Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 54

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[54]
ὑπὸ γὰρ φωτὸς ἄνω παραπεμφθεῖσα ἡ ὅρασις καὶ κατιδοῦσα φύσιν ἀστέρων καὶ κίνησιν αὐτῶν ἐναρμόνιον, ἀπλανῶν τε καὶ πλανήτων ¹² εὖ διατεταγμένας περιφοράς, τῶν μὲν κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως περιπολούντων, τῶν δ’ ἀνομοίως τε καὶ ὑπεναντίως διτταῖς περιόδοις χρωμένων, χορείας τε πάντων ἐμμελεῖς νόμοις τοῖς μουσικῆς τελείας διακεκοσμημένας, ἄλεκτον ἐμπαρεῖχε τῇ ψυχῇ τέρψιν τε καὶ ἡδονήν· ἡ δ’ ἑστιωμένη θεαμάτων ἐπαλλήλων, ἐξ ἑτέρων γὰρ ἦν ἕτερα,
πολλὴν ἀπληστίαν εἶχε τοῦ θεωρεῖν· εἶθ’, οἷα φιλεῖ, προσπεριειργάζετο, τίς ἡ τῶν ὁρατῶν δὴ τούτων οὐσία καὶ εἰ ἀγένητοι πεφύκασιν ἢ γενέσεως ἔλαβον ἀρχὴν καὶ τίς ὁ τρόπος τῆς κινήσεως καὶ τίνες αἱ αἰτίαι δι’ ὧν ἕκαστα οἰκονομεῖται· ἐκ δὲ τῆς τούτων ζητήσεως τὸ φιλοσοφίας συνέστη γένος, οὗ τελειότερον ἀγαθὸν οὐκ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον.

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.) — 54 focus

[54] For the sight being sent upwards by light and beholding the nature of the stars and their harmonious movement, and the well-ordered revolutions of the fixed stars, and of the planets, some always revolving in the same manner and coming to the same places, and others having double periods in an anomalous and somewhat contrary manner, beholding also, the harmonious dances of all these bodies arranged according to the laws of perfect music, causes an ineffable joy and delight to the soul. And the soul, feasting on a continuous series of spectacles, for one succeeds another, has an insatiable love for beholding such. Then, as is usually the case, it examines with increased curiosity what is the substance of these things which are visible; and whether they have an existence without having been created, or whether they received their origin by creation, and what is the character of their movement, and what the causes are by which everything is regulated. And it is from inquiries into these things that philosophy has arisen, than which no more perfect good has entered into human life.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 πᾶν καλόν V ἄλλων om. G
2 συντεθειμένος MAP δυεῖν V
3 πολυπλασιασθείς ABP, πολλαπλασιασθείς Μ ἀλλ’ ὁ ἕτερος F2GH
4 δυνάμεσι om. V ἡ τετράς MABP καὶ om. MABP
5 ἰδίῳ λόγῳ] διαλόγῳ M, λόγω ἰδίω Β προσθεῖναι] δειχθῆναι Β
6 καὶ τῆ V: καὶ ἡ M, τῆ (om. καὶ) ceteri γενέσει om. M
7 τέσσαρα FGH
8 πηγῆς] γῆς FG τετράδος ἐν ἀριθμοῖς Β τούτω M ἐτησίαι Η
9 τέσσαρες ΜΗ αἳ Η αἴτιαι FGH: αἰτίαι ceteri
10 μεθόπωρον V
12 κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον V: κατ’ ἀναγκαῖον ceteri
13 ἐν τετράδι Η φοσφόροις V
14 ὄντων] νοητῶν V
15 αἰσθήσεως ὁράσεων V ἀπέφαινεν VF2GP: ἀπέφηνεν ceteri ἐν τῆ ψυχὴ ABP τοῦθ’ ὀφθαλμὸς V, τοῦτο ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς R
16 τὰ ὄντα νοητὰ MABP1 δὲ VR: δ’ αὖ ceteri
17 χρεῖος] χρήζει MABP μὲν om. Β γνωρίσαι] θεωρῆσαι (θε et ῆ in ras.) F ἀσώματα] σώματα R ὀφθαλμὸς R: ὀφθαλμοῖς ὀφθαλμοὶ ceteri
18 τῶν σωματικῶν R
19 γέγονεν αἴτιον Β, γέγονεν om. Η
20 πεμφθεῖσα Η ἡ om. MAP1
21 ἀστέρων] αὐτῶν Β κίνησιν] κείνισιν V αὐτῶν] ἀστέρων Β ἐναρμόνιον αὐτῶν M ἐναρμονίαν FG πλανητῶν VM

2. 15—18 ὅπερ νοῦς—ἀντίληψιν R fol. Philonis opera vol. I 2

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 54

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