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Symposium & Fragments 3-5 Greek original · 2 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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Καί μοι φαθὶ καὶ ὧδε . γενητὸν τὸ μὴ γενέσεως ἔχον ἀρχὴν φαίης ἄν ; Οὐ δῆτα· εἰ γὰρ μὴ ὑποπίπτει γενέσεως ἀρχῇ , ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἀγένητόν ἐστιν . Εἰ δὲ γέγονεν , ὑπὸ αἰτίου τινὸς δίδως αὐτὸ γεγονέναι· πάντῃ γὰρ ἀδύνατον χωρὶς αἰτίου γένεσιν ἔχειν ; Ἀδύνατον
And tell me this too. Would you call that 'created' which has no beginning of generation? — Certainly not; for if it does not fall under a beginning of generation, it is of necessity uncreated. — But if it has come to be, you grant that it has come to be by some cause; for it is wholly impossible to have generation without a cause? — Impossible.
也請告訴我這事。那沒有生成之開端的，你會稱它為「受造的」麼？——當然不會；因為它若不落在生成的開端之下，便必然是非受造的。——但它若已生成了，你便承認它是藉著某種緣由而生成的；因為斷無可能沒有緣由便有生成，是麼？——斷無可能。
3-5:2
Κόσμον δὴ οὖν , καὶ ὅσα ἐν αὐτῷ μῶν ἄλλου τινὸς ἢ θεοῦ δημιουργοῦντος φήσομεν γεγονέναι ὕστερον , πρότερον οὐκ ὄντα ; Δῆλον ὅτι θεοῦ . Ἀδύνατον γὰρ τὸ γενέσεως ἀρχῇ περιορισθὲν συναπέραντον εἶναι τῷ ἀπεράντῳ ; Ἁδύνατον
— Shall we then say that the world, and all that is in it, came to be later—not existing before—by some other one crafting it, or by God? — Plainly by God. — For it is impossible that what is bounded by a beginning of generation should be coextensive in limit with the Limitless? — Impossible.
——那麼，我們要說這世界以及其中的萬物，是後來才生成的——先前並不存在——並且是藉著某一位別的去創造它，還是藉著神呢？——顯然是藉著神。——因為那被生成之開端所限定的，斷不可能與那無限者在無界之中同等並存，是麼？——斷不可能。
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