Πρόβλημα
problem, question
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Translation
There are four [questions] concerning every fact: (1) whether it is, (2) what it is, (3) of what sort it is, (4) why it is. We apprehend from evidence that these accidental things are, and we judge the 'what it is' from the definition of them. From a definition we do not know that the accidental attributes are, but what they are, of what sort and why [sc. they are what they are]. Thus through the fact that the accidental attributes are, we know the 'what it is' of the definition. But through the 'what it is' of the definition [we know] the remaining questions about the accidental attributes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόβλημα· ἐπὶ παντὸς πράγματος τέσσαρά ἐστιν· εἰ ἔστιν; τί ἐστιν; ὁποῖον τί ἐστιν; καὶ διὰ τί ἐστι; τὸ μέν, ὅτι ἐστὶ τάδε συμβεβηκότα, λαμβάνομεν ἐκ τῆς ἐναργείας, καὶ τὸ τί ἐστι τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ ἐξ αὐτῶν τεκμαιρόμεθα· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ, οὐχ ὅτι ἐστὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα γινώσκομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ τί ἐστι καὶ ὁποῖον καὶ διὰ τί. ὥστε διὰ μὲν τοῦ ὅτι ἐστὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα, τὸ τί ἐστι τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ γινώσκομεν· διὰ δὲ τοῦ τί ἐστι τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ, τὰ λοιπὰ προβλήματα τῶν συμβεβηκότων.
Betacode
*pro/blhma: e)pi\ panto\s pra/gmatos te/ssara/ e)stin: ei) e)/stin; ti/ e)stin; o(poi=on ti/ e)stin; kai\ dia\ ti/ e)sti; to\ me/n, o(/ti e)sti\ ta/de sumbebhko/ta, lamba/nomen e)k th=s e)nargei/as, kai\ to\ ti/ e)sti tou= o(rismou= e)c au)tw=n tekmairo/meqa: e)k de\ tou= o(rismou=, ou)x o(/ti e)sti\ ta\ sumbebhko/ta ginw/skomen, a)lla\ to\ ti/ e)sti kai\ o(poi=on kai\ dia\ ti/. w(/ste dia\ me\n tou= o(/ti e)sti\ ta\ sumbebhko/ta, to\ ti/ e)sti tou= o(rismou= ginw/skomen: dia\ de\ tou= ti/ e)sti tou= o(rismou=, ta\ loipa\ problh/mata tw=n sumbebhko/twn.
Notes
- See also pi 2340, pi 2341. The present entry is largely taken (with minor variations) from John Philoponus, On Aristotle's de anima 43.15-21.
Linked from4 entries
- π1196Περίλεξιςcircumlocution[Meaning] periphrasis. It shows imperceptibly the number of parts rhetoric consists of; for first one must conceive, then explain that which was conceived; this is the remaining task of the discourse of explanation. And…
- π2340Πρόβλημαproblem, proverbial saying, riddle[A problem is] a theorem which leads toward theory and knowledge. "I will utter proverbial sayings [sc. that have existed] from the beginning."
- π2341Πρόβλημαproblem, proverbial saying, riddle[A pro/blhma [sc. is] also a proverbial discourse.
- π2343Προβλῆταςjutting out[Meaning] built outwards for stability; but some [say it means] the first [posts] extending forward -- which is [a] preferable [interpretation]. Stability indeed [is called] pro/blhma ["bulwark"]. "There was no bulwark…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri