Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 25

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[25] ἀλλὰ μὴ νομίσῃς οὕτως ἀφαίρεσιν κατὰ ἀποκοπὴν καὶ διάζευξιν γίνεσθαι, ἀλλ’ οἵα ¹² γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀπὸ πυρὸς, ὅ, κἂν μυρίας δᾷδας ἐξάψῃ, μένει μήδ’ ὁτιοῦν ἐλαττωθὲν ἐν ὁμοίῳ. τοιαύτη τίς ἐστι καὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης ἡ φύσις· τοὺς γὰρ φοιτητὰς καὶ γνωρίμους ἀποφήνασα ἐμπείρους πάντας κατ’ οὐδὲν μέρος ἐλαττοῦται, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμεινον ἐπιδίδωσιν, ὥσπερ φασὶ
τὰς ἀπαντλουμένας πηγάς· καὶ γὰρ ἐκείνας λόγος ἔχει τότε μᾶλλον γλυκαίνεσθαι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 25 focus

[25] But think not that thus this taking away, could be by means of cutting off or separation; but it is here, as is the case in an operation effected by fire, which can light ten thousand torches, without itself being diminished the least atom, or ceasing to remain as it was before. Something like this also is the nature of knowledge. For though it has made all its pupils, and all who have become acquainted with it, learned, still it is in no degree diminished itself, but very often it even becomes improved, just as, they say, that fountains sometimes are by being drained dry; for, it is said, that they sometimes become sweeter by such a process.

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De gigantibus

1.
1 ἢ UH2: om. MAH2P
3 συμφυλάξαι U
4 ἀμηχανοῦσιν U 4.5 προσεληλυθότας UH1P προεληλυθότας MA, μετεληλυθότας H2
5 ἐκδεδιητημένους U: ἐκδεδιητημένοις MAP, ἐκδεδιητημένην Η ἀποστραφεῖσα om. U
6 οὐδ’] οὐκ U
7 προαιρουμένους U
8 ἀπὸ MAH1P: τὸ ἀπὸ U, ἐπὶ H2 παρ’ ὃ MAU
10 ἐξαιρούμενος P ὁ om. U
12 δ’ U ἔργου HP
13 ὅτι ἀνεκάλεσεν HP: ὅταν ἐκάλεσεν MA, ὅτι ἐκάλεσε U ὁ θεὸς] (??) U 14 ἐπλήρωσεν U ἐπὶ] ἐν U
16 ὁριστικῶς U
17 Μωυσέος AHP ἐπεφοίτησε U 18.
19 πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἔνεστι προσγενέσθαι U, ἔνεστι γενέσθαι πρὸς ἀλήθειαν HP
19 μεταλαχοῦσι Α
20 ἀπό om. V
22 post οὕτως add. τὴν H 2 γίνεσθαι καὶ διάζευξιν U

2.
22 sqq. Origenes Contra Celsum VI
70 p. 685: ἀεὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς μεταδίδωσι τοῖς μετέχειν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἰδίου πνεύματος οὐ κατὰ ἀποτομὴν καὶ διαίρεσιν ἐγγινομένου τοῖς ἀξίοις, Ilomilia in Numeros VI
2 p. 287: quod dixit, quia assumens de spiritu Moysi dedit septuaginta senioribus spiritum, non ita intellegas, quasi materialem aliquam corporeamque substantiam auferens deus a Moyse in septuaginta secuerit portiones et ifa unicuique seniorum exiguam particulam dederit. impium est ita intelligere naturara spiritus sancti. sed hoc modo figuram mystici huius sermonis adverte, quasi Moyses et spiritus qui erat in Moyse clarissimi cuiusdam luminis fuerit lucerna, ex qua alias septuaginta lucernas accenderit deus, ad quas ita principalis iilius luminis splendor pervenerit, ut origo ipsa luminis nihil damni ex commercio derivationis acceperit. cf. Augustini Quaest. libr. IV
55 —6 Clem. Alex. Strom. I §
12 p. 323 P: τὰ φρέατα ἐξαντλούμενα διειδέστερον ὕδωρ ἀναδίδωσι, τρέπεται δέ εἰς φθορὰν ὦν μεταλαμβάνει οὐδείς.

Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 25

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