Πνευματικὸν σῶμα
spiritual body
Translated by Byard Bennett12 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
They say that after the soul's departure out of the body, to this [sc. the soul] was fastened a body refined, more airy and more luminous; [one] which will in all respects have perception of pain.1 And this nonsense [is] Greek.2 But they say that thumos and desire3 are inseparable from this body.
"In the Topics Aristotle says that every spirit is corruptible."4
"In the Topics Aristotle says that every spirit is corruptible."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πνευματικὸν σῶμα· φασὶ μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον τῆς ψυχῆς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἐξῆφθαι ταύτης σῶμα λεπτομερές, ἀερωδέστερον καὶ αὐγοειδέστερον· ὃ πάντως αἰσθήσεται ἀλγηδόνος. καὶ αὕτη ἡ φλυαρία Ἑλληνική. τούτου δὲ τοῦ σώματος ἀχώριστον εἶναι λέγουσι θυμὸν καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν. ὅτι ἐν τοῖς Τόποις Ἀριστοτέλης πᾶν πνεῦμα φθαρτὸν εἶναι λέγει.
Betacode
*pneumatiko\n sw=ma: fasi\ meta\ th\n e)/codon th=s yuxh=s e)k tou= sw/matos e)ch=fqai tau/ths sw=ma leptomere/s, a)erwde/steron kai\ au)goeide/steron: o(\ pa/ntws ai)sqh/setai a)lghdo/nos. kai\ au(/th h( fluari/a *(ellhnikh/. tou/tou de\ tou= sw/matos a)xw/riston ei)=nai le/gousi qumo\n kai\ e)piqumi/an. o(/ti e)n toi=s *to/pois *)aristote/lhs pa=n pneu=ma fqarto\n ei)=nai le/gei.
Notes (4)
- The first and principal part of this entry comes from (unattributable) patristic commentary on the "spiritual body" concept in 1 Corinthians 15.44.
- 1As Adler notes, Kuster thought that a 'not' should be supplied here. ↩
- 2i.e. pagan. ↩
- 3In Plato's model of the soul as chariot these two parts represent the emotions of physical response (such as anger; Latin irae) and of aspiring desire (such as spiritual desire; Latin amores) respectively. They need to be controlled by "reason" or "mind". The entry reflects knowledge of philosophical issues in classical antiquity, but from an antagonistic perspective. ↩
- 4So Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 144.16-17 Wallies. But Aristotle himself (as Adler notes) does not make such a claim in so many words in anything extant, whether in Topics or elsewhere. ↩
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Revision history8 revisions · last 23 Sep 2021
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, added new note 2 — Catharine Roth
- codings — David Whitehead
- tweaked and augmented notes; other adjustments — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Expanded notes — Robert Dyer
- modified translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Byard Bennett