DemophilusДемофил

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Pythagorean Sentences of Demophilus, no. XX in Moralistes anciens; no. 30 in Taylor.

The printed editions of the Circle had no signature here; the Jubilee editors supplied «Демофил» (vol. 42, list of corrected attributions, June 25, 9). Tolstoy translates the French of Moralistes anciens closely: "Préfère l'étranger qui aime la justice à tes plus proches parents qui ne la respectent pas" (prefer the stranger who loves justice to your nearest kin who do not respect it), with «правду» (truth, right) for "la justice" and «своим ближним» (your own people) for "tes plus proches parents". The Greek sentence, in Taylor's English, says only that a just stranger is better than a citizen and even than a kinsman; the French makes it a command and adds kinsmen who do not respect justice. The Greek (Orelli, Opuscula Graecorum veterum sententiosa et moralia, I, 1819) was not quoted, as the scan's Greek text layer is unreadable. The scan of the French reads "pro^ ches".

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Pythagorean Sentences of Demophilus, no. XXIX in Moralistes anciens; no. 40 in Taylor.

Tolstoy translates the French of Moralistes anciens closely: "Appellerez-vous heureux celui qui fonde son bonheur sur ses enfants, sur ses amis, sur des choses fragiles et périssables? En un moment, toute sa félicité peut s'évanouir. Ne connaissez d'autre appui que vous-même et la divinité" (will you call happy the man who founds his happiness on his children, his friends, on fragile and perishable things? in a moment all his felicity may vanish; know no other support than yourselves and the deity). His «в вещах непорочных и гибнущих» (in things immaculate and perishing), as the Jubilee FB2 reads, stands for "des choses fragiles et périssables": «непорочных» is probably a misprint for «непрочных» (fragile), one letter shorter (the printed page was not checked, as the saved PDF's text layer is unreadable). The last sentence starts a new paragraph. Taylor's English of the Greek has "for all these are unstable and uncertain" where the French has the felicity that may vanish in a moment. The Greek (Orelli, Opuscula, I, 1819) was not quoted, as the scan's Greek text layer is unreadable. The scan of the French breaks the sentence across a page ("bon- ... heur") and reads "AppeUerez-votts" and "s*éYanouir", so the first clause is not quoted; the page break in Taylor likewise cuts "You cannot easily denominate that man" from the excerpt.

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Similitudes of Demophilus, no. XIII in Moralistes anciens; no. 21 in Bridgman.

Tolstoy translates the French of Moralistes anciens: "L'ampleur excessive des vêtements embarrasse les mouvements du corps; une trop grande fortune gêne ceux de l'âme" (the excessive fullness of garments hampers the movements of the body; too great a fortune hampers those of the soul). «Излишняя толщина одежд стесняет движение тела» (excessive thickness of clothes constrains the movement of the body) keeps the first half, with «толщина» (thickness) for "ampleur" (fullness); the second half drops the measure, «богатство мешает движению души» (wealth hinders the movement of the soul) for "une trop grande fortune" (too great a fortune), so that Demophilus's warning against excess becomes one against wealth itself. Bridgman's English of the Greek has "immoderate riches", as the French does. In На каждый день (10 May, 1) and Путь жизни (section IX «Корыстолюбие», ch. VI, no. 6) Tolstoy rewrote it as a simile, «Как тяжелая одежда мешает движениям тела, так и богатство мешает движению души». The scan of the French reads "louvements" for "mouvements" and "mx de rame" for "ceux de l'ame", so the excerpt stops before them; the English excerpt is cut at a footnote mark. The English volume is the one June cited for Taylor's Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus; the Similitudes in it are Bridgman's. The Greek (Orelli, Opuscula Graecorum veterum sententiosa et moralia, I, 1819) was not quoted.