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Headword:
*)arrw/sthma
nosh/matos
diafe/rei
Adler number: alpha,3997
Translated headword: an ailment differs from a disease
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [An ailment differs from a disease]; "for an ailment is a disease accompanied by weakness, whereas a disease [is] a strong impression of something that seems worth choosing. And just as in the body certain proclivities are spoken of, such as catarrh and diarhoea, so in the soul too there are tendencies, such as enviousness, mercy and the like."
Greek Original:*)arrw/sthma nosh/matos diafe/rei: a)rrw/sthma ga/r e)sti no/shma meta\ a)sqenei/as, to\ de\ no/shma oi)/hsis sfodra\ dokou=ntos ai(retou=. kai\ w(s e)pi\ sw/matos eu)emptwsi/ai tine\s le/gontai, oi(=on kata/rrous, dia/rroia, ou(/tw ka)pi\ th=s yuxh=s ei)si katafori/ai, oi(=on fqone/ra, e)lehmosu/nh kai\ ta\ paraplh/sia.
Notes:
A Stoic doctrine quoted (with fair accuracy) from
Diogenes Laertius 7.115.
cf.
nu 495 (end).
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 23 May 2000@13:57:20.
Vetted by:William Hutton (Minor changes of wording; added translated headword.) on 27 May 2000@17:23:51.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note) on 18 March 2001@11:31:50.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 13 April 2012@03:48:40.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 24 January 2014@08:43:33.
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