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χ539Χρῶμαcolor… same color. [...] He says that the visible, what by itself exists in the domain of the visible, is color, and says that surface is what is visible by itself. Surface is visible by …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3437Εὐεξίαvigor… cause of this is that vigor also includes health in itself; for health is vigor. This is why [vigor], which encompasses in itself health also, is a greater good than [health]. For added to …Matched in translationhighmedium
β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desire… practical faculties of the soul. [...] And wish belongs by itself to the rational soul itself, while choice belongs to the part [of the soul] which is involved with lack of reason. For when …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε117Ἐγκώμιονencomium… one action, but encomium [is] an encomiastic discourse encompassing in itself many actions. And a letter praising one action of someone is called 'epainetic', but 'encomiastic' [when praising] many [such actions].Matched in translationhighshort
α3289Ἀπόδειξιςdemonstration… something is present primarily, this also belongs to it by itself. And [the expression] "by itself" means "what is according to substance". But it is not the case that if something is present by …Matched in translationhighlong
κ2551Κοιναὶ ἔννοιαιcommon conceptions… argues about the intelligible objects, [it does so] not by itself, but being joined with the intellect, just as it also argues about the sensible objects being joined with imagination. For even though most …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4093Ἀρχήprinciple… and it can be understood] as "formal" because the soul itself endows with form the animal and animate things altogether. For the animate forms are said to be this very thing [sc. animate] because …Matched in translationhighlong
α4373Ἄτομαatoms… ones] which, thrown in through its enlightenings, the sun in itself shows swaying upwards and downwards.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1923Ἐπαγωγήinduction; sequence-formation… means of certain true things,properly infers a truth similar to itself. There are two modes of induction: the one proceeding by contrariety and the one proceeding by reciprocal implication. Now the mode of induction …Matched in translationhighlong
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… identical with or not different from benefit; hence, both virtue itself and what participates in it are called "good" in three ways: as the good (i) from which [being benefited] results, [and (ii) according …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1640Κίνησιςmotion, movement… it is driven on toward the wholeness of each thing itself, by seeking to recover its appropriate rest. For when they are displaced by the action of some external force from that which is …Matched in translationhighlong
η97Ἡδοναίpleasures… pleasures, is happiness. And particular pleasure is worth choosing by itself, but happiness is not worth choosing by itself but by particular pleasures. Pleasure is an irrational elation over what seems to be worth …Matched in translationhighlong
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… moon, and all the chorus of stars and the air itself are totalities thoroughly common and indivisible. Earth and water, gold and silver, and every metallic natural reality and woody matter are common, but, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question… white or black, and what good thing is choiceworthy in itself, and who is [the person] seated. And there is another kind of question [which is] about substance; for instance, when [we are investigating …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2845Ἀόρατονinvisible, unseen… the organ of the sense, and certainly not the sense [itself]; rather, [the sense] is able to apprehend what is visible in accordance with privation. For irrational creatures also discriminate by means of their …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ556Διάθεσιςdisposition… and [if the brain is injured] otherwise the rational faculty itself [suffers]; and when [the brain] is in a certain state the soul is imaginative, but when [the brain] is in a different state …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1468Ἔντευξιςconversation… him whether or not it seems [likely] that the good itself makes good people, just as what is white also [makes] people white, and what is warm makes people warm, and then, when this …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… or false or a self-contained matter deniable or affirmable in itself; for instance, "it is day", "Dion is walking". Among philosophers the term "proposition" (axioma) has taken its name from "being accepted" (axiousthai) or …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… of himself. (2) They also call 'universe' the cosmic organization itself of the stars, and (3) thirdly what is composed out of both things. And the creator of particular things from the substance of …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… logic, ethics and metaphysics. But the understanding of the thing itself [is] also science.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… is produced by virtue, and that virtue is choiceworthy by itself. And since these philosophers are held in esteem according to their wisdom, the already mentioned theses are plausible as well. Nevertheless, the plausible …Matched in translationhighlong
α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue[Arete is] a harmonious disposition and it is choice-worthy in itself, not because of any fear, hope, or any external thing. And happiness lies in virtue, too, since it is a state of mind …Matched in translationhighlong