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- Diogenes Laertius. Hicks, R. D., editor. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-09-29
After quoting the critics' objections against Chrysippus' views on earning a livelihood, the text presents the classified catalogue of his treatises in logic, covering both signification and language.
καίτοι τίνος χάριν ποριστέον αὐτῷ1; εἰ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ζῆν ἕνεκεν, ἀδιάφορον τὸ ζῆν· εἰ δὲ ἡδονῆς, καὶ αὕτη ἀδιάφορος· εἰ δὲ τῆς ἀρετῆς, αὐτάρκης αὕτη πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν. καταγέλαστοι δὲ καὶ οἱ τρόποι τοῦ πορισμοῦ, οἷον οἱ ἀπὸ βασιλέως· εἴκειν γὰρ αὐτῷ δεήσει. καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ φιλίας· λήμματος γὰρ ὤνιος ἡ φιλία ἔσται. καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ σοφίας· μισθαρνήσει γὰρ ἡ σοφία. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐγκαλεῖται. Ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐνδοξότατα τὰ βιβλίʼ ἐστὶν αὐτῷ, ἔδοξέ μοι καὶ τὴν πρὸς εἶδος ἀναγραφὴν αὐτῶν ἐνταῦθα καταχωρίσαι. καὶ ἔστι τάδε· Λογικοῦ τόπου2. Θέσεις λογικαί. Τῶν τοῦ φιλοσόφου σκεμμάτων. Ὅρων διαλεκτικῶν πρὸς Μητρόδωρον ς′. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν διαλεκτικὴν ὀνομάτων πρὸς Ζήνωνα α′.
"And yet, for what purpose ought he to secure a livelihood? For if it is for the sake of living, living is an indifferent thing; and if for pleasure, this too is an indifferent thing; and if for virtue, this is self-sufficient for happiness. Ridiculous too are the modes of securing a livelihood: for instance, those from a king, since it will be necessary to yield to him; and those from friendship, since friendship will become vendible for gain; and those from wisdom, since wisdom will hire itself out for pay." Such, then, are the charges brought against him. However, since his books are held in the highest esteem, it seemed good to me to record their classified catalogue here. And they are the following: Of the logical part. Logical Theses. Of the Inquiries of the Philosopher. To Metrodorus, On Dialectical Definitions, in six books. To Zeno, On Technical Terms in Dialectic, in one book.
Τέχνη διαλεκτικὴ πρὸς Ἀρισταγόραν α′. Συνημμένων πιθανῶν πρὸς Διοσκουρίδην δ′. Λογικοῦ τόπου τοῦ περὶ τὰ πράγματα. Σύνταξις πρώτη· Περὶ ἀξιωμάτων α′. Περὶ τῶν οὐχ ἁπλῶν ἀξιωμάτων α′. Περὶ τοῦ συμπεπλεγμένου πρὸς Ἀθηνάδην α′ β′. Περὶ ἀποφατικῶν πρὸς Ἀρισταγόραν γ′. Περὶ τῶν καταγορευτικῶν πρὸς Ἀθηνόδωρον α′. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ στέρησιν λεγομένων πρὸς Θέαρον α′. Περὶ τῶν ἀορίστων ἀξιωμάτων πρὸς Δίωνα α′ β′ γ′. Περὶ τῆς διαφορᾶς τῶν ἀορίστων α′ β′ γ′ δ′. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ χρόνους λεγομένων α′ β′. Περὶ συντελικῶν ἀξιωμάτων β′. Σύνταξις δευτέρα· Περὶ ἀληθοῦς διεζευγμένου πρὸς Γοργιππίδην α′. Περὶ ἀληθοῦς συνημμένου πρὸς Γοργιππίδην α′ β′ γ′ δ′.
To Aristagoras, The Art of Dialectic, in one book. To Dioscurides, On Plausible Conditionals, in four books. Of the logical part, that concerning things signified. First section: On Propositions, in one book. On Non-simple Propositions, in one book. To Athenades, On the Conjunction, in two books. To Aristagoras, On Negative Propositions, in three books. To Athenodorus, On Affirmative Propositions, in one book. To Thearus, On Privative Expressions, in one book. To Dion, On Indefinite Propositions, in three books. On the Difference between Indefinite Propositions, in four books. On Expressions with Reference to Tense, in two books. On Perfective Propositions, in two books. Second section: To Gorgippides, On the True Disjunction, in one book. To Gorgippides, On the True Conditional, in four books.
