# Testimonia et Fragmenta 377

Ariston, Testimonia et Fragmenta, Fragment 377. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ariston-phil/testimonia-et-fragmenta/377

Porphyrius de animae facultatibus apud Stobaeum ecl. I p. 347, 21 W. τὰς τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεις ὑπογράψαι πρόκειται· καὶ πρότερόν γε ἐπεξελθὼν τῇ ἱστορίᾳ τῇ τε παρὰ τοῖς παλαιοῖς καὶ τῇ ὕστερον ἐπικριθείσῃ παρὰ τοῖς διδασκάλοις, Ἀρίστων ἀντιληπτικὴν δύναμιν τῆς ψυχῆς θέμενος ταύτην διαιρεῖ εἰς δύο, τὸ μέν τι μέρος φάσκων μετά τινος τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ὡς τὰ πολλὰ κινεῖσθαι, ὃ αἰσθητικὸν καλεῖ, ἀρχὴν καὶ πηγὴν ὑπάρχον τῶν κατὰ μέρος αἰσθήσεων, τὸ δὲ ἀεὶ καθ’ ἑαυτὸ καὶ χωρὶς ὀργάνων, ὃ ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν ἀλόγων οὐκ ὠνομάσθαι (ἢ γὰρ ὅλως οὐκ εἶναι ἐν αὐτοῖς ἢ τελέως ἀσθενὲς καὶ ἀμυδρὸν ἄγαν), ἐν δὲ τοῖς λογικοῖς, ἐν οἷς δὴ μάλιστα ⟨ἢ⟩ μόνοις φαίνεται, νοῦν προσαγορεύεσθαι.

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Ariston of Chios, Testimonia et Fragmenta, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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