Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 10

ed. Paul Wendland

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[10] πάνθ’ ὅσα χερσαῖα καὶ ἔνυδρα οὐκ ἀέρι καὶ πνεύματι ζῇ; τί δέ; οὐκ ἀέρος κακωθέντος τὰ λοιμικὰ συνίστασθαι παθήματα φιλεῖ, ὡς ἂν αἰτίου τῆς ψυχώσεως ἑκάστοις; τί δέ; ὁπότε ἀπήμων καὶ ἀβλαβὴς εἴη, ὁποῖον
ἐν ταῖς βορείοις μάλιστα αὔραις εἴωθε γίνεσθαι, οὐ καθαρωτέρου σπῶντα τοῦ πνεύματος πρὸς πλείονα καὶ κραταιοτέραν διαμονὴν ἐπιδίδωσιν;

De Gigantibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Gigantibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Giants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 10 focus

[10] Since what shall we say? Must we not say that these animals which are terrestrial or aquatic live in air and spirit? What? Are not pestilential afflictions accustomed to exist when the air is tainted or corrupted, as if that were the cause of all such assuming vitality? Again, when the air is free from all taint and innocent, such as it is especially wont to be when the north wind prevails, does not the imbibing of a purer air tend to a more vigorous and more lasting duration of life?

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