Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 95

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[95] 31 μεταβατέον δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ θάτερον ἑβδομάδος εἶδος τὸ περιεχόμενον ἐν δεκάδι, θαυμαστὴν ἐπιδεικνύμενον καὶ οὐκ ἐλάττονα τοῦ προτέρου φύσιν. αὐτίκα συνέστηκε τὰ ἑπτὰ ἐξ ἑνὸς καὶ δυοῖν καὶ τεττάρων
ἐχόντων δύο λόγους ἁρμονικωτάτους, τόν τε διπλάσιον καὶ τετραπλάσιον, τὸν μὲν τὴν διὰ πασῶν συμφωνίαν, τὸν δὲ τετραπλάσιον τὴν δὶς διὰ πασῶν ἀποτελοῦντα. περιέχει δὲ καὶ διαιρέσεις ἄλλας ζυγάδην τρόπον τινὰ συνεστώσας ἑβδομάς· διαιρεῖται γὰρ πρῶτον μὲν εἰς μονάδα καὶ ἑξάδα, ἔπειτα εἰς δυάδα καὶ πεντάδα, καὶ τελευταῖον εἰς τριάδα καὶ τετράδα.

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.) — 95 focus

And we must also pass on to the other species of the number seven, which is contained in the number ten, and which displays an admirable nature, and one not inferior to the previously mentioned species. The number seven consists of one, and two and four, numbers which have two most harmonious ratios, the twofold and the fourfold ratio; the former of which affects the diapason harmony, while the fourfold ratio causes that of the double diapason. It also comprehends other divisions, existing in some kind of yoke-like combination. For it is divided first of all into the number one, and the number six; then into the two and the five; and last of all, into the three and the four.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 95

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