Φιλόσοφος

philosopher; Philippos, Philippus, Philip

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who divided the Laws of Plato into 12 books; for he himself is said to have added the 13th.¹ And he was a pupil of Socrates² and of Plato himself,³ occupied with the study of the heavens. Living in the time of Philip of Macedon,⁴ he wrote the following: On the distance of the sun and moon; On gods (2); On time (1); On myths (1); On freedom (1); On anger (1); On reciprocation (1); On the Opountian Lokrians; On pleasure (1); On passion (1); On friends and friendship (1); On writing; On Plato; On eclipse[s] of the moon; On the size of the sun and moon and earth (1); On lightning; On the planets; Arithmetic; On prolific numbers; Optics (2); Enoptics (2); Kykliaka; Means; etc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλόσοφος, ὃς τοὺς Πλάτωνος Νόμους διεῖλεν εἰς βιβλία ιβʹ, τὸ γὰρ ιγʹ αὐτὸς προσθεῖναι λέγεται. καὶ ἦν Σωκράτους καὶ αὐτοῦ Πλάτωνος ἀκουστής, σχολάσας τοῖς μετεώροις. ὢν δὲ κατὰ Φίλιππον τὸν Μακεδόνα συνεγράψατο τάδε· Περὶ τῆς ἀποστάσεως ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης, Περὶ θεῶν βʹ, Περὶ χρόνου ἕν, Περὶ μύθων αʹ, Περὶ ἐλευθερίας αʹ, Περὶ ὀργῆς αʹ, Περὶ ἀνταποδόσεως αʹ, Περὶ Λοκρῶν τῶν Ὀπουντίων, Περὶ ἡδονῆς αʹ, Περὶ ἔρωτος αʹ, Περὶ φίλων καὶ φιλίας αʹ, Περὶ τοῦ γράφειν, Περὶ Πλάτωνος, Περὶ ἐκλείψεως σελήνης, Περὶ μεγέθους ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ γῆς αʹ, Περὶ ἀστραπῶν, Περὶ πλανητῶν, Ἀριθμητικά, Περὶ πολυγόνων ἀριθμῶν, Ὀπτικῶν βʹ, Ἐνοπτικῶν βʹ, Κυκλιακά, Μεσότητας· καὶ ἄλλα.

Betacode

*filo/sofos, o(\s tou\s *pla/twnos *no/mous diei=len ei)s bibli/a ib#, to\ ga\r ig# au)to\s prosqei=nai le/getai. kai\ h)=n *swkra/tous kai\ au)tou= *pla/twnos a)kousth/s, sxola/sas toi=s metew/rois. w)\n de\ kata\ *fi/lippon to\n *makedo/na sunegra/yato ta/de: *peri\ th=s a)posta/sews h(li/ou kai\ selh/nhs, *peri\ qew=n b#, *peri\ xro/nou e(/n, *peri\ mu/qwn a#, *peri\ e)leuqeri/as a#, *peri\ o)rgh=s a#, *peri\ a)ntapodo/sews a#, *peri\ *lokrw=n tw=n *)opounti/wn, *peri\ h(donh=s a#, *peri\ e)/rwtos a#, *peri\ fi/lwn kai\ fili/as a#, *peri\ tou= gra/fein, *peri\ *pla/twnos, *peri\ e)klei/yews selh/nhs, *peri\ mege/qous h(li/ou kai\ selh/nhs kai\ gh=s a#, *peri\ a)strapw=n, *peri\ planhtw=n, *)ariqmhtika/, *peri\ polugo/nwn a)riqmw=n, *)optikw=n b#, *)enoptikw=n b#, *kukliaka/, *meso/thtas: kai\ a)/lla.

Notes (4)

The transmitted headword is '[a] philosopher', and as such it occupies its correct place in alphabetical order. But plainly a proper name went missing (at an early stage in transmission), and comparison with Diogenes Laertius 3.37 shows that it is that of Philippos of Opous (fl. c.350 BCE). On him see G.J. Toomer in OCD4 s.v. Philippus(1).
1a.k.a. the Epinomis. ↩
2sigma 829. ↩
3pi 1707. ↩
4phi 354. ↩

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Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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