'aec. Tan
184. 27-30: Since moderation of passions is the best thing, of the obedience to na and moderation is nothing but the right mean between excess noticed both in Clement and defect, such virtues are based on the right mean, for they perpiomrabeig Keipevat, T ie
"emer , A} Ae keep us in the middle as far as passions are concerned.
KaiKovtos Kara Tas mpd Did.
12 ff.: Some passions are wild, some others fair; to the card Tas TodTIKaS dperd latter belong those passions which are natural and cprginees ee éyovoa 76 Civ ds dvOpw man and suitable for him; this condition persists as long The same-view oceurs:i | passions remain moderate."
... dpelvous trowobow dp F '
, ar Taurus also rejects the complete destruction of the 7d@n and ddws 7a 740n, Enn, i, 2. refers perpromddeta:
(i.e. the owfpoovvn belo , . i ql iorum omnium, quos Latini _ .
Gellius, Noct. Att. i. 26. BES ae piel i appellant : wie priva 5. The ethics of werp 'aec. Tan appei coe a oN eet pistons fens an Crascia dicunt, sed mediothe ideal of perfection. i ile .
HOE 'apes ila ae a ili appellant. of the right mean appe r Z mn TPLOTHT val A ~ .
OPAL GUAT ee ! i } vol. i. 166, 2-4) in so f Maximus of Tyre insists on the idea ofthe rule of the Adyos over j nbn (Strom. ii. 39. 4 a the 7d which he considers as a disease of the soul? and resory perfect Christian it mus to the image ofthe charioteer.* That the moral si ser eprethe xardpbusjin's otfrtag K sented for him by pretpromd#eva can be seen from the following rob S€ dmAds morob péo evidence: as Clement openly main ' s i is area ae Or. i.
4. 18-20): Evvappoldpevos [sc. 5 tev prroodpuw Adyos] it is necessary to pass f vote mébeo kal meraiven pev 7d oxvOpwnd, ovveupnpody dé rots to their complete destruc daidperdoots to dwdBea: 7 Kardora i bad . i \ . ow ro + Or. xxvii. 116 b-117 a (p. 328. 1ff.): Kal wept puxny rhy eNoUery, perpiomdbevav (Strom. vi.
Kalas... o@ler pev 6 dbyos, o@lera Se ra wdOy... Kat perpel kat els dwdbevav pederyo pev 6 Adyos, petpetrae 8é ra 70.
{ dn 6 mords 7p@v pwére a : vi. 109. 3). The sharp dis The ethics of Z is found in Neoplatonismas gee a \ The ethics of perpromdBeta is to be fo rahe ocd tn fue corresponds to the dist a well, where it is broughtiSd Sack It is interesting to ; clearly also in the twofo asses ofvirtues, that of the zroAurixat aperat. s : f Mean ar4?, : classes net ; hyry, in describing it, resorts to the Stoic idea
. In Cle ment's adoptio observe that Porphyry, > direct influence ofStoic # is passage it is worth comparing Clement, Strom.
With the last sentence of this De eas pag ies eA paXov 4 mapa : 'The distinction between Ab 2200:
Bite 178101) Ene ee ee ae Avneta MARUI to Panaetius (see Zeller, iii/t. silo, He 0:73APT et eae ee he Eppeaition between reaion afd far as he connects both the xa Did. 184. 5-6. The way in which he casera sp Prenauntin accep hredre ue bols of which are, according t mébos (Did. 176. 35 fs oe 77 wnatPhilo says in Leg. Alleg. ii. 116(1. 139. 7-8)s
| Bden: see Leg. Alleg. i. 56 (is 7 Suvapevwy avorivar) recalns so! Sarai vibes ms a eh f * See, for instance, Merk, 6 ene paxerar © Adyos a: hiss ticle on Taurus, RE, Zweite Reihe, Neunter Halbi ans RAM 3 (1922), 296; Poh Bee er nt ee et ASNSP a0 (1660) ;a1 and ag, and Shed sil 'Dein 174 1. 421. Volker, Der wahre band, col. 62; sce also Moreschini, ASSP 33 (1994), ; ae is simply a term which dogm. Plat.' di Apuleio, 95- . on Baia cere en nat
Gahristian meaning': see par See especially the a ect of Or. xxii. 116a (pp. 32513-326.
