Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 18

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[18] εἶθ’ ὥσπερ ἐν κηρῷ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῇ τοὺς ἑκάστων δεξάμενος τύπους ἀγαλματοφορεῖ νοητὴν πόλιν, ἧς ἀνακινήσας τὰ εἴδωλα μνήμῃ τῇ συμφύτῳ καὶ τοὺς ¹ χαρακτῆρας ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐνσφραγισάμενος, οἷα δημιουργὸς ἀγαθός, ἀποβλέπων εἰς τὸ παράδειγμα τὴν ἐκ λίθων καὶ ξύλων ἄρχεται κατασκευάζειν, ἑκάστῃ τῶν ἀσωμάτων ἰδεῶν τὰς σωματικὰς ἐξομοιῶν οὐσίας.

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.) — 18 focus

[18] Then, having received in his own mind, as on a waxen tablet, the form of each building, he carries in his heart the image of a city, perceptible as yet only by the intellect, the images of which he stirs up in memory which is innate in him, and, still further, engraving them in his mind like a good workman, keeping his eyes fixed on his model, he begins to raise the city of stones and wood, making the corporeal substances to resemble each of the incorporeal ideas.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 ὅ,τίμημα corr. ex ὅτιμημα Α μείμημα V καλὸν] καλῶν M δίχα καλοῦ VM: καλοῦ δίχα ceteri
2 ἄν ὑπαίτιον V
3 εἰδέαν V, ἰδέαν om. B ἀπηκονίσθη V βουληθεὶς γὰρ V τουτονὶ κόσμον GH
4 πρὸς ἐξετύπου V
5 σωματικὸν τοῦτον MABP 5.
6 ἀπεικονίσματος M
6 τοσαῦτα] αὐτὰ ω MABP περιέξον τὰ V, περιέχον τὰ M, περιέχον τὰ ABP τὰ ὅσαπερ V ἐν om. Β
7 δὲ FGH εἰδέων V λέγειν om. Β
8 ᾗ FGL, ἡ V: εἰ ceteri (H in ras.) συνέστηκεν V: ὑφέστηκεν ceteri
9 πόλις τις MABP
10 ἡγεμόνος] ἄρχοντος R
11 τὴν εὐτυχίαν συνεπικοσμοῦντος om. R 12 παιπαιδείας δείας] εὐσεβείας M, εὐσεβείας Α, παιδείας P in ras., εὐπαιδείας Β 12.
13 εὐκρασίαν καὶ om. VFGHR
13 πρῶτον] πάλιν ΑΒ
14 πόλεως ἀποτελεῖσθαι GH ἱερὰ om. V
15 αἱμένας V, λιμένας τἆλλα (νεωσοίκους— (νεωσοίκους— οἰκοδομημάτων om.) νεωσοίκους GH, νεωσήκους F: νεώς· οἴκους ceteri
16 εἰδρύσεις V οἰκιῶν ἱδρύσεις ABP καὶ δημοσίων καὶ ἄλλων ABP καὶ δημοσίων καὶ ἰδίων ἄλλων coni. Wendl. κηρῷ τινι Β
17 αὐτοῦ M ἑκάστου ABP
18 ἀνακεινήσας V

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