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Aristo of Chios
Testimonies and Fragments of Aristo of Chios Carrier unit 377
Carrier unit 31 of 55
Canonical reference 377
Ancient Greek
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.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
Our purpose is to outline the faculties of the soul. First, after reviewing both the account found among the ancients and that subsequently approved by the teachers, Aristo posits an apprehensive faculty of the soul and divides it into two. One part, he says, is for the most part moved together with one of the sense organs. He calls this the sensory faculty, which is the origin and source of the particular sensations. The other always acts by itself and without organs. In irrational animals it has no name, either because it is altogether absent from them or because it is exceedingly weak and dim; but in rational beings, in whom especially, or perhaps alone, it appears, it is called intellect.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
Notre propos est d’esquisser les puissances de l’âme. Après avoir d’abord parcouru l’histoire de la question, tant chez les anciens que dans les jugements formulés plus tard par les maîtres, Ariston pose une puissance perceptive de l’âme et la divise en deux. Une partie, dit-il, est le plus souvent mise en mouvement avec l’un des organes sensoriels; il l’appelle faculté sensitive, principe et source des sensations particulières. L’autre agit toujours par elle-même et sans organes. Chez les êtres privés de raison, elle ne porte aucun nom, soit qu’elle n’existe absolument pas en eux, soit qu’elle y soit entièrement faible et fort obscure. Chez les êtres raisonnables, en qui précisément elle se manifeste surtout 〈ou〉 exclusivement, elle est appelée intellect.
Concepts in this passage
Anger
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Care of the soul
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Doctrine before isolated precept
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Indifferents without natural rank
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Ethics as the sole concern
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Reason
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Actor and role analogy
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Self-command
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Virtue
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Virtue as the only good
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