραδοθήσεται ... πάθος οὐκ ἔστι δι’ ἀντιπαθείας ἀπολλύμενον οὐδὲ ὁ μεμηνὼς σκυτίδων ἐξαρτήμασι θεραπεύεται.
APUL. apol. 27 eos vero vulgo magos nominent quasi facere etiam sciant
quae sciant fieri, ut olim fuere Epimenides et Orpheus et Pythagoras et 0stanes. Vgl.
ZACHARIAS Scholasticus Vie de Sevère ed. Kugener S. 62.
PLIN. n. hist. XXX 8 ff. primus quod extet, ut equidem invenio, commentatus
est de ea [nämlich magia] Osthanes Xerxen regem Persarum bello quod is Graeciae
intulit comitatus ac velut semina artis portentosae sparsit obiter infecto quacumque commeaverat mundo. diligentiores
paulo ante hunc ponunt Zoroastren, alium Proconnensium [d. i. Aristeas]. quod certum est, hic maxime Osthanes ad rabiem,
non aviditatem modo, scientiae eius Graecorum populos egit. quamquam animadverto summam litterarum claritatem gloriamque
ex ea scientia antiquitus et paene semper petitam. (9) certe Pythagoras, Empedocles, Democritus, Plato ad hanc discendam
navigavere exsiliis verius quam peregrinationibus susceptis, hanc reversi praedicavere, hanc in arcanis habuere,
D. Apollobechen Coptiten et Dardanum et Phoenicem inlustravit, voluminibus Dardani in sepulchrum eius petitis, suis vero
ex disciplina eorum editis, quae recepta ab ullis hominum atque transiisse per memoriam aeque ac nihil in vita mirandum
est; (10) in tantum fides istis fasque omne deest adeo, ut qui cetera in viro probant haec opera eius esse infitientur.
sed frustra. hunc enim maxime adfixisse animis eam dulcedinem constat. plenumque miraculi et hoc, pariter utrasque artis
effloruisse, medicinam dico magicenque, eadem aetate illam Hippocrate hanc Democrito inlustrantibus circa Peloponnesiacum
Graeciae bellum, quod gestum est a : ccc. urbis nostrae anno ... (11) non levem et Alexandri Magni temporibus auctoritatem
addidit professioni secundus Osthanes comitatu eius exornatus planeque, quod nemo dubitet, orbem terrarum peragravit.
GAL. de simpl. med. X 1 [XII 288 K.] ἔνια μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν
[Arzneimittel] ἀσελγῆ τέ ἐστι καὶ βδελυρά, τινὰ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τῶν νόμων ἀπηγορευμένα,
περὶ ὧν οὐκ οἶδα, πῶς ἔγραψεν ὁ Ξενοκράτης, ἄνθρωπος οὐ πάλαι γεγονώς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τοὺς πάππους ἡμῶν, τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς
βασιλείας ἀπηγορευκυίας ἀνθρώπους ἐσθίειν, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνός γε ὡς αὐτὸς πεπειραμένος ἀξιοπίστως πάνυ γράφει, τίνα πάθη
θεραπεύειν πέφυκεν ἐγκέφαλος ἐσθιόμενος ἢ σάρκες ἢ ἧπαρ ἀνθρώπου, τίνα δὲ τὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἢ κνήμης ἢ δακτύλων ὀστᾶ
τὰ μὲν καυθέντα τὰ δ’ ἄκαυστα πινόμενα, τίνα δ’ αὐτὸ τὸ αἷμα.
PLIN. n. h. XXVIII 5ff. nec pauci apud Graecos singulorum viscerum
membrorumque etiam sapores dixere omnia persecuti ad resegmina unguium, quasi vero sanitas videri possit feram ex
homine fieri morboque dignum in ipsa medicina, egregia, hercules, frustratione, si non prosit. adspici humana
exta nefas habetur, quid mandi? quis ista invenit, Osthane? (6) tecum enim res erit eversor iuris humani monstrorumque
artifex qui primus ea condidisti credo, ne vita oblivisceretur 〈tui〉. qui invenit singula membra humana mandere?
qua coniectura inductus? quam potest medicina ista originem habuisse? quis veneficia innocentiora fecit quam remedia?
esto, barbari externique ritus invenerant, etiamne Graeci suas fecere has artis? (7) extant commentationes Democriti
ad aliud noxii homini ex capite ossa plus prodesse, ad alia amici et hospitis. PHILO BYBL.
b. Eus. P. E. I 10,53 (nach Ζωροάστρης δὲ ὁ μάγος ἐν τὴι ἱερᾶι συναγωγῇ τῶν
Περσικῶν über den θεὸς κεφαλὴν ἔχων ἱέρακος) τὰ δ’ αὐτὰ καὶ Ὀστάνης φησὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐπιγραφομένῃ Ὀκτατεύχῳ.
