Early Greek philosophy

Name: Early Greek philosophy
Author: Burnet, John

Burnet, John

Philosophy, Ancient

Reading μετὰ τοῖσιν. I still think, however, that Knatz’s
  palaeographically admirable conjuncture μετὰ θεοῖσιν (_i.e._ among the
  elements) deserves consideration.

Footnote 548:

  Keeping ἄλλοτε with Diels.

Footnote 549:

  Reading ἄμβροτα δ’ ὅσσ’ ἴδει with Diels. For the word ἶδος, cf. frs.
  62, 5; 73, 2. The reference is to the moon, etc., which are made of
  solidified Air, and receive their light from the fiery hemisphere. See
  below, § 113.

Footnote 550:

  Reading with Blass (_Jahrb. f. kl. Phil._, 1883, p. 19):

                  οὕτω μή σ’ ἀπάτη φρένα καινύτω κ.τ.λ.

  Cf. Hesychios: καινύτω· νικάτω. This is practically what the MSS. of
  Simplicius give, and Hesychios has many Empedoklean glosses.

Footnote 551:

  The “goddess” is, of course, the Muse. Cf. fr. 5.

Footnote 552:

  The word μονίῃ, if it is right, cannot mean “rest,” but only solitude.
  There is no reason for altering περιηγέι, though Simplicius has
  περιγηθέι.

Footnote 553:

  The masculine καλλήσας shows that the subject cannot have been
  Φιλότης; and Karsten was doubtless right in believing that Empedokles
  introduced the simile of a baker here. It is in his manner to take
  illustrations from human arts.

Footnote 554:

  The MSS. of Clement have ἥλιον ἀρχήν and the reading ἡλίου ἀρχήν is a
  mere makeshift. Diels reads ἥλικά τ’ ἀρχήν, “the first (elements)
  equal in age.”

Footnote 555:

  The lines are referred to Xenophanes by Aristotle, who quotes them _de
  Caelo_, Β, 13. 294 a 21. See above, Chap. II. p. 137.

Footnote 556:

  I have translated Diels’s conjecture ἀπεστέγασεν δέ οἱ αὐγάς, | ἔστ’
  ἂν ἴῃ καθύπερθεν. The MSS. have ἀπεσκεύασεν and ἔστε αἶαν.

Footnote 557:

  Reading στείροις with Diels, _Hermes_, xv. _loc. cit._

Footnote 558:

  Retaining εἴδεος (_i.e._ ἴδεος), which is read in the MSS. of
  Simplicius. Cf. above, p. 243, _n._ 549.

Footnote 559:

  That Empedokles regarded milk as putrefied blood is stated by
  Aristotle (_de Gen. An._ Δ, 8. 777 a 7). The word πύον means _pus_.
  There may be a punning allusion to πυός, “beestings,” but that has its
  vowel long.

Footnote 560:

  Said of women in reference to births in the seventh and ninth months.

Footnote 561:

  Of the membrane round the fœtus.

Footnote 562:

  Reading ἴδεα ποιπνύουσα with Diels.

Footnote 563:

  See Beare, p. 16, n. 1, where Plato, _Tim._ 45 b 4 (τοῦ πυρὸς ὅσον τὸ
  μὲν κάειν οὐκ ἔσχεν, τὸ δὲ παρέχειν φῶς ἥμερον), is aptly quoted.
  Alexander _ad loc._ understands κατὰ βηλόν to mean κατ’ οὐρανόν, which
  seems improbable.

Footnote 564:

  On fr. 99, see Beare, p. 96, n. 1.

Footnote 565:

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Early Greek philosophy

Burnet, John

Philosophy, Ancient

Reading μετὰ τοῖσιν. I still think, however, that Knatz’s
  palaeographically admirable conjuncture μετὰ θεοῖσιν (_i.e._ among the
  elements) deserves consideration.

Footnote 548:

  Keeping ἄλλοτε with Diels.

Footnote 549:

  Reading ἄμβροτα δ’ ὅσσ’ ἴδει with Diels. For the word ἶδος, cf. frs.
  62, 5; 73, 2. The reference is to the moon, etc., which are made of
  solidified Air, and receive their light from the fiery hemisphere. See
  below, § 113.

Footnote 550:

  Reading with Blass (_Jahrb. f. kl. Phil._, 1883, p. 19):

                  οὕτω μή σ’ ἀπάτη φρένα καινύτω κ.τ.λ.

  Cf. Hesychios: καινύτω· νικάτω. This is practically what the MSS. of
  Simplicius give, and Hesychios has many Empedoklean glosses.

Footnote 551:

  The “goddess” is, of course, the Muse. Cf. fr. 5.

Footnote 552:

  The word μονίῃ, if it is right, cannot mean “rest,” but only solitude.
  There is no reason for altering περιηγέι, though Simplicius has
  περιγηθέι.

Footnote 553:

  The masculine καλλήσας shows that the subject cannot have been
  Φιλότης; and Karsten was doubtless right in believing that Empedokles
  introduced the simile of a baker here. It is in his manner to take
  illustrations from human arts.

Footnote 554:

  The MSS. of Clement have ἥλιον ἀρχήν and the reading ἡλίου ἀρχήν is a
  mere makeshift. Diels reads ἥλικά τ’ ἀρχήν, “the first (elements)
  equal in age.”

Footnote 555:

  The lines are referred to Xenophanes by Aristotle, who quotes them _de
  Caelo_, Β, 13. 294 a 21. See above, Chap. II. p. 137.

Footnote 556:

  I have translated Diels’s conjecture ἀπεστέγασεν δέ οἱ αὐγάς, | ἔστ’
  ἂν ἴῃ καθύπερθεν. The MSS. have ἀπεσκεύασεν and ἔστε αἶαν.

Footnote 557:

  Reading στείροις with Diels, _Hermes_, xv. _loc. cit._

Footnote 558:

  Retaining εἴδεος (_i.e._ ἴδεος), which is read in the MSS. of
  Simplicius. Cf. above, p. 243, _n._ 549.

Footnote 559:

  That Empedokles regarded milk as putrefied blood is stated by
  Aristotle (_de Gen. An._ Δ, 8. 777 a 7). The word πύον means _pus_.
  There may be a punning allusion to πυός, “beestings,” but that has its
  vowel long.

Footnote 560:

  Said of women in reference to births in the seventh and ninth months.

Footnote 561:

  Of the membrane round the fœtus.

Footnote 562:

  Reading ἴδεα ποιπνύουσα with Diels.

Footnote 563:

  See Beare, p. 16, n. 1, where Plato, _Tim._ 45 b 4 (τοῦ πυρὸς ὅσον τὸ
  μὲν κάειν οὐκ ἔσχεν, τὸ δὲ παρέχειν φῶς ἥμερον), is aptly quoted.
  Alexander _ad loc._ understands κατὰ βηλόν to mean κατ’ οὐρανόν, which
  seems improbable.

Footnote 564:

  On fr. 99, see Beare, p. 96, n. 1.

Footnote 565:

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