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Frontispiece of Volume I

(Taràssei toùs Anthròpous ou tà Pràgmata, allà tà perì tòn Pragmàton Dògmata)

"It is not things that disturb men, but their judgments about things".

"Men are tormented with the opinions they have of things, and not by the things themselves"

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Vol I,
Ch XIX

(Theodidáktos) "taught by God"

Theodidáktos, "taught of God"

EPIPHONEMA

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capital letters, Latin alphabet

Vol I,
Ch XIX

Rhet: "exclamatory phrase ending a discourse"

Rhet: "Striking concludine statement"

EROTESIS

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capital letters, Latin alphabet

Vol I,
Ch XIX

Rhet: "rhetorical question"

Rhet: "rhetorical question"

Nicompoop

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italics

Vol I,
Ch XIX

Contains the Greek word ‘‘Nike’’ that means ‘‘Victory’’ 

Contains the Greek word ‘‘Nike’’ that means ‘‘Victory’’ 

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Vol I,
Ch XXI

(Akmè), pinnacle

(Akmè), pinnacle

Logomachies

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Vol II,
Ch II

Wars of words

Wars of words

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Vol II,
Ch II

"Ousìa", essence

Being

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Vol II,
Ch II

"Ypòstasis", essence

FL: "substance"

PARABOLA

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Vol II,
Ch III

Parabola, geomaetrical term

Parabola, geomaetrical term

HYPERBOLA

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capital letters, Latin alphabet

Vol II,
Ch III

Hyperbola, geomaetrical term

Hyperbola, geomaetrical term

Aposiopesis

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Vol II,
Ch VI

Rhet: "breaking off in mid-sentence as if unable or unwilling to go on"

Rhet: the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue.

Paraleipomenon

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italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVI

"things omitted"

Lit: something to be left, "things omitted from the body of the work and appended in a supplement"

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Vol IV Slawken-bergius's Tale

(Perizomaté) "girdle worn around the loins", Sterne means it as an equivalent of "cod-piece" but he was probably aware of the mistake.

"Girdle worn around the loins", Sterne means it as an equivalent of "cod-piece" but he was probably aware of the mistake.

Protasis
Epitasis
Catastasis
Catastrophe
Peripeitia

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Vol IV,
ST

"Introductory action", "developing action", "climax".
Peripetia and Catastrophe: "when the fortunes of the protagonist turn finally for the worse"

Post-Aristotelian divisions of the tragedy

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Vol V,
Ch I

(Perì physeos) "On Nature"

"On Nature"

Catachresis

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Vol V,
Ch I

Rhet: "misuse of words"

Misuse of words

Basilicon

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Vol V,
Ch XXVII

"Ointment"

Ointment

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Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Kalepès nosou, kai dysiatou apallagè, en ànthraka kàlousin)

"A release from a terrible and painful disease, and hard to cure, which they call anthrax"

FL: "a release from a terribile desease and hard to cure, that they call anthrax"

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Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Ta temnòmena ton ethnòn polygonòtata, kai polyanthropòtata eìnai)

"Nations practicing circumcision are the most prolific and populous"

FL: "circumcised races are most prolific and most populous"

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Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Kathariòtetos eìneken)

"For the sake of cleanliness"

FL: "for the sake of cleanliness

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Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(O Ilos, ta didoìa peritemnètai, tautò poièsai kai tous àm’autò summàchous katanankàsas)

"Ilus is circumcised and compels the allies with him to do the same"

There is no translation of this quote in Penguin Edition

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Vol V,
Ch XXXI

(Oìkon mèn pròtista, gynaikà te, boùn t’arotèra)

"First of all, a horse, a woman and a ploughing ox"

FL: "first and foremost a house, a wife and a ox for the ploughing"

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Vol VI,
Ch XXXVI

(Euge!… òti philosopheìs en Pàthesi)

"Bravo! That you philosophize in your sufferings"

"Bravo! That you philosophize in your sufferings"

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Vol VII,
Ch XIII

(Chorismòn apò toù Sòmatos, eis tò Kalòs Philosopheìn)

"Getting out of the body, in order to think well"

Sterne’s translation above: "Getting out of the body, in order to think well"

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Vol IX,
Ch XIII

(exoterikè pràxis) "An external matter"

"An external matter"