PEBECHIOS b. Berthelot Chim. au moyen âge
II 309f.
SENEC. ep. 90, 32 Democritus inquit [Poseidonios]
invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum curvatura paulatim inclinatorum medio saxo
alligaretur. hoc dicam falsum esse; necesse est enim ante Democritum et pontes et portas fuisse, quarum fere summa curvantur.
excidit porro vobis eundem Democritum invenisse, quemadmodum ebur molliretur, quemadmodum decoctus calculus in smaragdum
converteretur, qua hodieque coctura inventi lapides 〈in〉 hoc utiles colorantur.
An den teilweise bereits alchemistischen Charakter der Χειρόκμητα
(B 300, 14 ) knüpft im Ausgang des Altertums die Schwindellitteratur der Goldmacherzunft an. In der
verlorenen Schriff Δημοκρίτου Φυσικὰ καὶ μυστικά erscheint D. als Adept des Magiers 0stanes, der ihn im Tempel zu Memphis in
die alten Schriften einweiht, aus denen dann D. Auszüge mitteilt. Fünf Hauptschriften werden genannt:
1. Περὶ χρυσοῦ, 2. Περὶ ἀργύρου,
3. Περὶ λίθων, 4. Περὶ πορφύρας,
5. Πρὸς Λεύκιππον. Exzerpte daraus bei:
SYNCELL. I 471 Dind. Δ. Ἀβδηρίτης
φυσικὸς φιλόσοφος ἤκμαζεν. ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μυηθεὶς ὑπὸ Ὀστάνου τοῦ Μήδου σταλέντος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ παρὰ τῶν τηνικαῦτα βασιλέων Περσῶν
ἄρχειν τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἱερῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Μέμφεως σὺν ἄλλοις ἱερεῦσι καὶ φιλοσόφοις, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Μαρία τις Ἑβραία σοφὴ καὶ
Παμμένης, συνέγραψε περὶ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου καὶ λίθων καὶ πορφύρας λοξῶς, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Μαρία. ἀλλ’ οὗτοι μὲν Δ. καὶ Μαρία
ἐπῃνέθησαν παρὰ Ὀστάνου ὡς πολλοῖς καὶ σοφοῖς αἰνίγμασι κρύψαντες τὴν τέχνην, Παμμένους δὲ κατέγνωσαν ἀφθόνως γράψαντος.
[SYNES.] ad Dioscorum comment in Democr. [Berthelot Coll. d. Alchim. I 56, 7]
Δ. ἐλθὼν ἀπὸ Ἀβδήρων φυσικὸς ὢν καὶ πάντα
τὰ φυσικὰ ἐρευνήσας καὶ συγγραψάμενος τὰ ὄντα κατὰ φύσιν. Ἄβδηρα δέ ἐστι πόλις Θράικης· ἐγένετο
δὲ ἀνὴρ λογιώτατος, ὃς ἐλθὼν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐμυσταγωγήθη παρὰ τοῦ μεγάλου Ὀστάνου
ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Μέμφεως σὺν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν Αἰγύπτου. ἐκ τούτου λαβὼν ἀφορμὰς συνεγράψατο βίβλους τέσσαρας βαφικάς,
περὶ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου καὶ λίθων καὶ πορφύρας. λέγω δή, τὰς ἀφορμὰς λαβὼν συνεγράψατο παρὰ τοῦ μεγάλου Ὀστάνου. ἐκεῖνος
γὰρ ἦν πρῶτος ὁ γράψας ὅτι ἡ φύσις τῇ φύσει τέρπεται καὶ ἡ φύσις τὴν φύσιν κρατεῖ καὶ ἡ φύσις τὴν φύσιν νικᾶι κτλ.
