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Headword:
Ἐξ
ὑποθέσεως
Adler number: epsilon,1869
Translated headword: hypothetically, conditionally
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Aristotle says that some faculties[1] hypothetically follow the character-dispositions[2] which they would make use of if they were to come into being in that [situation] in respect of which the faculties are useful. For example, the faculty [which] hypothetically follows mildness, which is a character-disposition, [is] the ability to master an anger both immoderate and inappropriate, if ever it fell on [someone].[3] So this faculty hypothetically follows mildness; for if someone were to get angry, he will master [the anger].
Greek Original:Ἐξ ὑποθέσεως: ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης λέγει παρακολουθεῖν ταῖς ἕξεσι δυνάμεις τινὰς ἐξ ὑποθέσεως, αἷς χρήσαιντο ἄν, εἰ ἐν τούτῳ γένοιντο, πρὸς ὅ εἰσιν αἱ δυνάμεις χρήσιμοι. οἷον τῇ πρᾳότητι ἕξει οὔσῃ παρακολουθεῖ ἡ δύναμις ἐξ ὑποθέσεως τὸ δύνασθαι κρατεῖν ὀργῆς ἀμέτρου τε καὶ μὴ προσηκούσης, εἴ ποτε ἐμπέσοι. ἐξ ὑποθέσεως οὖν ἡ δύναμις αὕτη τῇ πρᾳότητι ἕπεται: εἰ γὰρ ὀργισθείη, κρατήσει.
Notes:
cf. Alexander of
Aphrodisias, Commentaries on
Aristotle's Topica 344.23-345.5.
[1] For 'faculty' (
dynamis) in this sense see
delta 1573.
[2] For 'character-dispositions' (
hexeis) see
epsilon 1767.
[3]
Aristotle declares mildness (
πραότης :“gentleness” or “good temper”) to be a mean with respect to anger (
Nicomachean Ethics 1125b26;
Eudemian Ethics 1231b25-26).
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 7 July 2003@12:57:37.
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