Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ Plato therefore says, that the only really good things are those pertaining to the soul, and that they are sufficient for happiness; whereas Aristotle introduces a threefold classification of good things, and asserts that the wise man is not perfect, unless there are present to him both the good things of the body and those extrinsic to it. ”
Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ Footnotes ↑ Or, “the fifth body, in which it is supposed to be, along with the other four (elements) ;” or, “the fifth body, which is supposed to be (composed) of the other four.”↑ Hippolytus expresses himself in the words of Stobæus, who says (Eclog., ii. 274) : “And among reputed external blessings are nobility, wealth, glory, peace, freedom, friendship.”↑ Or, “glory, the confirmed power of friends.” ”
