Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 110

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[110] ἀναλογίας, ὅταν ὁ μέσος τῶν ἄκρων ἴσῳ μορίῳ καὶ ὑπερέχῃ καὶ ὑπερέχηται· ὁ γὰρ ὄγδοος μέσος ὢν ὑπερέχει μὲν τοῦ πρώτου τρίτῳ μορίῳ· ὑφαιρεθέντων γὰρ τῶν ἕξ, τὰ λοιπὰ δύο τρίτον ἐστὶ τοῦ πρώτου·
ὑπερέχεται δ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ τελευταίου τῷ ἴσῳ· εἰ γὰρ ὑφαιρεθείη τῶν δώδεκα τὰ ὀκτώ, τὰ λοιπὰ τέσσαρα γίνεται τοῦ τελευταίου τρίτον.

De Opificio Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Opificio Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera que supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Creation of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 110 focus

[110] And another test of harmonic proportion is, when the middle term exceeds and is exceeded by those on each side of it, by an equal portion; for eight being the middle term, exceeds the first term by a third part; for if six be subtracted from it, the remainder two is one third of the original number six: and it is exceeded by the last term in an equal proportion; for if eight be taken from twelve, the remainder four is one third of the whole number twelve.

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