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The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

Name: The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Author: Fairbanks, Arthur

Fairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy, Ancient

6. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 24 τὰ μὲν ... μέμικται οὐδενί, and 33 r 156,
13, beginning νοῦς δέ ἐστιν. _Phys._ 156, 13 cf. 67 v 301, 5, and 38 v
176, 32 (37 r 174, 16). _Phys._ 156, 19 cf. 38 v 176, 34. _Phys._ 156, 24
cf. 35 v 165, 31 and 37 r 174, 7. _Phys._ 157, 2 cf. 37 r 175, 11 and 38
v 176, 24. _Phys._ 157, 3 cf. 35 v 165, 14. _Phys._ 157, 4 cf. 35 v 165,
3.

    156, 15. 176, 34 ἐπ’ ἐωυτοῦ: _D_ ἀλλὰ τέω, _E_ ἀλλὰ τέως,
    _F_ ἀλλ’, Text from a. 156, 16. _DEF_ μετεῖχε μὲν, Text from
    a. 156, 17. Refers to Fr. 5. a_EF_ ἀνεκώλυεν, Text from _D_.
    156, 20. ἴσχει. 177, 1 ἔχει. 156, 21. a_DF_ omit καὶ before
    ὅσα, Text from _E_ and 177, 2. 177, 2 τὰ μείζω καὶ τὰ ἐλάσσω.
    156, 22. _ED_¹ περιχωρήσεως, Text from a_D_²_F_. 177, 3 omits
    ὥστε—ἐπὶ πλέον. 156, 23. _E_ omits τοῦ before σμικροῦ. a_F_
    περιχωρῆσαι, Text from _DE_. 156, 26. 165, 33 καὶ ὁπόσα νῦν
    ἐστι καὶ ἔσται, 177, 5. ἅσσα νῦν μὴ ἔστι. 157, 3. 165, 15.
    After ὅμοιον οὐδενὶ the words ἑτέρῳ ἀπείρων ὄντων should
    probably be ascribed to Simpl. 157, 4. _DE_ ἀλλ’ ὅτω, _F_ ἄλλω
    τῶ: _F_ τὰ πλεῖστα (also 165, 3), Text from a_DE_.

7. Simpl. _Phys._ 66 r; 300, 31. 33. _DE_ καὶ, a_F_ omit.

8. Simpl. _Phys._ 38 r; 179, 3. Cf. _Dox._ 562, 3.

    4. 179, 4 Diels would supply τὸ before διερὸν and ψυχρὸν. 5.
    From _Dox._ 562 add ἡ γῆ ... τὸ λαμπρὸν.

9. Simpl. _Phys._ 38 r 179, 8. In part 33 r 155, 21. Cf. 106 v 460,
13-14. 155, 22. λίθοι συμπήγνυνται.

12. Simpl. _Phys._ 33 r 157, 7. Simpl. ὅσα ἐστί τε, corr. Diels: πολλὰ
περιέχοντι, corr. Diels; cf. p. 155, 31: προσκριθεῖσι ... ἀποκρινομένοις,
corr. Diels; cf. 156, 28.

13. Simpl. _Phys._ 37 r 175, 12 beginning with οὐδέ. To πελέκει, 38 v
176, 29.

15. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 17. Cf. 35 r 166, 15.

    164, 17. MS. τὸ μή, Zeller, _Phil. Gr._ i.⁴, 884 n. 3 τομῇ.
    After εἶναι Schorn inserts οὔτε τὸ μέγιστον, comparing previous
    line and 166, 16.

16. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 24.

17. Simpl. _Phys._ 34 v 163, 20.

18. Schol. in Gregor. Naz. Migne 36, 911. (Cf. _Hermes_ xiii. 4, Diels.)


TRANSLATION.

1. All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness;
for the small also was infinite. And when they were all together, nothing
was clear and distinct because of their smallness; for air and aether
comprehended all things, both being infinite; for these are present in
everything, and are greatest both as to number and as to greatness.

2. For air and aether are separated from the surrounding mass; and the
surrounding (mass) is infinite in quantity.

4. But before these were separated, when all things were together, not
even was any colour clear and distinct; for the mixture of all things
prevented it, the mixture of moist and dry, of the warm and the cold, and
of the bright and the dark (since much earth was present), and of germs
infinite in number, in no way like each other; for none of the other
things at all resembles the one the other.

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Philosophy

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

Fairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy, Ancient

6. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 24 τὰ μὲν ... μέμικται οὐδενί, and 33 r 156,
13, beginning νοῦς δέ ἐστιν. _Phys._ 156, 13 cf. 67 v 301, 5, and 38 v
176, 32 (37 r 174, 16). _Phys._ 156, 19 cf. 38 v 176, 34. _Phys._ 156, 24
cf. 35 v 165, 31 and 37 r 174, 7. _Phys._ 157, 2 cf. 37 r 175, 11 and 38
v 176, 24. _Phys._ 157, 3 cf. 35 v 165, 14. _Phys._ 157, 4 cf. 35 v 165,
3.

    156, 15. 176, 34 ἐπ’ ἐωυτοῦ: _D_ ἀλλὰ τέω, _E_ ἀλλὰ τέως,
    _F_ ἀλλ’, Text from a. 156, 16. _DEF_ μετεῖχε μὲν, Text from
    a. 156, 17. Refers to Fr. 5. a_EF_ ἀνεκώλυεν, Text from _D_.
    156, 20. ἴσχει. 177, 1 ἔχει. 156, 21. a_DF_ omit καὶ before
    ὅσα, Text from _E_ and 177, 2. 177, 2 τὰ μείζω καὶ τὰ ἐλάσσω.
    156, 22. _ED_¹ περιχωρήσεως, Text from a_D_²_F_. 177, 3 omits
    ὥστε—ἐπὶ πλέον. 156, 23. _E_ omits τοῦ before σμικροῦ. a_F_
    περιχωρῆσαι, Text from _DE_. 156, 26. 165, 33 καὶ ὁπόσα νῦν
    ἐστι καὶ ἔσται, 177, 5. ἅσσα νῦν μὴ ἔστι. 157, 3. 165, 15.
    After ὅμοιον οὐδενὶ the words ἑτέρῳ ἀπείρων ὄντων should
    probably be ascribed to Simpl. 157, 4. _DE_ ἀλλ’ ὅτω, _F_ ἄλλω
    τῶ: _F_ τὰ πλεῖστα (also 165, 3), Text from a_DE_.

7. Simpl. _Phys._ 66 r; 300, 31. 33. _DE_ καὶ, a_F_ omit.

8. Simpl. _Phys._ 38 r; 179, 3. Cf. _Dox._ 562, 3.

    4. 179, 4 Diels would supply τὸ before διερὸν and ψυχρὸν. 5.
    From _Dox._ 562 add ἡ γῆ ... τὸ λαμπρὸν.

9. Simpl. _Phys._ 38 r 179, 8. In part 33 r 155, 21. Cf. 106 v 460,
13-14. 155, 22. λίθοι συμπήγνυνται.

12. Simpl. _Phys._ 33 r 157, 7. Simpl. ὅσα ἐστί τε, corr. Diels: πολλὰ
περιέχοντι, corr. Diels; cf. p. 155, 31: προσκριθεῖσι ... ἀποκρινομένοις,
corr. Diels; cf. 156, 28.

13. Simpl. _Phys._ 37 r 175, 12 beginning with οὐδέ. To πελέκει, 38 v
176, 29.

15. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 17. Cf. 35 r 166, 15.

    164, 17. MS. τὸ μή, Zeller, _Phil. Gr._ i.⁴, 884 n. 3 τομῇ.
    After εἶναι Schorn inserts οὔτε τὸ μέγιστον, comparing previous
    line and 166, 16.

16. Simpl. _Phys._ 35 v 164, 24.

17. Simpl. _Phys._ 34 v 163, 20.

18. Schol. in Gregor. Naz. Migne 36, 911. (Cf. _Hermes_ xiii. 4, Diels.)


TRANSLATION.

1. All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness;
for the small also was infinite. And when they were all together, nothing
was clear and distinct because of their smallness; for air and aether
comprehended all things, both being infinite; for these are present in
everything, and are greatest both as to number and as to greatness.

2. For air and aether are separated from the surrounding mass; and the
surrounding (mass) is infinite in quantity.

4. But before these were separated, when all things were together, not
even was any colour clear and distinct; for the mixture of all things
prevented it, the mixture of moist and dry, of the warm and the cold, and
of the bright and the dark (since much earth was present), and of germs
infinite in number, in no way like each other; for none of the other
things at all resembles the one the other.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

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