[= "Nechepso fr. 28, 4 Riess Philolog. VI Suppl. 379. Kopp. a. O. S. 130 ].
Auszüge aus dieser Tetrabiblos unter dem Titel Δημοκρίτου φυσικὰ
καὶ μυστικά in Berthelots Coll. d. Alchim. I p. 41 ff.
Probe: p. 43, 14 ὡς οὖν ἦμεν ἐν τῷ ναῷ ἐξ αὐτομάτου στήλη τις [ἢ κιόνιον] διαρρήγνυται,
ἣν ἡμεῖς ἑωρῶμεν ἔνδον οὐδὲν ἔχουσαν. ὁ δὲ Ὀστάνης ἔφασκεν ἐν αὐτῇ τὰς πατρώιας τεθησαυρίσθαι βίβλους καὶ προκομίσας
εἰς μέσον ἤγαγεν· ἐγκύψαντες δὲ ἐθαυμάζομεν, ὅτι μηδὲν ἦμεν παραλείψαντες, πλὴν τοῦτον τὸν λόγον εὕρομεν ἐκεῖ πάνυ
χρήσιμον· ἡ φύσις τὴν φύσιν κτλ.
Es folgt in der Sammlung Δημοκρίτου βίβλος ε̄ προσφωνηθεῖσα Λευκίππῳ.
p. 53, 16 ἰδοὺ μὲν ὃ ἦν, ὦ Λεύκιππε, περὶ τουτέων τῶν τεχνῶν τῶν. Αἰγυπτίων 〈ἐν ταῖς τῶν〉 προφητέων
Περσικαῖς βίβλοις, ἔγραψα τῇ κοινῇ διαλέκτῳ, πρὸς ἣν δὴ μάλιστα ἁρμόζονται· ἡ δὲ βίβλος οὐκ ἔστι κοινή. αἰνίγματα γὰρ
ἔχει μυστικὰ παλαιά τε καὶ ὠγύγια, ἅπερ οἱ πρόγονοι καὶ θεῖοι Αἰγύπτου βασιλεῖς τοῖς φοίνιξι ἀνέθεντο. ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ φίλος σου
ὠγυγίοις αἰνίγμασιν χρήσομαι ἃ δὴ γεγράφαταί μοι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίων παισίν. ἀλλὰ σοί, ἰατρέ, καὶ δι’ ἑρμηνέως πάντα οὐ
παύσομαι ἀναφανδὸν ἐνεξηγούμενος. περιέχει δὲ ἡ συγγραφὴ λεύκωσίν τε καὶ ξάνθωσιν ἢ χαλκολίθου τε μαλάξιας καὶ ἑψήσιας
καὶ ἕως βαφικῆς, ὕστερον δὲ ὅσα πάλιν παράδοξα γίγνεται ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ χαλκοῦ καὶ κινναβάρεως, ἔχε ποιῆσαι χρυσὸν 〈ἐκ
τῆς〉 καδμίας τε καὶ ἄλλων εἰδῶν, καὶ καύσεων πάλιν 〈καὶ〉 ἐπιπλοκῶν ὅσα παράδοξα γίγνεται. Vgl.
Olympiod. das. p. 78, 12. 79, 3 ff. 97, 6 u. s. f.
Zosimos a. O. II 122 aus Demokrit : δέξαι λίθον τὸν οὐ λίθον,
τὸν ἄτιμον καὶ πολύτιμον, τὸν πολύμορφον καὶ ἄμορφον, τὸν ἄγνωστον καὶ πᾶσι γνωστόν, τὸν πολυώνυμον καὶ ἀνώνυμον, τὸν
ἀφροσέληνον λέγω. Vgl. 119, 11 ff.
p. 159, 3 καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οὕτως πρὸς τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους προφήτας ὁ Δ. γράφει
ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς σέ, ὦ Φιλάρετε, πρὸς ὃν ἡ δύναμις, τὴν κατὰ πλάτος σοι γράφω τέχνην.
III 448, 19 [Stein der Weisen] ὁ Δ. φησὶ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰ
μὴ τὰς οὐσίας καταμάθῃς καὶ τὰς οὐσίας κεράσῃς καὶ τὰ εἴδη νοήσῃς καὶ τὰ γένη συνάψῃς τοῖς γένεσιν, εἰς μάτην τῷ
κόπῳ ἐπεχείρησας, ὦ βασιλεῦ.
