Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 99

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[99] 33 Τοσοῦτο δ’ ἐν ἑβδομάδι πέφυκεν εἶναι τὸ ἱεροπρεπές, ὥστ’ ¹ ἐξαίρετον ἔχει λόγον παρὰ τοὺς ἐν δεκάδι πάντας ἀριθμούς· ἐκείνων γὰρ οἱ μὲν γεννῶσιν οὐ γεννώμενοι, οἱ δὲ γεννῶνται μέν, οὐ γεννῶσι δέ, οἱ δὲ ἀμφότερα καὶ γεννῶσι καὶ γεννῶνται· μόνη δ’ ἑβδομὰς ἐν οὐδενὶ μέρει θεωρεῖται. τὴν δ’ ὑπόσχεσιν ἀποδείξει βεβαιωτέον. τὸ μὲν οὖν ἓν γεννᾷ τοὺς ἑξῆς ἅπαντας ἀριθμοὺς ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς γεννώμενον
τὸ παράπαν· τὰ δ’ ὀκτὼ γεννᾶται μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ δὶς τέσσαρα, γεννᾷ δ’ οὐδένα τῶν ἐν δεκάδι· ὁ δ’ αὖ τέσσαρα τὴν ἀμφοῖν καὶ γονέων καὶ ἐκγόνων ἔχει τάξιν· γεννᾷ μὲν γὰρ τὸν ὀκτὼ δὶς γενόμενος, γεννᾶται δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δὶς δύο.

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.) — 99 focus

And such great sanctity is there in the number seven, that it has a preeminent rank beyond all the other numbers in the first decade. For of the other numbers, some produce without being produced, others are produced but have no productive power themselves; others again both produce and are produced. But the number seven alone is contemplated in no part. And this proposition we must confirm by demonstration. Now the number one produces all the other numbers in order, being itself produced absolutely by no other; and the number eight is produced by twice four, but itself produces no other number in the decade. Again, four has the rank of both, that is, of parents and of offspring; for it produces eight when doubled, and it is produced by twice two.

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De opificio mundi

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1 ποεῖ διάστημα M: διάστημα ποιεῖ ceteri
2 ἐπιδείξομεν M κατέλθωμεν G ἐπὶ M: εἰς ceteri ἐναρμονίας FH
3 τὰ δύο M ἐναρμόνιον τὴν δύναμιν M ἐπιδείκνυνται Β
4 ἀνάμιλλον ΑΒ
5 δὲ om. M ἐναρμονίαν L ἐπιτελεῖ MB
6 καὶ om. ABP1
7 αὐτῆς codd.
8 τριάδος] δυάδος B
9 τριγώνιον H
10 καὶ τοῦ τέσσαρα B
12 ἀνώμαλλον Η, ἀνωμαλὲς M καὶ ante ἄνισον om. F
13 γίνεται] γέγονεν AB, παρ’ P ἑτέρα ἑτέρας Μ: ἑτέρα om. ceteri
14 καὶ FGH γίγνεται M παρ᾿ ἑτέραν M: ἑτέρα παρ᾿ ἑτέραν ceteri
15 ἀλλὰ καὶ Turn. ἀλλ’ ὀρθογώνιον ἐν ὁμοίῳ Mang. ὁμοίῳ] ἰδίω G οὔποτ᾿ M: οὔποτε ceteri εἰ δὴ] εἴδει M τὸ μὲν M: μὲν om. ceteri
16 ὀρθόγωνον FGH
17 ἀναγκαιότατον μέρος M
18 ἥδε] ἡ δὲ H
21 μέν ἐστι ΗP2
22 τοῦ om. BG 22.
23 πρόθεσιν F
23 δῆλός G
24 στερεωμετρίας FH
26 τοσοῦτον MF a verbis ὥστ’ ἐξαίρετον usque ad μέρεσιν ἰσούμενον (35,3) hiat lacuna in M ὥστε FGH Philonis opera vol. Ι 3

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