Αἵρεσις πρὸς Γοργιππίδην α′. Πρὸς τὸ περὶ ἀκολούθων α′. Περὶ τοῦ διὰ τριῶν πάλιν πρὸς Γοργιππίδην α′. Περὶ δυνατῶν πρὸς Κλεῖτον δ′. Πρὸς τὸ περὶ σημασιῶν Φίλωνος α′. Περὶ τοῦ τίνα ἐστὶ τὰ ψευδῆ α′. Σύνταξις τρίτη· Περὶ προσταγμάτων β′. Περὶ ἐρωτήσεως β′. Περὶ πεύσεως δ′. Ἐπιτομὴ περὶ ἐρωτήσεως καὶ πεύσεως α′. Ἐπιτομὴ περὶ ἀποκρίσεως α′. Περὶ ζητήσεως β′. Περὶ ἀποκρίσεως δ′.
To Gorgippides, On Choice, in one book. Against the Treatise on Consequences, in one book. Again to Gorgippides, On the Syllogism of Three Propositions, in one book. To Cleitus, On Possibles, in four books. Against Philo's Treatise on Significations, in one book. On What False Things Are, in one book. Third section: On Injunctions, in two books. On Interrogation, in two books. On Inquiry, in four books. An Epitome on Interrogation and Inquiry, in one book. An Epitome on Answer, in one book. On Investigation, in two books. On Answer, in four books.
Σύνταξις τετάρτη· Περὶ τῶν κατηγορημάτων πρὸς Μητρόδωρον ι′. Περὶ ὀρθῶν καὶ ὑπτίων πρὸς Φύλαρχον α′. Περὶ τῶν συναμμάτων πρὸς Ἀπολλωνίδην α′. Πρὸς Πασύλον περὶ κατηγορημάτων δ′. Σύνταξις πέμπτη· Περὶ τῶν πέντε πτώσεων α′. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸ ὑποκείμενον ὡρισμένων ἐκφορῶν α′. Περὶ παρεμφάσεως πρὸς Στησαγόραν β′. Περὶ τῶν προσηγορικῶν β′. Λογικοῦ τόπου περὶ τὰς λέξεις καὶ τὸν κατʼ αὐτὰς λόγον. Σύνταξις πρώτη· Περὶ τῶν ἑνικῶν καὶ πληθυντικῶν ἐκφορῶν ς′. Περὶ λέξεων πρὸς Σωσιγένην καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον ε′. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὰς λέξεις ἀνωμαλίας πρὸς Δίωνα δ′. Περὶ τῶν πρὸς τὰς φωνὰς σωριτῶν λόγων γ′. Περὶ σολοικισμῶν. Περὶ σολοικιζόντων λόγων πρὸς Διονύσιον α′. Λόγοι παρὰ τὰς συνηθείας α′. Λέξις πρὸς Διονύσιον α′. Σύνταξις δευτέρα· Περὶ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ λόγου καὶ τῶν λεγομένων ε′. Περὶ τῆς συντάξεως τῶν λεγομένων δ′.
Fourth section: To Metrodorus, On Predicates, in ten books. To Phylarchus, On Direct and Passive Predicates, in one book. To Apollonides, On Conjunctions, in one book. Against Pasylus, On Predicates, in four books. Fifth section: On the Five Cases, in one book. On Expressions Defined by the Subject, in one book. To Stesagoras, On Implication, in two books. On Appellatives, in two books. Of the logical part, concerning words and speech in accordance with them. First section: On Singular and Plural Expressions, in six books. To Sosigenes and Alexander, On Words, in five books. To Dion, On Anomaly in Words, in four books. On Sorites Arguments Regarding Vocal Sounds, in three books. On Solecisms. To Dionysius, On Solecistic Arguments, in one book. Arguments Contrary to Custom, in one book. To Dionysius, On Words, in one book. Second section: On the Elements of Speech and on Things Said, in five books. On the Syntax of Things Said, in four books.
- 7.7.189ποριστέον αὐτῷ
An impersonal verbal adjective construction with ποριστέον (from πορίζω, "to procure/provide"), where the dative αὐτῷ represents the agent (the wise man, carried over from the preceding sentence). Critics use this question to challenge Chrysippus' premise that the sage must provide for a livelihood, opposing it to the core Stoic doctrine that life and pleasure are indifferents and virtue is self-sufficient for happiness.
- 7.7.189Λογικοῦ τόπου
The genitive of the noun τόπος functioning as a section heading, to be understood as a genitive of belonging (or partitive genitive): "[Treatises] belonging to the logical branch/part." The same syntactic heading recurs at §7.7.190 (Λογικοῦ τόπου τοῦ περὶ τὰ πράγματα) and §7.7.192 (Λογικοῦ τόπου περὶ τὰς λέξεις…).