Συστοιχία
a (philosophical) position, table (of contraries)
Translated by Joseph Carter14 Jun 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συστοιχία. ὁ δὲ ἐν τῇ στάσει ἐγίνετο τῆς χείρονος συστοιχίας, ἀποστὰς μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν πρώτων μαθημάτων, προσρυεὶς δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις.
Betacode
*sustoixi/a. o( de\ e)n th=| sta/sei e)gi/neto th=s xei/ronos sustoixi/as, a)posta\s me\n a)po\ tw=n prw/twn maqhma/twn, prosruei\s de\ toi=s a)/llois.
Notes (2)
- The unglossed headword is Pythagorean, as attested by Aristotle and later adopted by the Neopythagorean and Neoplatonic philosophers, especially Proclus. See LSJ s.v.
sustoixi/a , and cf. sigma 1691. - 1Damascius [next note] might be referring to Marinus, the Neoplatonist and successor to Proclus, though it is unclear. For this reading, see Athanassiadi p. 247 (especially fn. 273). Athanassiadi groups this fragment with Photius Cod. 242, 277 (= fr. 266 Zintzen) which seems to report a similar situation concerning internal strife amongst Neoplatonists, most likely between Theagenes and Marinus. For Marinus, see mu 198 and mu 199. ↩
- 2The source for the quotation is Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 158 Asmus = 243 Zintzen = 101B Athanassiadi. Its authenticity is doubtful. ↩
References
Athanassiadi, Polymnia. Damascius: The Philosophical History. Athens, Greece: Apamea, 1999
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