Im Index des Venet. 229
[Haupths. der Alchem.] werden die Schriften Περὶ χρυσοῦ ποιήσεως
und Περὶ ἀσήμου [eig. Elektron, hier Silber]
ποιήσεως [abgedr. bei Berthelot I 49 ] unter
Demokrits Namen besonders aufgeführt.
Die Anfänge der Goldmacherkunst zeigt bereits Nr. 1 der Rezeptsammlung des
PAPYR. LONDIN. 121 [III. Jahrh. n. Chr.] c. 5ᵇ v. 168 [Kenyon Greek Pap. in the Br. Mus.
(I 1893) S. 89 :
Δημοκρίτου παίγνια.
τὰ χαλκᾶ χρυσᾶ ποιῆσαι φαίνεσθαι: θεῖον ἄπυρον μετὰ τῆς κρητηρίας μείξας ἔκμασσε.
ὠιὸν ὅμοιον μήλῳ γενέσθαι: ζέσας τὸ ὠιὸν χρῖε κρόκῳ μείξας μετ’ οἴνου.
μάγειρον μὴ δύνασθαι τὴν πυρὰν ἀνάψαι: βοτάνην ἀείζωον θὲς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἑστίαν.
φαγόντα σκόρδα μὴ ὄζειν: ῥίζας σεύτλου ὀπτήσας φάγε.
γραῦν μήτε πολλὰ λαλεῖν μήτε πολλὰ πίνειν: πίτυν κόψας βάλε αὐτῆς εἰς τὸ κρᾶμα.
μονομάχας [so] ἐζωγραφημένους μάχεσθαι: ὑποκάτω αὐτῶν κάπνισον λαγοῦ κεφαλήν.
ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι: σκίλλαν εἰς ὕδωρ χλιαρὸν βρέξας δὸς αὐτῶ νίψασθαι· λύσις ἐλαίῳ.
Verstümmelt.
πολλὰ πίνοντα [καὶ] μὴ μεθύειν: χοιραῖον πνεύμονα ὀπτήσας φάγε.
ὁδοιποροῦντα μὴ διψᾶν: ὠιὸν 〈εἰς〉 οἶνον ἀνακόψας ῥόφα.
πολλὰ βινεῖν δύνασθαι: στροβίλια πεντήκοντα μετὰ δύο κυάθων γλυκεῖς [so] καὶ κόκκους πεπέρεως τρίψας πίε.
στύειν, ὅτε θέλεις: πέπερι. μετὰ μέλιτος τρίψας χρῖέ σου τὸ π[έλ]μα.
PAPYR. MAGIC. LUGD. 384 IV. Jahrh. n. Chr. [Dieterich Jahrb. f. d. Ph. Suppl. XVI 813] Δημοκρίτου Σφαῖρα. Προγνωστικὸν ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου. γνῶθι πρὸς τίνα σελήνην ἀνέπεσε νοσῶν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἐκ γενετῆς· συμψήφισον τὴν σελήνην [Monatsdatum] καὶ βλέπε, πόσαι τριακάδες γίνονται καὶ τὰ περιλειπόμενα τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ κατανόησον εἰς τὴν σφαῖραν καὶ ἂν ἦι ἄνω ἡ ψῆφος, ζήσει, ἐὰν δὲ κάτω, τελευτήσει.
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English · Morris Hicky Morgan, revised by Albert A. Howard. Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), IX, introduction 14, p. 255. Default reading. Partial translation. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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D. ait: unus mihi pro populo est et populus pro uno
Démocrite a dit : « Un seul homme est pour moi le public, et le public un seul homme. »
French · Joseph Baillard (1799–1862) · Sénèque, Œuvres complètes, traduction Joseph Baillard, tome II, Hachette, 1914 (translation first published 1861)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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SENEC. epist. 7, 10 D. ait: unus mihi pro populo est et populus pro uno
[Vgl. 12 B 49 ].
Seneca, Letters 7.10. The ancient witness is Latin, despite the field name the displayed Greek. Exact complete maxim and attribution; no reconstructed Greek supplied
French · Joseph Baillard (1799–1862) · Sénèque, Œuvres complètes, traduction Joseph Baillard, tome II, Hachette, 1914 (translation first published 1861) Published translation ↗
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French · Joseph Baillard (1799–1862). Sénèque, Œuvres complètes, traduction Joseph Baillard, tome II, Hachette, 1914 (translation first published 1861). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Available translations: German
GRAECO-SYR. SPRÜCHE übers. von Ryssel [Rhein. Mus. 51, 539] n. 33 D. hat gesagt: Weise Leute müssen, wenn sie in ein fremdes Land gehen, das nicht das ihre ist, unter Stillschweigen und in Ruhe die Kundschafter machen, indem sie zusehen und nach dem Rufe hinhorchen, den die Sache der Weisen, die dort sind, hat: wie sie sind und ob sie ihnen gegenüber bestehen können, indem sie ihre Worte mit den ihren in ihrem Sinne heimlich abwägen. Und wenn sie es abgewogen und gesehen haben, welche Partei der anderen überlegen ist, alsdann sollen sie den Reichtum ihrer Weisheit kund tun, damit sie um des Schatzes willen, der ihr Eigentum ist, gepriesen werden, indem sie andere aus ihm bereichern. Und wenn der ihre zu klein ist, als daß sie davon spenden könnten, so nehmen sie von dem anderen und so gehen sie fort.
Weise Leute müssen, wenn sie in ein fremdes Land gehen, das nicht das ihre ist, unter Stillschweigen und in Ruhe die Kundschafter machen, indem sie zusehen und nach dem Rufe hinhorchen, den die Sache der Weisen, die dort sind, hat: wie sie sind und ob sie ihnen gegenüber bestehen können, indem sie ihre Worte mit den ihren in ihrem Sinne heimlich abwägen. Und wenn sie es abgewogen und gesehen haben, welche Partei der anderen überlegen ist, alsdann sollen sie den Reichtum ihrer Weisheit kund tun, damit sie um des Schatzes willen, der ihr Eigentum ist, gepriesen werden, indem sie andere aus ihm bereichern. Und wenn der ihre zu klein ist, als daß sie davon spenden könnten, so nehmen sie von dem anderen und so gehen sie fort.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
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German intermediary: Victor Ryssel, Graeco-Syriac Sayings no.33 (Rheinisches Museum51), reproduced by Diels (1922). The attribution to Democritus is uncertain View original source ↗
Historical German rendering of a saying transmitted through Syriac or Arabic, as printed by Diels. This reading supplies neither an ancient-language transcription nor a recovered Greek original. The spurious attribution is retained in the source notes.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
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German · Viktor Ryssel. Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
Available translations: German
— 42 D. hat gesagt: Ich allein weiß, daß ich nichts weiß. Vgl. Gnom. Vatic.
743 [Wien. Stud. X 232] n. 56 ὁ αὐτὸς [Demokritos] εἶπεν·
ἓν μόνον οἶδα, ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα. Vgl. 57 B 1.
Ich allein weiß, daß ich nichts weiß.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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References in the retained source witness use Diels’s 1922 numbering unless otherwise identified
The retained complete witness juxtaposes a German rendering of Syriac with a Greek parallel. Their formulations differ
Editorial references in the original-language apparatus retain the source edition’s numbering
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek View original source ↗
Related passages: DK 70 B 1
Ryssel’s German translation represents a Syriac saying. Diels also prints a separately transmitted Greek parallel from the Gnomologium Vaticanum; it is not a recovered Greek original of the Syriac saying. Diels places this material among the spurious fragments.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
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German · Viktor Ryssel. Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
Available translations: German
QIFTI bei Müller gr. Philos. in d. ar. Überl. S. 36 »D. ein gr. Philosoph, Verfasser eines Buches Über die Philosophie«.
D. ein gr. Philosoph, Verfasser eines Buches Über die Philosophie
German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels · Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
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German intermediary: Müller’s account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, cited by Diels (1922), p.36 of Müller. A bibliographic notice, not a surviving quotation from the alleged work
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References in this source witness use Diels’s 1922 numbering unless otherwise stated.
This is a German bibliographical notice drawn from Arabic testimony, not a quotation from the alleged book.
Diels cites al-Qifti through August Müller, Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung, p. 36, for a work On Philosophy. The transcribed heading “30 S” is normalized to 305.
