Theophrastus · Fragments §56.1

The Multiple Meanings of the Proposition in On Affirmation

Passage 47 of 196 · Greek

Summary

This fragment shows that Theophrastus, in his work On Affirmation, seems to hold that the proposition has multiple meanings.

§56.1Fr. 56 Ὡς δὲ πολλαχῶς λεγομένης τῆς προτάσεως ἔοικε καὶ Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ Καταφάσεως φρονεῖν.

And Theophrastus too, in his On Affirmation, seems to hold that the proposition is spoken of in many ways.

56.1ὡς δὲ πολλαχῶς λεγομένης τῆς προτάσεως — The genitive absolute accompanied by ὡς represents the content of the thinking expressed by the infinitive φρονεῖν ('to hold', 'to think'). While ὡς with a participle typically denotes a subjective reason or assumption, here it functions to introduce the object of thought, meaning 'holding that the proposition is spoken of in many ways'.

Theophrastus, Fragments §56.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:56.1

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