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Headword: Εὔλογον ἀξίωμα
Adler number: epsilon,3569
Translated headword: probable assumption
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
One which has many ways of being true, like "I will be alive tomorrow."[1]
"A discussion once occurred between Kleanthes the philosopher and Ptolemy the king about the wise man's judgment. Someone said that he would not have good judgment. Wanting to test him, the king ordered waxen pomegranates to be set before them. When the wise man was deceived, the king cried out that he had assented to a false appearance. The wise man made a well-aimed reply to him, saying that he had assented in this way, not that they are pomegranates, but that it is probable that they are pomegranates, but the appearance which gives direct apprehension differs from the probable [appearance]."[2]
Greek Original:
Εὔλογον ἀξίωμα: τὸ πλείονας ἀφορμὰς ἔχον εἰς τὸ ἀληθὲς εἶναι: οἷον, βιώσομαι αὔριον. λόγου ποτὲ γενομένου πρὸς Κλεάνθην τὸν φιλόσοφον καὶ Πτολεμαῖον τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ δοξάσειν τὸν σοφόν, καί τινος εἰπόντος ὡς οὐ δοξάσει, βουλόμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐλέγξαι αὐτόν, κηρίνας ῥοὰς ἐκέλευσε παρατεθῆναι. τοῦ δὲ σοφοῦ ἀπατηθέντος ἀνεβόησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ψευδεῖ συγκατατεθεῖσθαι αὐτὸν φαντασίᾳ. πρὸς ὃν ὁ σοφὸς εὐστόχως ἀπεκρίνατο, εἰπὼν οὕτω συγκατατεθεῖσθαι, οὐχ ὅτι ῥοαί εἰσιν, ἀλλ' ὅτι εὔλογόν ἐστι ῥοὰς αὐτὰς εἶναι: διαφέρειν δὲ τὴν καταληπτικὴν φαντασίαν τοῦ εὐλόγου.
Notes:
[1] Diogenes Laertius 7.76 (in the life of Zeno).
[2] Diogenes Laertius 7.177 -- but here misread: the philosopher in question is not Kleanthes, kappa 1711, but his pupil Sphaerus. The 'Ptolemy' is P. IV Philopator, pi 3039.
Keywords: biography; definition; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 February 2008@19:59:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 3 February 2008@04:30:48.


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