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29 entries for four principal virtues

α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… Laertius 7.89-93. (For some significant differences see the notes below.) Virtue is the soul (psyche) or rather "the commanding part of the soul" disposed in a certain manner (see Plutarch, Moralia 441C-D). [2] Or …Matched in noteshighlong
μ681Μεταβολήchange; about-turnThe principal paragraph here draws on John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 98.23-34 Hayduck; the second switches to a military handbook. [1] These 'four modalities' of change are based, in a very general …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… cf. already kappa 245. [1] cf. kappa 252, where these four kinds have been reduced to three. [2] Reading the h)\ supplied in Diogenes Laertius 7.100, which makes better sense. [3] This thesis is …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… see also Alex.Aphr. 18.26-19.2. [3] i.e. the aether. (The other four bodies are the four elements of the traditional Greek physics: fire, air, water and earth). See de Caelo 1.3, 270b23-25, where Aristotle gives …Matched in noteshighlong
κ252Καλοῦ[of] fine, [of] noble… kappa 246, where the kinds of what is fine are four: what is just, what is brave, what is well-ordered, and what is scientific.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… at web address 1. [1] That is to say, Epicurus' Principal Doctrines, a set of moral maxims preserved by Diogenes Laertius. [2] See Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus, passim; Lucretius 2.63-597. See also alpha 4373. …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ761Μετ' ἐναργείαςaccompanied by evidence… is effectively true, or what is the case). See Epicurus, Principal Doctrine 22; Letter to Herodotus, 48; 52, 71, 82.Matched in noteshighshort
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… gives th\n pra=cin th\n kat' a)reth/n, "the action according to virtue" or simply "the virtuous action", as a gloss on a second sense in which virtue and what participates in it are called "good": …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… [2] The source now becomes Diogenes Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes (Diogenes Laertius 7.127). Probably Cleanthes' position was that if …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3735ΕὐσέβειαpietyThe first and principal part of this entry draws on Diogenes Laertius 7.119 (Stoic doctrine). [1] cf. Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.62 (ed. Wachsmuth). [2] Of temples. [3] Aelian fr. 265 Domingo-Forasté (267 Hercher); cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3402Εὐδαιμονέστερος τῶν Καρκίνου στροβίλωνhappier than the pirouettes of KarkinosThe principal paragraph here draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 864, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1). [1] See also sigma 1208 (and sigma 1207 for the dance), and cf. generally …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ539ΧρῶμαcolorThe first and principal section of this entry is taken (with slight variations) from John Philoponus, On Aristotle's de anima 293.2-3 and 320.6-26. For the headword see already chi 538. [1] See Aristotle, de …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ671Μεσότηςmeancf. generally mu 669. [1] Or “moral virtues”: see Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1103a5-15. According to Aristotle’s canonical definition of moral virtue, a virtue is a dispositional state (e(/cis) concerned with choice, state consisting in …Matched in noteshighshort
αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… of the fifth century and the first half of the fourth. But the real founder of the school was Aristippus the Younger (see Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica 14.18.31-32), who defended the thesis that the real …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ77Καθῆκονdue action; what is appropriate… for "actions which are always due" is "living according to virtue" (Diog.Laert. 7.109). An action which is always due is the same thing as a "perfect due action" (Stobaeus, Extracts 2.85, 19-20, ed. Wachsmuth) …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2711ΚυνισμόςCynicism… Apollodorus defines Cynicism as "a short-cut road (syntomos hodos) to virtue", and 6.104. Compare also also Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.114, 24-25 (ed. Wachsmuth): "(the Stoics) say that the wise man lives a Cynic lifestyle, this …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1030Μία χελιδώνone swallow… turns out to be activity of soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complete. But we must add 'in a complete …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1251Ἐνέργειαactivity, actuality, actualization… why an activity is complete or perfect in itself. For further explanation and bibliography cf. eta 97. [2] cf. Plotinus, Enneads 1.1.Matched in noteshighmedium
ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… as a sort of mechanical law ruling the universe. For further information on the issue of chance and necessity in the Atomists, see Kirk, Raven & Schofield (1991) 416-420.Matched in noteshighmedium
η97Ἡδοναίpleasures… Aristotle -- Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 164.14-20. (Further material from that same source ends the entry.) [3] These are the Cyrenaic philosophers, the followers of Aristippus (alpha 3908). They maintained that …Matched in noteshighlong
α3289Ἀπόδειξιςdemonstration… above, a plausible translation of tekmh/rion is "conclusive proof". For further discussion on this issue see Mignucci 1969, 722. [4] These lines are literally reproduced in tau 245, and the example is probably taken …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicism… here is attributed to Diogenes of Sinope; the thesis that virtue can be taught and cannot be lost was the work of Antisthenes.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state… 'good/correct affective states', these being required as proper to the virtuous individual. The Stoic virtuous person has not fear but caution; he has not appetite but rational desire, not pleasure but joy. [3] Or …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 87a31-37. [2] See Aristotle, Metaphysics 993a30-b11. See further, next note. [3] As noted already, these lines paraphrase the famous passage 993a30-b11 of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The interpretation offered by the Suda is …Matched in noteshighmedium
η87Ἤδηsoon, just now… the material derives, with variations, from Aristotle, Physics 222b7-11; see further below. [1] sc. In the future. [2] Aristotle’s text is much clearer: "soon is the part of future time which is near the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2404ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros341-270 BCE. See generally D.J. Furley in OCD(4) s.v. Epicurus. The present entry reproduces (with some variations) the Life of Epicurus in Diogenes Laertius 10.1-16. See also epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406, sigma 1798. [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ556Διάθεσιςdisposition… this "characterology" from the body's shape, see ?Aristotle, Physiognomonica; and further, next note. [2] The issue under discussion is that, insofar as soul and body are closely related each other, every modification of the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… to Diogenes' report, this is what Chrysippus said, in the fourth book of his treatise Ethical Investigations, as well as Perseus and Zeno himself, the founder of the school. [4] On the coast of …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι326Αἰσθήσεις5 senses… hearing, and smelling the means is air and water by virtue of their property: transparency (the organs of senses are constituted from air and water; de anima 425a3ff.). We perceive a certain number of …Matched in noteshighlong