The Part and the Whole
And 'the part' is used throughout. So also here, when there is no longer a need for the drinking of 'water' by the Savior 'having given drink' and having made in the 'drinking vessel' 'streams of living water' (John 4:14), the one having in himself the 'spring of living water' does not need 'water'. Therefore he 'crushes' according to it.
And he does not 'crush' somewhere outside, nor does he 'crush' by throwing it outside, but... the 'part' is merged with the whole by the 'spring'... that is, the 'annulling' of them and the 'crushing of the water', so that 'water' is no longer needed. Likewise, the intelligible things use words according to names and realities. For since the memory of a 'spring' is... 'crushed' 'the part' and... concerning perfect knowledge... 'crushing' of 'water'... 'annulment of the part'... the text: 'the part' and the 'water' are the same, and the 'spring' is the same.
Greek
κα̣ὶ "τὸ ἐκ μέρους" ἐν τοῖς ὅλοις. οὕτω καὶ ἐνταῦθα, ὅταν μηκέτι χρεία ᾖ τοῦ ἐξ "ὑδρίας" πο-τισμοῦ τοῦ ςωτῆρος "ποτίσαντος" καὶ πεποιηκότος ἐν τῷ "πίνοντι" "ρ῾̣εύματα ὕδατος ζῶντος", ὁ ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὴν "πηγὴν τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ζῶντος" οὐχ "ὑδρίας" δεῖται. "συντρίβει" ἄρα κατ̣' αὐτήν. καὶ οὐκ ἔξω που 362 "συντρίβει", οὐκ ἔξω που βάλλων "συντρίβει", ἀλ-λὰ ······ "πηγὴν" χύννεται τὸ "μέρος" τῷ ὅλῳ ···? τουτέστιν τὸ "καταργεῖσθαι" αὐτο`̣ κα̣ι`̣ τ̣ὸ "συντρίβεσθαι τὴν ὑδρίαν", ἵνα μ̣η̣κ̣έτι "ὑδρ̣ία̣" ᾐ῀̣. καταλλήλως δὲ τοῖς ὀνόμ̣ασι̣ν καὶ πράγ̣μασιν τὰ νοητὰ χρῶνται ταῖς λέξεσιν. ἐπεὶ γὰρ "πηγῆς" μνήμη ········ε̣?ν "συντριβη" "τὸ ἐκ μέρους" καὶ ε·· περὶ γνώσεως ἦν τελείας ······· "συντριβὴν" "ὑ-δρίας" ε·····αλλ· "κατάργησιν τοῦ ἐκ μέρους" ········ τ̣ὸ κείμενον· "τὸ ἐκ μέρους" κα̣ὶ ἡ "ὑ-δρία" ταὐτόν ἐστιν καὶ ἡ "πηγὴ"
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Didymus the Blind on Ecclesiastes.
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