The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 06 (of 11)Hobbes, Thomas
Philosophy
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 06 (of 11)
Hobbes, Thomas
Philosophy, English -- 17th century
A pleasant climbing, is a redoubling continued by divers degrees or
steps of the same sounds; as Rom. viii. 17: _If we be children, we be
heirs, even heirs of God, annexed with Christ_. Rom. viii. 30: _Whom he
predestinated, them also he called; and whom he called, them also he
justified; and whom he justified, them also he glorified_. Also Rom. ix.
14, 15.
And hitherto of the same sound _continued to the end_. Now followeth the
same sound _broken off_.
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CHAPTER V.
The same sound _broken off_, is a repetition of the same in the
_beginning_ or in the _end_.
In the _beginning_, it is called _anaphora_, a bringing of the same
again; as Rom. viii. 38, 39: _Nor death, nor life, nor angels, &c. nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us, &c._ So likewise
Ephes. iv. 11: _Some to be apostles, some preachers, &c._ So Galatians
ii. 14: _Nor Jew, Gentile, &c._ So likewise Hebrews xi. 1, 2.
Repetition of the same sound _in the end_, is called _epistrophe_, a
turning to the same sound in the end. So Ezekiel viii. 15: _Behold
greater abominations than these_. Lament. iii. 41, &c.: _Let us lift up
our hearts with our hands unto God in the heavens; we have sinned and
have rebelled; therefore thou hast not spared_.
When both of these are joined together, it is called a coupling or
symplote. As 2 Cor. vi. 4-11: _But in all things we approve ourselves as
the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, &c._ See also 2
Cor. xi. 23.
Hitherto of the repetitions in the _same place_. Now of those that do
interchange their place.
They are either _epanalepsis_, which signifieth to take back; or
_epanados_, which signifies the turning to the same tune.
The first is when the same sound is repeated in the beginning and the
ending; as, 2 Sam. xviii. 33: _My son Absolom, my son_.
_Epanados_ is when the same sound is repeated in the beginning and the
middle, in the middle and the end. Ezekiel xxxv, 6: _I will prepare thee
unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: except thou hate blood, even
blood shall pursue thee_. And 2 Thes. ii. 4: _So that he that doth sit
as God, in the temple of God, sheweth himself that he is God_.
Hitherto of the repetition of those sounds which are _like_. Now of
those that are _unlike_.
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CHAPTER VI.
_Unlike_; a small changing of the name, as παρονομασια; a small changing
of the end or case, as πολυπτωτον.
A small change of name is, when a word, by the change of one letter or
syllable, the signification also is changed; as, Rom. v. 4: _Patience,
experience; and experience, hope_. 2 Cor. x. 3: _We walk after the
flesh, not war in the flesh_. 2 Cor. vi. 8-9: _So by honour and
dishonour, as unknown and yet known_.
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