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Headword:
Theôria
Adler number: theta,216
Translated headword: theory, contemplation
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Contemplation is the fulfillment of a priesthood which does not belie its name; but contemplation and action do not consent to occur together. For an impulse [is] an impulse of actions;[1] but no [action is] impassive.[2]
Greek Original:Theôria telos estin hierôsunês mê pseudomenês to onoma: theôria de kai praxis ouk axiousi sunginesthai. hormê men gar hormê praxeôn: oudemia de apathês.
Notes:
From
Synesius,
Epistles 57, p.199a Hercher (which is actually a speech
Against Andronicus: see translation at web address 1).
[1] The Suda does repeat
o(rmh/ "impulse", but
Synesius says
a)rxh/ "cause".
[2] Contemplation, on the other hand, is impassive (
apathes). On theory and praxis (action) see in general
theta 214 and
theta 215.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: Christianity; daily life; definition; philosophy; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 9 January 2004@19:52:34.
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