Timeline for Aristotle Metaphysics - questions on syntax
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| Apr 2, 2022 at 15:53 | history | edited | Mitomino | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
minor changes & qualification based on comments
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| Apr 1, 2022 at 13:06 | comment | added | TKR | After reading the context I tend to agree (so deleted my comment) -- Aristotle seems to be using τὸ πρῶτον in a technical sense. | |
| Apr 1, 2022 at 1:00 | comment | added | Mitomino | This said, I do agree that this particular sentence in Medieval Latin can be said to sound forced or unnatural in Classical Latin. | |
| Apr 1, 2022 at 1:00 | comment | added | Mitomino | @TKR The several translations I consulted are quite different from your interpretation ("from which being first corrupted something came"), which is based on the quasi-adverbial reading of primo modifying corrupto. The translations I checked are all coherent with the following reconstructed structure whereby primum (i.e. τὸ πρῶτον) would be the antecedent and the true subject of the infinitival clause: necesse (est) [primum [ex quo corrupto aliquid factum est] non sempiternum esse]. That's why I advocated for an incorporated antecedent analysis (primum>primo). | |
| Mar 30, 2022 at 11:37 | comment | added | Ali Nikzad | I could find the parallel constructions in Greek. | |
| Mar 30, 2022 at 11:33 | comment | added | Ali Nikzad | Great. I appreciate your help. | |
| Mar 30, 2022 at 11:22 | vote | accept | Ali Nikzad | ||
| Mar 30, 2022 at 2:00 | history | answered | Mitomino | CC BY-SA 4.0 |