The Transformation of Grapes and Change into What Is Not Yet

Notes

1. §11.35.1πάντα μεταβολαί — The copula (either ἐστί or εἰσίν) is omitted. πάντα is the subject and μεταβολαί is the predicate noun. It succinctly demonstrates that the three successive states of the grape are all merely processes of change (μεταβολή) of matter.
2. §11.35.1οὐκ εἰς τὸ μὴ ὄν, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸ νῦν μὴ ὄν — The prepositional phrases with εἰς modify the noun μεταβολαί, meaning "changes into...". It contrasts τὸ μὴ ὄν (absolute non-existence) with τὸ νῦν μὴ ὄν (what is not now, i.e., a potential state that will exist in another form), expressing the Stoic doctrine of the indestructibility of matter and constant change.