Πρακτικαί
practical
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Apr 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"Neither [are] the practical thought-processes unlimited nor the theoretical, since the rationales of these are not unlimited either. For rationales are messengers of thoughts, which although they come later than both the practical thought-processes and the theoretical, yet are clearer and better understood by us. So as is the case with [rationales concerning theoretical thought-processes, ...]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρακτικαί· ὅτι οὔτε αἱ πρακτικαὶ νοήσεις ἄπειροι οὔτε αἱ θεωρητικαί, ἐπεὶ μηδὲ οἱ τούτων λόγοι ἄπειροι. ἄγγελοι δέ εἰσι τῶν νοημάτων οἱ λόγοι· οἵτινες κἂν ὕστεροί εἰσι τῶν πρακτικῶν νοήσεων καὶ θεωρητικῶν, ἀλλ' ἡμῖν γε ἐμφανέστεροι καὶ γνωριμώτεροί εἰσιν. ὡς οὖν ἔχουσιν οἱ περὶ τῶν ...
Betacode
*praktikai/: o(/ti ou)/te ai( praktikai\ noh/seis a)/peiroi ou)/te ai( qewrhtikai/, e)pei\ mhde\ oi( tou/twn lo/goi a)/peiroi. a)/ggeloi de/ ei)si tw=n nohma/twn oi( lo/goi: oi(/tines ka)\n u(/steroi/ ei)si tw=n praktikw=n noh/sewn kai\ qewrhtikw=n, a)ll' h(mi=n ge e)mfane/steroi kai\ gnwrimw/teroi/ ei)sin. w(s ou)=n e)/xousin oi( peri\ tw=n ...
Notes (1)
- The headword, feminine nominative plural of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation. For another form of it, see pi 2204.
- 1An approximation of John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De anima 133.24-28. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 24 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth