Κοσμιότης
orderliness
Translated by Marcelo Boeri15 Jul 2003Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] good organization.1
"Orderliness and temperance are not only [means of] avoiding and removing the opposite vices, [i.e.] disorderliness and intemperance, but active and intentional ways of life. And while the former turns what is worse in us toward what is better, the latter marshals and sets in order those things that are passions of the soul; and [sc. they both] bring to birth in the souls of those who approach [them] virtues which are their own offspring".2
"Orderliness and temperance are not only [means of] avoiding and removing the opposite vices, [i.e.] disorderliness and intemperance, but active and intentional ways of life. And while the former turns what is worse in us toward what is better, the latter marshals and sets in order those things that are passions of the soul; and [sc. they both] bring to birth in the souls of those who approach [them] virtues which are their own offspring".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοσμιότης· εὐταξία. κοσμιότης καὶ σωφροσύνη οὐ μόνον εἰσὶν ἀπαλλαγαὶ καὶ ἀφαιρέσεις τῶν ἀντικειμένων πονηριῶν, ἀκοσμίας καὶ ἀκολασίας, ἀλλὰ ζωαὶ ἐνεργεῖς καὶ αὐτοθελεῖς. καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐπιστρέφει τὰ χείρω ἐν ἡμῖν πρὸς τὰ κρείττω, ἡ δὲ ὅσα πάθη ἐστὶ τῆς ψυχῆς τάττουσα ταῦτα καὶ διακοσμοῦσα· ἐκγόνους τε ἑαυτῶν ἀρετὰς ἐν ταῖς τῶν πλησιαζόντων ψυχαῖς ἀποτίκτουσαι.
Betacode
*kosmio/ths: eu)taci/a. kosmio/ths kai\ swfrosu/nh ou) mo/non ei)si\n a)pallagai\ kai\ a)faire/seis tw=n a)ntikeime/nwn ponhriw=n, a)kosmi/as kai\ a)kolasi/as, a)lla\ zwai\ e)nergei=s kai\ au)toqelei=s. kai\ h( me\n e)pistre/fei ta\ xei/rw e)n h(mi=n pro\s ta\ krei/ttw, h( de\ o(/sa pa/qh e)sti\ th=s yuxh=s ta/ttousa tau=ta kai\ diakosmou=sa: e)kgo/nous te e(autw=n a)reta\s e)n tai=s tw=n plhsiazo/ntwn yuxai=s a)poti/ktousai.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 7 Jan 2020
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- cross-reference, keyword — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, augmented note — Catharine Roth
- added keyword — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; supplemented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri