Ἐπὶ σχολῆς
at leisure
Translated by William Hutton9 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπὶ σχολῆς· ἀπραγμόνως φιλοσοφεῖν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ εὐκαιρίας ἢ ἀργίας.
Betacode
*)epi\ sxolh=s: a)pragmo/nws filosofei=n, a)nti\ tou= e)pi\ eu)kairi/as h)\ a)rgi/as.
Notes (1)
- [1] The entry up to this point -- the first four words in Greek, Adler's headword phrase included -- was perhaps intended as a headword phrase, since the same four words are found, with only a slight difference in word order, at the beginning of Julian, Epistle 8 (noted by Adler): nothing is more advantageous to mankind than↩
filosofei=n e)pi/ sxolh=s a(pragmo/nws . The source could also [WH] be a comment on Cassius Dio 61.10.5 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 2.348) where the phrasee)pi\ sxolh=s filosofei=n occurs.- 2Adler cites for comparison a scholion on Plato, Euthyphro 6C (where the phrase 'at leisure' occurs, and the gloss is
e)pi\ th=s para\ toi=s polloi=s legome/nhs eu)kairi/as ). See sigma 1802, end. - 2Adler cites for comparison a scholion on Plato, Euthyphro 6C (where the phrase 'at leisure' occurs, and the gloss is
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Feb 2016
- expansions to notes — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton