φιλοσόφημα
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A a subject of scientific inquiry or a philosophic treatise, ἐν τοῖς ἐγκυκλίοις φ. Arist.Cael.279a30; of the poems of Homer as allegorized, Plb.34.4.4. 2 in Logic, demonstration, ἔστι φ. συλλογισμὸς ἀποδεικτικός Arist.Top. 162a15. 3 philosophic principle, rule of conduct, Plu.2.1125b, Gal. Anim.Pass.1.3. 4 shrewd device or invention, Plu.2.269b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1286] τό, das Ergebniß gelehrter, wissenschaftlicher Untersuchung, auch Betrachtung, Forschung, ὥςτε περὶ τούτου ἀπορεῖν εἰκότως ἐγένετο φιλοσόφημα πᾶσι Arist. de coel. 2; Pol. 34, 4,4; übh. Bemühung, Bestrebung, Sp.
