Ὅροι
terms, boundaries, landmarks
Translated by Ronald Allen5 Sep 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] divisions, limitations.1
"Isidore set down distinctive terms and criteria for divine affairs with regard to the differentiation from human [affairs]: above all the efficacy of industriousness, and of a keen intellect’s judgment in avoiding public and habitual conformity with the multitude, and of love itself, excited for the enjoyment of intellectual beauty, and nowhere otherwise distracted."2
"Isidore set down distinctive terms and criteria for divine affairs with regard to the differentiation from human [affairs]: above all the efficacy of industriousness, and of a keen intellect’s judgment in avoiding public and habitual conformity with the multitude, and of love itself, excited for the enjoyment of intellectual beauty, and nowhere otherwise distracted."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὅροι· τέλη, ὁρισμοί. ὅρους δὲ ἐτίθετο καὶ τεκμήρια ὁ Ἰσίδωρος τῶν θείων ἀφωρισμένα στοίχων πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἀνθρωπείων διάκρισιν· τῆς μὲν φιλοπονίας τὸ ἀνύσιμον ὑπὲρ πάντα λόγον, τῆς δὲ εὐσυνέτου γνώμης τὸ ἐξιστάμενον τῆς ἐμφανοῦς καὶ συνήθους τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀκολουθίας, τοῦ δὲ ἔρωτος αὐτοῦ τὸ παρηρεθισμένον εἰς τὴν τοῦ νοητοῦ κάλλους ἀπόλαυσιν, ἄλλῃ δὲ οὐδαμοῦ ἀποπλανώμενον.
Betacode
*(/oroi: te/lh, o(rismoi/. o(/rous de\ e)ti/qeto kai\ tekmh/ria o( *)isi/dwros tw=n qei/wn a)fwrisme/na stoi/xwn pro\s th\n tw=n a)nqrwpei/wn dia/krisin: th=s me\n filoponi/as to\ a)nu/simon u(pe\r pa/nta lo/gon, th=s de\ eu)sune/tou gnw/mhs to\ e)cista/menon th=s e)mfanou=s kai\ sunh/qous toi=s polloi=s a)kolouqi/as, tou= de\ e)/rwtos au)tou= to\ parhreqisme/non ei)s th\n tou= nohtou= ka/llous a)po/lausin, a)/llh| de\ ou)damou= a)poplanw/menon.
Notes (2)
- The headword is a masculine noun in the nominative plural; see LSJ s.v.
o(/ros -ou, o( . In the quotation appended it appears in the accusative plural. - 1The first gloss is a neuter noun in the nominative plural; see LSJ s.v.
te/los, -eos, to/ . The second gloss is a masculine noun in the nominative plural; see LSJ s.v.o(rismo/s, -ou=, o( . ↩ - 2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 74 Zintzen (32 Asmus, 34B Athanassiadi); cf. tau 245 (end). [In her critical apparatus, Adler notes that ms S (and also mss AF s.v.
tekmh/rion , tau 245, where this quotation reappears) readsa)fwrisme/nwn , and thus of those distinguished divine things; also that here the text follows ms A withstoi/xwn (of rows in a series, courses, grades, levels), whereas the repeated quotation at tau 245, s.v.tekmh/rion , more fluidly readsstoixei/wn , and thus of human elements; and that mss GSM readou)damh= instead ofou)damou= .] ↩
References
P. Athanassiadi, ed. and trans., Damascius: The Philosophical History, Athens: Apamea Cultural Association, 1999
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Feb 2021
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ronald Allen