Ἀλογιστία
thoughtlessness
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 May 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλογιστία· παρὰ Πολυβίῳ. οἱ δὲ πλείονες ἀντέπιπτον, ὧν οἱ μὲν ἀλογιστίαν, οἱ δὲ μανίαν ἔφασαν εἶναι τὸ παραβάλλεσθαι καὶ κυβεύειν τῷ βίῳ. καὶ αὖθις· τὸ δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος οὐχ ἧττον διὰ τὴν ἀλογιστίαν ἢ διὰ τὴν φύσιν ἁμαρτάνειν.
Betacode
*)alogisti/a: para\ *polubi/w|. oi( de\ plei/ones a)nte/pipton, w(=n oi( me\n a)logisti/an, oi( de\ mani/an e)/fasan ei)=nai to\ paraba/llesqai kai\ kubeu/ein tw=| bi/w|. kai\ au)=qis: to\ de\ tw=n a)nqrw/pwn ge/nos ou)x h(=tton dia\ th\n a)logisti/an h)\ dia\ th\n fu/sin a(marta/nein.
Notes (3)
- [1] See already alpha 1309.↩
- 2The Greek actually says "dicing with life". See also alpha 2273, kappa 2591, kappa 2602 and note 7, and the similar idea at epsilon 695. For the proverb "The die is cast" in military situations see alpha 2310, epsilon 3013. ↩
- 3Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst; see also kappa 894. ↩
- 4Polybius 18.15.16 (abridged, web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception[Meaning] untaught, unversed, unpracticed. "It is not necessary to face danger and dice with death, [a course of action] without conception of battle and how barbarians behave." Or a)nenno/htoi, [meaning those] having…
- α2535Ἄνθρωποςhuman, man"The race of humans, which gives the impression of being the most resourceful of all creatures, has good reason to be [considered] the basest. For all other creatures are slaves to their bodily desires and err because…
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