Ἐγκράτεια
continence, self-control
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Nov 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Continence] differs from temperance [swfrosu/nh ]: for temperance has desires which are calm, but continence [ones which are] strong.1 [A person] is called continent [e)gkra/ths ] not because of passionlessness, but because of having passions but not being led by them.2
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]e)gkra/ths , [meaning] he who is more/rather continent.3
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκράτεια σωφροσύνης διαφέρει· ἡ μὲν γὰρ σωφροσύνη ἠρεμαίας ἔχει τὰς ἐπιθυμίας, ἡ δὲ ἐγκράτεια σφοδράς. ἐγκρατὴς λέγεται οὐ κατὰ ἀπάθειαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ πάσχειν μέν, μὴ ἄγεσθαι δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν παθῶν. καὶ Ἐγκρατής, ὁ ἐπικρατέστερος.
Betacode
*)egkra/teia swfrosu/nhs diafe/rei: h( me\n ga\r swfrosu/nh h)remai/as e)/xei ta\s e)piqumi/as, h( de\ e)gkra/teia sfodra/s. e)gkrath\s le/getai ou) kata\ a)pa/qeian, a)lla\ dia\ to\ pa/sxein me/n, mh\ a)/gesqai de\ u(po\ tw=n paqw=n. kai\ *)egkrath/s, o( e)pikrate/steros.
Notes (3)
- See also epsilon 123, epsilon 125.↩
- 1Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 121.27-28. ↩
- 2The same (345.12-14). ↩
- 3cf. epsilon 122, epsilon 126.
Linked from4 entries
- α958Ἀκράτειαpowerlessness, debility, incontinence[no gloss]
- ε123Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, control, self-control[Meaning] an insuperable attitude regarding rational matters or a disposition unconquerable by pleasures. "It is possible to show that sometimes the serious man is not sound-minded, by changing the sound-minded man into…
- ε125Ἐγκράτειαself-control[Meaning] abstinence from evils.
- ε126Ἐγκρατήςmaster of, in control of"And often [Nicanor] grew sick, and the god strengthened him. But when he became master of himself and of his health, he made no time for his saviour." And elsewhere: "and the knave kept saying that he had become master…
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- Translated — Catharine Roth