'o which Clement's dé7d0ea is 4 Or. i. 23b (p.
ETHICS pointed out the close agreement which exists between Clement, i Leg. Alleg. iii. 140 (i. 1
Philo, and Neoplatonism both in the sharp distinction between Oupdv... a lower and a higher ethical stage and in the adoption of the j De Prov. i. 56 Aucher:
Stoic term dadOeca for the designation of moral perfection."
' omni " minimeque p In the third book of his Legum Allegoriae Philo drawsa sharp line De Prov. i. 66: iustus nul between Aaron, who simply imposes the rule ofte over nti
In Neoplatonism Plotinu | 746m but is unable to destroyoe pence. mt who, Clement and Philo, the d | on the contrary, has: achieved their total 'pee: W ra ethical stage. If the task Aaron . . . having this passion tries to heal itae o ae seen, to achieve perpiomd saving medicines which have been mentioned, a ai i ' of virtues (namely the c contrary, thinks that anger must be entirely cut off rom t ne soul, the more perfect drd0ea since he is not satisfied with moderation of passions, but with the } complete absence of them' (Leg. Alleg. iii. 129); 'but Aaron,
; Plotinus, Enn. i. 2. 3: t making gradual progress in a secondary position, practises, as vot ré:Kat dmralis obr I have said, the moderation of passions, for he is not able to cut
B ee dem, Finn. 1.2.7: s off his breast and his anger' (Leg. Alleg. iii. 132); 'because he | ae feet San Ai e| eR b~ ° A ° my) orphyry, sent. xxi.
[i.e. Moses] being perfect, does not aim at mediocrity, nor does , 3uddcors] ey Veer he want the simple moderation of passions, but, owing to the : abundance of his resources, completely cuts off all passions; on i] The adoption ofthe Stoic the other hand those <who are satisfied with) mediocrity? first
' to resort to Stoic topics make war against passions but soon afterwards come to terms y tian, as it appears especia and arrange a truce with them' (Leg. Alleg. iii. 134).
| Clement lays a strong em In these passages of Philo the difference between a lower and with the permanent poss a higher ethical stage is expressed as clearly as in Clement.
: him any desire or need o Particularly striking is the use in both authors of the same termina q independence from any y f y technici perpromdbeva | ddea. That for Philo, just as for Clement,
| dwelt at some length on ' dmdOeva represents moral perfection, can be inferred from the ) necessary to repeat what following passages as well:
* Pohlenz, NGA, phil.-hist. K the ideal of dd@ea in Philo, but Leg. Alleg. ii. 100 (i. 110. 28): ddeav, 76 KdA\oTOV, Kapmdcerat.
, correspondence between him a Leg. Alleg. ii. 102 (i. 111. 8-9): el yap dmdBeta Kardoyy Thy Wuyi, 2 Tt must be pointed out th ' y) :
. be ' a lower and a higher ethical s TeAews evdoatpovncet.
. ee _ ' be implied: if the main feature Leg. Alleg. iii, 131 (i. 142. 9 ff.) : wotpay yap 6 Geds <DELLeyCPT : moderation of desires and plea exréuvew 7a 7d0n Sdvacba. Spas mas 6 TéAevos rerelav amdbevay evidence quoted in footnote 4, dal pederd: represented as being completely . j i 26-8, Kai déBwv Kal dyplov ép Pioaddou yuxr obrws dnéyerar « Pohlenz, Die Stoa i. 397 and 421, has noticed the correspondence between Rap Saov Sdvara.
Clement and Porphyry but does not scem to have taken it duly into account.
* See, for instance, Strom. vii Rather, his remarks sound incidental.
M417), 2 I should like to put a (fpovodvres) after of 5¢ Bpaxéws kai ob peyddws: cf., ' Strom. vii. 18, 1 (iii. 13. 21a few lines above, the exact parallel represented by the words Bpaxd kat ramewdy
Pope? £0" instance, de Faye, ovdéev dpover. j Menz, NGA, phil.-hist. Kl. (1