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28 entries for a plot [against someone]

α3683Ἀπράγμωνbusiness-free… place] not following the account of what is choiceworthy but against nature. So [someone who is] 'business-free' [is] fair, moderate in his moods; for instance not combative or meddlesome. Alternatively [it means someone] slackened …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… but by definition 'plausible things' are those which follow on someone whose opinions are held in esteem, such as Plato or Aristotle or Galen. Things implausible without qualification are those opposed to the plausible …Matched in translationhighlong
ε1869Ἐξ ὑποθέσεωςhypothetically, conditionally… anger both immoderate and inappropriate, if ever it fell on [someone]. So this faculty hypothetically follows mildness; for if someone were to get angry, he will master [the anger].Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3663Εὐπραξίαsuccess, doing well… led him, for he was unable to set himself properly against them."Matched in translationhighshort
ε2341Ἐπιθυμίαappetite… appetite for things to go progressively and increasingly badly for someone. Anger is an appetite for revenge on someone who seems to have committed an injustice without propriety. Passion is an appetite which is …Matched in translationhighmedium
η87Ἤδηsoon, just now… the future or of the past; for we say that [someone] is already taking a walk, and [so we create] the link to the now; for [we say] also that [someone] has already taken …Matched in translationhighshort
ι372Ἰνδάλματαapparitions… actuality], likenesses, copies. Aelian [says]: 'so a vision, setting over [someone] the dream of a holy apparition, says that he has made a change in his lifestyle.'Matched in translationhighshort
ε117Ἐγκώμιονencomium… itself many actions. And a letter praising one action of someone is called 'epainetic', but 'encomiastic' [when praising] many [such actions].Matched in translationhighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and it becomes a tragedy". Search for Chrysippus' "abominable discourses" in the "Chrysippus" [entry].Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… black; but happy and unhappy do have intermediates. For if someone is happy, he is not unhappy; but if he is not happy, he is not necessarily unhappy. For happiness and unhappiness are not …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question… something] and bringing forward what it is through a question, someone who is asking says what a flower is. For he seeks to learn the substance of the thing, not what is accidental to …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… having made a [sc. moral] mistake. "But Ibycus' verse came against him: "not to receive honour among men in exchange for failing with the gods". This little Ibycean saying was sung against priesthood."Matched in translationhighmedium
α119Ἀγαθόνgood… a certain position'; for instance, when it is useful for someone to be seated, he sits, and when it is useful for someone to be lying down, he lies down: for the person who …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1089Δίκηlawsuit, private suit[Meaning] the prosecution undertaken on behalf of wrongs against individuals, the penalty in which is fixed in the laws. "Having been a litigant in an unjust lawsuit and having fled in order to avoid …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3817Εὐφυΐαnatural ability, natural suitablenessIt is [the property] of someone of natural ability to be familiar with what is true, but to reject what is false. He who possesses this also has the capacity of properly discerning what …Matched in translationhighmedium
η97ἩδοναίpleasuresFrom the writings of Plotinus. [Pleasures,] pains, recklessness, fears, desires, aversions, and feeling pain of mind, to what do they belong? For they belong either to the soul or the soul making use of …Matched in translationhighlong
ε2527Ἐπιπόλαιαsuperficial things, superficialities… wagon. Also "what you have not lost, you possess"; for someone hearing this concludes that you have horns, for you have not lost horns. Similarly too: "he who has sight sees, and he who …Matched in translationhighmedium
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… Those which are neither external nor in the soul are someone's being for himself virtuous and happy. Furthermore, of goods, some are final, others instrumental, and others both final and instrumental. Thus a friend …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2551Κοιναὶ ἔννοιαιcommon conceptions… a spark hidden in the ashes. Now, just as when someone digs up the ashes a little, the spark immediately shines again, but the person digging did not make the spark. In the same …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ556Διάθεσιςdisposition… movement is displayed in the body. Hence those who judge someone by his features also recognize the dispositions of his soul out of the shape of his body. It is also obvious that, out …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… things [on the subject] and have arrayed themselves for battle against one another.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy… “statue”, but not “bronze”. Porphyrius, the Tyrian philosopher who wrote against the Christians, calls the soul “actuality”.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… role of providence (pronoia) in the universe. Rather, he argues against the thesis (defended by the Stoics) that there is a providence (and the teleology it implies) operating in the universe (see Epicurus, Letter …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state… in itself, since, although the sage is said to be someone free of affections or passionate states (pathe), he is affected (to some extent) insofar as he experiences certain 'good affective states'. The other …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… verbal forms, respectively. Examples of "direct or "active" predicates" are (someone) "hears", "sees", "speaks"; examples of "reversed" or "passive" predicates are the ones constructed with the passive voice: "I am heard", "I am seen". …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3289Ἀπόδειξιςdemonstration… insofar as it is refutable, is fallible. For instance, if someone were to state that since Socrates was wise and just, it is a sign that the wise are just. Although this is a …Matched in noteshighlong
ε1251Ἐνέργειαactivity, actuality, actualization… For further explanation and bibliography cf. eta 97. [2] cf. Plotinus, Enneads 1.1.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… Aristotle's Topics 139.19-21 Wallies. [13] Diogenes Laertius 7.127. [14] cf. Plotinus, Enneads 1.2.3.8 (Henry [below] p.157 n.2). [15] Diogenes Laertius 7.126.Matched in noteshighlong