German intermediary: Müller’s account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, cited by Diels (1922), p.36 of Müller. A bibliographic notice, not a surviving quotation from the alleged work View original source ↗
August Müller’s German account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, reprinted by Diels. This is a bibliographical notice, not a saying or a surviving extract from the alleged work. No Arabic transcription or recovered Greek text is supplied.
German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels · Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1848–1892; Diels 1848–1922.
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German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels. Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1848–1892; Diels 1848–1922.
Available translations: English
Παντοίην βιότοιο τάμοις τρίβον· εἰν ἀγορῇ μὲν
κύδεα καὶ πινυταὶ πρήξιες· ἐν δὲ δόμοις
ἄμπαυμ’· ἐν δ’ ἀγροῖς Φύσιος χάρις· ἐν δὲ θαλάσσῃ
κέρδος. ἐπὶ ξείνης, ἢν μὲν ἔχῃς τι, κλέος·
ἢν δ’ ἀπορῇς, μόνος οἶδας. ἔχεις γάμον; οἶκος ἄριστος
ἔσσεται· οὐ γαμέεις; ζῇς ἔτ’ ἐλαφρότερος.
τέκνα πόθος, ἄφροντις ἄπαις βίος· αἱ νεότητες
ῥωμαλέαι, πολιαὶ δ’ ἔμπαλιν εὐσεβέες.
οὐκ ἄρα τῶν δισσῶν ἑνὸς αἵρεσις, ἢ τὸ γενέσθαι
μηδέποτ’, ἢ τὸ θανεῖν· πάντα γὰρ ἐσθλὰ βίῳ.
Pursue every path of life. In the market place are honours and prudent dealings, at home rest; in the country the charm of nature, and at sea profit; in a foreign country, if you have any possessions, there is fame, and if you are in want no one knows it but yourself. Are you married? Your house will be the best of houses. Do you remain unmarried? Your life is yet lighter. Children are darlings; a childless life is free from care. Youth is strong, and old age again is pious. Therefore there is no choice between two things, either not to be born or to die; for all in life is excellent.
William Roger Paton · The Greek Anthology, vol.III, Loeb Classical Library (London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1925 reprint)How this fragment survives
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DK records a manuscript attribution to Democritus, but identifies this as Anthologia Palatina IX.360, headed Metrodorus. The full referenced poem is supplied here from Paton, not represented as authentic Democritus. Both Greek and English were checked against the printed pages 192–195; only line-break spacing is normalized
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English: William Roger Paton · The Greek Anthology, vol.III, Loeb Classical Library (London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1925 reprint) Published translation ↗
Related entries awaiting translation: 22-B-138
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COD. PARIS. 1630 [nach 12 B 139] Δημοκρίτου φιλοσόφου τοὐναντίον. Παντοίην
βιότοιο κτλ. = Anth. Pal. IX 360 Μητροδώρου.
English translation: Public domain: William Roger Paton (1857–1921); this edition was published in 1925, and the original translation predates it.
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English · William Roger Paton. The Greek Anthology, vol.III, Loeb Classical Library (London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1925 reprint). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: William Roger Paton (1857–1921); this edition was published in 1925, and the original translation predates it.
Diels 1922 source passages
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Available translations: German
GRAECO-SYR. SPRÜCHE übers. von Ryssel [Rhein. Mus. 51, 539] n. 33 D. hat gesagt: Weise Leute müssen, wenn sie in ein fremdes Land gehen, das nicht das ihre ist, unter Stillschweigen und in Ruhe die Kundschafter machen, indem sie zusehen und nach dem Rufe hinhorchen, den die Sache der Weisen, die dort sind, hat: wie sie sind und ob sie ihnen gegenüber bestehen können, indem sie ihre Worte mit den ihren in ihrem Sinne heimlich abwägen. Und wenn sie es abgewogen und gesehen haben, welche Partei der anderen überlegen ist, alsdann sollen sie den Reichtum ihrer Weisheit kund tun, damit sie um des Schatzes willen, der ihr Eigentum ist, gepriesen werden, indem sie andere aus ihm bereichern. Und wenn der ihre zu klein ist, als daß sie davon spenden könnten, so nehmen sie von dem anderen und so gehen sie fort.
