The Presocratic Reader

Nausiphanes

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καθάπερ Ν. τὴν ἀκαταπληξίαν· ταύτην γὰρ ἔφη ὑπὸ Δημοκρίτου ‘ἀθαμβίην‘ λέγεσθαι

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, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869)
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 465; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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Published passage: Stromata II.21.130

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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 465; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗

English: William Wilson · The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869) Published translation ↗

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  • English · William Wilson. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.

Available translations: French

N. ait ex his quae videntur esse nihil magis esse quam non esse.

Nausiphane prétend que de ce qui semble être, il n’y a rien dont l’être soit plus constant que le non être.

French · Joseph Baillard (1799–1862) · Sénèque, Œuvres complètes, traduction Joseph Baillard, tome II, Hachette, 1914 (translation first published 1861)
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Original-text edition
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 465; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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Notes & source

Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.

Historical 1906 Latin quotation matches, including the abbreviation N.

Supplementary context has not been verified throughout against an identified historical edition. The translated paired reading remains available.

Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 465; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗

Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.

Seneca, Letters 88.43. The ancient witness is Latin, despite the field name the displayed Greek. Exact complete statement; 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 ↗

    Translation: Public domain

    Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.

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