245e causal ὥς?

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Constantinus Philo
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245e causal ὥς?

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ὡς ταύτης οὔσης φύσεως ψυχῆς:
Is this ὥς causal?
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Yes surely, prefacing the genitive absolute, as often. It’s striking (especially after all the preceding neuters) how ταύτης οὔσης is attracted into the gender of φύσεως.

I take it that the “this” is the thing ᾧ ἔνδοθεν (τὸ κινεῖσθαι) αὐτῷ ἐξ αὑτοῦ, the thing whose movement is from within, itself from itself (αυτῳ εξ αὑτου)—and hence ensouled.

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thank you, I should have noticed the attraction.
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