Αὐτό
itself
Translated by William Hutton31 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The philosophers used to call 'itself' anything that was said in its proper sense. By means of this 'itself' they also signified the abstract form, saying 'mankind itself' and 'opinion itself',1 that is, properly and more conjectural than average and more of a opinion: and 'in truth itself', in the sense of 'more accurately'. So that it is 'opinion itself'.2 For wherever one finds 'itself', there one finds things in their utmost and more accurate sense.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὐτό· αὐτὸ ἔλεγον οἱ φιλόσοφοι τὸ κυρίως λεγόμενον. καὶ τὴν ἰδέαν διὰ τοῦ αὐτὸ ἐδήλουν αὐτοάνθρωπος λέγοντες καὶ αὐτοδόξαστον, τὸ κυρίως καὶ μᾶλλον δοξαστὸν καὶ μᾶλλον δόξα· καὶ αὐτοαληθῶς, ᾗ ἐστι μᾶλλον ἀκριβῶς. ὥστε ἐστὶν αὐτοδόξα. ἐν ᾧ γὰρ τὸ αὐτὸ, ἐν τούτῳ μάλιστα καὶ ἀκριβέστερον.