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Dunamis
Adler number: delta,1572
Translated headword: power
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Also [means] strength.[1]
Damascius [says] about Isidore: "he concerned himself with some works of poetry, not as much as he was able, but as much as he had desire."[2]
Greek Original:Dunamis: kai hê ischus. Damaskios peri Isidôrou: ho de emeleta atta tôn poiêtikôn, ouch hoson dunameôs, all' hoson orexeôs eiche.
Notes:
[1] The 'also' is perhaps a cross-reference to the preceding entry,
delta 1571, q.v.
[2]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr. 112 Zintzen (61 Asmus, 48A Athanassiadi); quoted more fully at
alpha 4304.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; philosophy; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 February 2004@21:24:14.
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