Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 138

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[138] τρίτον
δέ, ὃ μηδὲ σύγκρισιν ἔχει πρὸς τὰ λεχθέντα, ὁ δημιουργὸς ἀγαθὸς ἦν τά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὴν ἐπιστήμην, ὡς ἕκαστον τῶν τοῦ σώματος μερῶν καὶ ἰδίᾳ καθ’ αὑτὸ τοὺς ἐπιβάλλοντας ἔχειν ἀριθμοὺς καὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου κοινωνίαν εὐαρμόστως ἀπηκριβῶσθαι· μετὰ δὲ τῆς συμμετρίας καὶ εὐσαρκίαν προσανέπλαττε καὶ εὔχροιαν ἠνθογράφει βουλόμενος, ὡς ἔνι

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.) — 138 focus

[138] The third consideration is one which admits of no comparison with those which have been already mentioned, namely, this: the Creator was good both in other respects, and also in knowledge, so that every one of the parts of the body had separately the numbers which were suited to it, and was also accurately completed in the admirable adaptation to the share in the universe of which it was to partake. And after he had endowed it with fair proportions, he clothed it with beauty of flesh, and embellished it with an exquisite complexion, wishing, as far as was possible, that man should appear the most beautiful of beings.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 138

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