Σοφία
wisdom
Translated by Marisa Divenosa14 Jan 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σοφία· καὶ σοφός, ὁ ταύτην ἐπαγγελλόμενος, ὃς ἂν εἴη κατὰ ἀκρότητα ψυχῆς ἀπηκριβωμένος, φιλόσοφος δὲ ὁ σοφίαν ἀσπαζόμενος. Σοφία καὶ ἡ εὐγλωττία καὶ ἡ τῶν θείων ἐπίγνωσις.
Betacode
*sofi/a: kai\ sofo/s, o( tau/thn e)paggello/menos, o(\s a)\n ei)/h kata\ a)kro/thta yuxh=s a)phkribwme/nos, filo/sofos de\ o( sofi/an a)spazo/menos. *sofi/a kai\ h( eu)glwtti/a kai\ h( tw=n qei/wn e)pi/gnwsis.
Notes (3)
- The main paragraph here derives from the proem of Diogenes Laertius (1.12).
cf. sigma 805, sigma 807, sigma 808, sigma 809. - 1
a)phkribwme/nos : cf. Isocrates 12.28. ↩ - 2Literally, wisdom-lover. On the relationship between philosophers, sophists (sigma 812, sigma 813, sigma 814), and philosophia see generally W.K.C. Guthrie, The History of Greek Philosophy, vols. III, Cambridge, CUP, 1969. ↩
- 3At delta 1170, on Dionysius the Areopagite,
sofi/a andeu)glwtti/a are associated. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 20 Mar 2022
- added a note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added keyword — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; augmented keywords; restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Cosmetics. Set status. — Marcelo Boeri
- Revised — Svetla Slaveva
- Translated — Marisa Divenosa