Weise Leute müssen, wenn sie in ein fremdes Land gehen, das nicht das ihre ist, unter Stillschweigen und in Ruhe die Kundschafter machen, indem sie zusehen und nach dem Rufe hinhorchen, den die Sache der Weisen, die dort sind, hat: wie sie sind und ob sie ihnen gegenüber bestehen können, indem sie ihre Worte mit den ihren in ihrem Sinne heimlich abwägen. Und wenn sie es abgewogen und gesehen haben, welche Partei der anderen überlegen ist, alsdann sollen sie den Reichtum ihrer Weisheit kund tun, damit sie um des Schatzes willen, der ihr Eigentum ist, gepriesen werden, indem sie andere aus ihm bereichern. Und wenn der ihre zu klein ist, als daß sie davon spenden könnten, so nehmen sie von dem anderen und so gehen sie fort.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
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German intermediary: Victor Ryssel, Graeco-Syriac Sayings no.33 (Rheinisches Museum51), reproduced by Diels (1922). The attribution to Democritus is uncertain
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References in the retained source witness use Diels’s 1922 numbering unless otherwise identified
This late saying’s attribution to Democritus is not secure
The Diels 1922 witness gives Ryssel’s German rendering of a Syriac saying about wise travellers (Greek–Syriac Sayings, no. 33). No Greek original is supplied
German intermediary: Victor Ryssel, Graeco-Syriac Sayings no.33 (Rheinisches Museum51), reproduced by Diels (1922). The attribution to Democritus is uncertain View original source ↗
Historical German rendering of a saying transmitted through Syriac or Arabic, as printed by Diels. This reading supplies neither an ancient-language transcription nor a recovered Greek original. The spurious attribution is retained in the source notes.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
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German · Viktor Ryssel. Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 33, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
Available translations: German
— 42 D. hat gesagt: Ich allein weiß, daß ich nichts weiß. Vgl. Gnom. Vatic.
743 [Wien. Stud. X 232] n. 56 ὁ αὐτὸς [Demokritos] εἶπεν·
ἓν μόνον οἶδα, ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα. Vgl. 57 B 1.
Ich allein weiß, daß ich nichts weiß.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek
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Notes & source
References in the retained source witness use Diels’s 1922 numbering unless otherwise identified
The retained complete witness juxtaposes a German rendering of Syriac with a Greek parallel. Their formulations differ
Editorial references in the original-language apparatus retain the source edition’s numbering
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1922). Digital text: Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek View original source ↗
Ryssel’s German translation represents a Syriac saying. Diels also prints a separately transmitted Greek parallel from the Gnomologium Vaticanum; it is not a recovered Greek original of the Syriac saying. Diels places this material among the spurious fragments.
German · Viktor Ryssel · Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
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German · Viktor Ryssel. Griechisch-syrische Philosophensprüche, Rheinisches Museum 51 (1896), no. 42, reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1849–1905.
Available translations: German
QIFTI bei Müller gr. Philos. in d. ar. Überl. S. 36 »D. ein gr. Philosoph, Verfasser eines Buches Über die Philosophie«.
D. ein gr. Philosoph, Verfasser eines Buches Über die Philosophie
German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels · Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134How this fragment survives
A source citation has not yet been identified for this reading.
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German intermediary: Müller’s account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, cited by Diels (1922), p.36 of Müller. A bibliographic notice, not a surviving quotation from the alleged work
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Notes & source
References in this source witness use Diels’s 1922 numbering unless otherwise stated.
This is a German bibliographical notice drawn from Arabic testimony, not a quotation from the alleged book.
Diels cites al-Qifti through August Müller, Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung, p. 36, for a work On Philosophy. The transcribed heading “30 S” is normalized to 305.
German intermediary: Müller’s account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, cited by Diels (1922), p.36 of Müller. A bibliographic notice, not a surviving quotation from the alleged work View original source ↗
August Müller’s German account of al-Qifti’s Arabic testimony, reprinted by Diels. This is a bibliographical notice, not a saying or a surviving extract from the alleged work. No Arabic transcription or recovered Greek text is supplied.
German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels · Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134 Published translation ↗
Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1848–1892; Diels 1848–1922.
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German · August Müller, quoted by Hermann Diels. Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873), p. 36, excerpt reprinted by Diels (1922), II p. 134. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Translation: Public domain: historical translation published before 1931; translator life dates 1848–1892; Diels 1848–1922.
