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Headword: *spoudh/
Adler number: sigma,971
Translated headword: zeal
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the energetic struggle for the good.[1]
"Isidore said that zeal in philosophy was particularly fitting for a young man who was just taking hold of philosophical discourse; but pious eagerness with love of the gods befits especially those who have made progress and are moving farther along, both in age and in philosophy."[2]
Greek Original:
*spoudh/: h( peri\ ta\ kala\ su/ntonos a)gwni/a. *)isi/dwros e)/fh th\n me\n e)n filosofi/a| spoudh\n a)ndri\ newte/rw| kai\ a)/rti lo/gwn a(ptome/nw| filoso/fwn ei)=nai prepwdeste/ran, th\n de\ eu)sebh= proqumi/an kai\ filo/qeon prosh/kein mali/sta toi=s h)/dh probebhko/si kai\ po/rrwqen e)lau/nousi, tou=to me\n h(liki/as, tou=to de\ filosofi/as.
Notes:
cf. generally sigma 967, sigma 968, sigma 969, sigma 970, sigma 972.
[1] No equivalent glossing in other lexica, but cf. scholion on Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 778.
[2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 136 Zintzen (35 Asmus); cf. pi 2335.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; philosophy; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 31 January 2005@20:49:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 1 February 2005@02:57:25.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, expanded note, added keywords) on 28 August 2010@22:57:32.
David Whitehead (another note) on 31 December 2013@07:33:32.
Catharine Roth (expanded note, added another keyword) on 28 March 2022@23:10:21.
Catharine Roth on 28 March 2022@23:13:19.
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