Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 28

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[28] καὶ γὰρ εἰ πάνθ’ ἅμα ὁ ποιῶν ἐποίει, τάξιν οὐδὲν ἧττον εἶχε τὰ καλῶς γινόμενα· καλὸν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐν ἀταξίᾳ. ¹² τάξις δ’ ἀκολουθία καὶ εἱρμός ἐστι προηγουμένων τινῶν καὶ ἑπομένων, εἰ καὶ μὴ τοῖς ἀποτελέσμασιν, ἀλλά τοι ταῖς τῶν τεκταινομένων ἐπινοίαις· οὕτως γὰρ ἔμελλον ἠκριβῶσθαί τε καὶ ἀπλανεῖς εἶναι καὶ ἀσύγχυτοι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 28 focus

[28] for if the Creator had made everything at the same moment, still those things which were created in beauty would no less have had a regular arrangement, for there is no such thing as beauty in disorder. But order is a due consequence and connection of things precedent and subsequent, if not in the completion of a work, at all events in the intention of the maker; for it is owing to order that they become accurately defined and stationary, and free from confusion.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 σύμπας οὗτος ὁ αἰσθητὸς V Eus: ὁ σύμπας αἰσθητὸς οὑτοσὶ ceteri, αἰσθητὸς om. B εἰ μείζων Eus: ἣ μείζων V, ὃς μείζων P, ὃς μεῖζον MAB, ὃ μεῖζον FGH 1.
2 τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐστίν V Eus: ἐστὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ceteri
2 μείμημα V δῆλον ὅτι V: δῆλον δέ ὅτι, δηλονότι ceteri σφραγὶς αὐτοῦ MABP
3 νοητὸν εἶναι κόσμον VM Eus: κόσμον εἶναι νοητόν ABPF, εἶναι κόσμον νοητόν GH 3.
4 τὸ παράδειγμα — ἰδεῶν seclusi παράδειγμα, ἀρχέτυπος ἰδέα V Eus : ἀρχέτυπον παρἀδειγμα,- ἰδέα ceteri
4 εἴδεα et εἰδέων V θὄ (i. e. θεὸς) V, θεῷ Λ
5 φησὶν ὡς M δὲ ABP G τὴν ἀρχὴν V Eus : τὴν om. ceteri οἴονται corr. ex οἷόν τε V
7 μεθ’ αὐτόν (sic) V
8 ἐπεὶ V Eus: ἐπειδὴ ceteri διαστήματος M τῆς ora. M κόσμου] χρόνου H, οὐρανοῦ v κεινἡσεως γ’ προτέρου V: πρότερον δὲ F^us: δὲ ora. codd.
9 κεινουμἐνου κείνησις V ἀλλὰ AP, corr. ex ἀλλ’ V ἀλλ’ ἡ ἀναγκαῖον αὐτὴν ὕστερον Eus
10 ἆρα V καὶ om. FGH ἡ ἰσήλικα V, ἢ om. M τοῦ κόσμου ABPF
11 γεγονέναι] γενέσθαι ABP δὲ διαγ‘ιφαίνεσθαι M 11.
12 ἀφιλόσοφον τῷ ὄντι Η
12 λαμβάνεται G ἡ] ἢν V
14 τῳ] τὸ VF ἐποίησεν V Ι5 εἰς γένεσιν αὐτὸν GH κἀκ] καὶ VM
16 τὴν α οὐσίαν ABP θεῶν] θείων F ἐμφανῶν VM : ἐμφανῶν, ἀφανῶν ceteri
17 πάνθ’ ἅμα] πᾶν θαῦμα M
18 ἧττον om. G εἶχεν V ἐν om. V

2.
6 Cliatcid. in Plut. Tim. cap. 276 . . . sed Origenes adseverat ita sibi ab Hebraeis esse per.suasum . . . initium minime temporarium dici; ueque enim tempus uUum fuisse ante raiindi exornationem dieique et nocturnas vices, quibus temjtoris spatia diraensa sunt. 18—9,2.3 DI’ fol. 334v ct DH fol. 262v Φίλωνος: καλὸν οὐδὲν - ἐπινοίαις

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