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Headword:
Ἀγαθοεργία
Adler number: alpha,114
Translated headword: beneficence
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Damascius [writes]: "to sum everything up in one word, what
Pythagoras said about man being very similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and the generosity that he extended to everybody, but especially the elevation of souls from the manifold evil that weighs them down, and also the deliverance of bodies from unjust and unholy suffering;[1] and moreover a third thing: he took care of external matters as much as he was able."[2]
Greek Original:Ἀγαθοεργία. Δαμάσκιος: ὡς δὲ ἑνὶ λόγῳ τὸ πᾶν συλλαβεῖν, ὅπερ ἔφη ὁ Πυθαγόρας ὁμοιότατον ἔχειν τῷ θεῷ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τοῦτο σαφῶς ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων αὐτὸς ἐπεδείκνυτο, τὴν ἀγαθοεργὸν προθυμίαν καὶ τὴν ἐς πάντας ἐπεκτεινομένην εὐεργεσίαν, μάλιστα μὲν τὴν ἀναγωγὴν τῶν ψυχῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κάτω βριθούσης παντοίας κακίας: ἔπειτα καὶ τὴν σωτήριον τῶν σωμάτων ἐκ τῆς ἀδίκου ἢ ἀνοσίου ταλαιπωρίας: τὸ δ' αὖ τρίτον, ἐπεμελεῖτο τῶν ἔξω πραγμάτων, ὅση δύναμις.
Notes:
[1] "No doubt at the hands of the civil authorities or of the Christians" (Athanassiadi).
[2]
Damascius fr.24 Zintzen (237 Asmus, 26B Athanassiadi).
Translated by: William Hutton on 31 March 2001@09:53:52.
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