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7 entries for Xenocrates

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ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… fact, if the soul of everyone is a daimon, as Xenocrates thinks, the person having a good soul would be happy. But the excellent man has a good soul. Therefore, the happy person is …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… [called] Dog. "Why should we speak of Diogenes' courage, of Xenocrates' gentleness, of Aristotle's artistic sense, of Theophrastos' gravity, of Zeno's austere and noble ways, of Plato's dignity, of Polemo's self-control? For there is …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1462ΔώριοςDorios, Dorius… Dorian economy: "Polemon had assumed the simplicity and squalor of Xenocrates and his gravity, as if a kind of Dorian economy." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] Dorian song.Matched in translationhigh

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['Happiness'] and 'happy'. Some of the contraries do not have intermediates; for example, for man illness or health, white and black; but happy and unhappy do have intermediates. For if someone is happy, he is not…

Εὐδαιμονία καὶ Εὐδαίμων· εἰσί τινα τῶν ἐναντίων ἄμεσα· οἷον τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ νόσον ἢ ὑγίειαν· καὶ λευκὸν καὶ μέλαν. εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ κακοδαίμων τῶν ἐμμέσων. εἰ γάρ τις εὐδαίμων, οὗτος οὐ…

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ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… is reported to have said the same about Aristotle and Xenocrates (Diogenes Laertius 4.6), and Aristotle -- echoing Plato -- about Theophrastos and Kallisthenes (Diogenes Laertius 5.39). For arguments that the Plato/Aristotle/Xenocrates version is …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1559Ἀμεταποίητονunalterable… singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective (used by Xenocrates in the sense of "indigestible" and in a range of medical and theological writers: LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α2528Ἀνθρώπινονhumanity… in the quotation given. [1] From Diogenes Laertius 4.7 (on Xenocrates and Phryne). [2] See e.g. Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 20.9.Matched in noteshighshort

α2817ἈξιόπιστοςtrustworthySee already alpha 2816. [1] Diogenes Laertius 4.7, regarding Xenocrates (xi 42).Matched in noteshighshort