GLOSSARY OF GREEK TERMS
στοιχεία, τά, the elements, earth, water, air, fire, II. 3, 17; VI. 17; IV. 4; X. 7; XI. 20, etc.; almost = atoms, VI. 17; VII. 31
συγκατάθεσις, the full mental assent required for a convincing impression (φαντασία καταληπτική) before convictions (δόγματα) can be translated into movement and action, but even this is liable to error, v. 10. See under πάθος
σύγκριμα, συγκριμάτιον, the compound—man, vii. 67; VIII. 25; XI. 20; composite things )( στοιχεῖα, II. 3; VI. 10 = κυκεών, the ‘farrago’ of things; σύγκρισις και λύσις, XII. 24, 36; the elements comprising the σῶμα, II. 17
συμπάθεια, sympathetic connexion or affinity of the parts in an organic whole, v. 26; IX. 9, § 3; mutual interdependence, IV. 27
συνείδησις, It is curious that Marcus never uses this Stoic equivalent for ‘Conscience,’ but see εὐσυνείδητος, vi. 30 ad fin.
σύστημα, an organized body, or organism, the parts of which have a relation to one another
σχέσις, a non-essential quality or feature of a thing, ) κίνησις = rest (Rendall), VII. 60; XI. 2; attitude or relation towards other things, I. 12; VI. 38; VIII. 27; XI. 18. Three σχέσεις, (1) towards the body, (2) towards God, (3) towards our neighbour, VIII. 27. See under ἕξις, κίνησις
σῶμα, τὸ [σωμάτιον, σάρξ, σαρκία (plur.), σαρκίδιον, κρεᾴδιοι] a compound of τὸ γεῶδες and τὸ ὑγρόν, together forming τὸ στερέμνιον, IV. 4; x. 7; the vessel or sheath of Soul, III. 3: VIII. 27; IX. 3; that which overlays the Soul. XII. 2, 3
τέλος, see σκοπός
τόνος (τονικός) = tension imparted to soul by atmospheric substance therein existing (Zeller), the cause of virtues and vices. Zeller also says that the Stoics imagined two sorts of motion, the one (= our Repulsion) tending outwards and giving rise to the qualities of matter, the other (our Attraction) tending inwards and causing condensation. Cleanthes calls τόνος a πληγὴ πυρός
ὕλη, τὸ ὑλικόν, matter on which the αἴτιον (q.v.) acts
ὑποκείμενον, τό (or plural), matter not in its primary condition but as formed by the αἴτιον, VII. 29; ὑποκειμένη ὕλη, ΙΧ. 36; all material things and objects, V. 10; vI. 4, 23; VIII. 22, 24: IX. 3; X. 18
ὑπεξαίρεσις, IV. 1; v. 20; VI. 50; XI. 37, exception or reservation; cp. "sapiens ad omnia cum exceptione (μεθ' ὑπεξαιρέσεως) veniet, si nihil inciderit, quod impediat (Seneca, De Benef. iv. 34)
ὑπόλήψις, opinion, imagination; all things are merely what we think them to be, II. 15; IV. 3, ad fin.: XII. 8, 26; away with opinion! IV. 7; VIII. 40; XI. 18, § 7; XII. 22, 25; leave the fact as it is and add no opinion to it, v. 26; hold the power of forming opinions sacred, III. 9; a ὑπολ καταληπτική (q.v.) amounts to a truth, IX. 6. See under φαντασία and κρίσις
ὑπόστασις, substance, ix. 1 ad fin. subsistence, IX. 42; X. 5
φαντασία, impression, thought, notion; don't go beyond first impressions, VIII. 49; they dye or stamp the soul, v. 16; vi. 16; sift them, VIII. 26; appraise them aright, v. 36; φαντασία καταληπτική, irresistible impression that carries assent, iv. 22; VII. 54; wipe it out, Iv. 24; v. 2: VII. 17, 29; VIII. 29; IX. 7. See under ὑπόληψις and κρίσις
φυσιολογεῖν, VIII. 13 = Physics; cp. IX. 41; x. 9: so of the physiological disquisitions of Heraclitus, III. 3; cp. IX. 41 (from Epicurus).
ψυχή, ψυχάριον, Man = σῶμα, ψυχή, νοῦς, III. 16; but the Soul (ψυχή) twofold, (α) = πνευμάτιον (πνεῦμα),
