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ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state… emotional state proper to the wise person. The issue of 'good affective states' is highly controversial in Stoic ethics. We have no texts where the topic is discussed at length, and the issue is …Matched in noteshighmedium
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… in which virtue and what participates in it are called "good": that according to which being benefited results. [2] D.L. has o(ri/zontai, "they define", which makes clear that a new definition is being given …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3736Εὐσεβεῖνto act piouslycf. epsilon 3735. [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 1441-3 (with "gods" there: web address 1). [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 386 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… 1038D, 1039C). The thesis that only the wise person is good and fine is Stoic in character too. [4] sc. to the Stoics. [5] Quotation not identified by Adler, but it is Aristotle, Topics …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3437Εὐεξίαvigor… on Topica 157b14-24, where Aristotle argues that the greater the good, the greater the evil (its contrary), except in the case where one of the two goods involves the other. So health, which is …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… pervaded by soul, and daimons occupied an intermediate place between gods and human beings. [4] Alexander says rather, "the excellent man is happy"; as indeed the logic requires.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageously… would be catastrophic for him, Demosthenes, to lose the people's goodwill (whereas Aeschines has no such position to forfeit).Matched in noteshighmedium
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… that if one pays attention to the organization, discipline or "good order" of the Roman army, it will be recognized that the Roman power is like a prize or acquisition of virtue, not like …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… a sort of cosmic burning in which all things, except god (a "principle"), are consumed. For evidence on Stoic conflagration see Stobaeus, Eclogae 1.20, p.171 Wachsmuth; Eusebius, Evangelical Preparation 15.18.3; Nemesius, On the nature …Matched in noteshighshort
β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desire… is a rational desire for what is thought to be good as an end in itself (EN 1111b26, 1113a2; see also De anima 433a23, Topica 146b5, and EN 1111b19). For its part, choice is …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… for if health is a virtue it must be a good. But health appears in all the lists of indifferents (adiaphora), things which are neutral insofar as they are neither good nor bad and, …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… element (fire), but it is a phase or stage in god's life (see Diogenes Laertius 7.135-136; Eusebius, Evangelical preparation 15.14.2, 15.18.2; Plutarch, On Stoic self-contradictions 1053B-C). On the issue of conflagration in Stoic philosophy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ136Γένεσιςcreation, origin, nativity… see LSJ s.v. A.II.2, also Lampe s.v. 8. [2] Or good sense. [3] George the Monk, Chronicon 98.7-8 de Boor. [4] Aelian [alphaiota 178] fr. 97 Domingo-Forasté (94 Hercher), from one of the lost …Matched in noteshighshort
μ671Μεσότηςmean… the fact that, with regard to what is best and good, virtue is an extremity or extreme. Thus a moral virtue is not an extremity insofar as it is neither excessive nor deficient; but …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1869Ἐξ ὑποθέσεωςhypothetically, conditionally… see epsilon 1767. [3] Aristotle declares mildness (prao/ths: "gentleness" or "good temper") to be a mean with respect to anger (Nicomachean Ethics 1125b26; Eudemian Ethics 1231b25-26).Matched in noteshighmedium
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… (= SVF 3.24). By "Hellenism" is meant the use of good Greek style and diction which is in accordance with grammar; clarity is an expression (le/cis) easily understandable; brevity is a speech which includes …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… of his fr.29 Page: "I fear that, failing with the gods, I will receive honour among men in exchange."Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2711ΚυνισμόςCynicism… who is truly happy and free; 3) the commonly acknowledged goods, such as wealth, beauty, health, and so on are not real goods but indifferent, and they do not contribute to happiness at all; …Matched in noteshighshort
δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourseAristophanes, Clouds 317 (where 'they' are "the heavenly clouds, great goddesses for lazy men": 316), with comment from the scholia there. See web address 1. [1] Literally: way of speaking.Matched in noteshighshort