42. εὐφραίνεσθαι is connected by Prodicus with φρόνησις
(φρονήσεως μεταλαμβάνοντα): for a fantastic derivation of the
kindred εὐφροσύνη see Crat. 419D παντὶ γὰρ δῆλον ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ εὖ
τοῖς ρπάγμασι τὴν ψυχὴν ξυμφέπεσθαι τοῦτο ἔλαβε τὸ ὄνομα,
εὐφεροσύνην, τό γε δίκαιον: ὅμως δὲ αὐτὸ καλοῦμεν εὐφροσύνην.
Cf. Ar. Top. II. 6, p. 112b. 22 Πρόδικος διῃρεῖτο τὰς ἡδονὰς εἰς
χαρὰν καὶ τέρψιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην. The Greek usage of this word
hardly conformed to the rule laid down by Prodicus.
44. αὐτῇ τῇ διανοίᾳ: αὐτῆ̣ is ‘by itself’, i.e. without the body,
as αὐτῷ in αὐτῷ τῷ σώματι is without the mind. ἡδύ is introduced
to give the derivation of ἥδεσθαι.
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