Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 35

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[35] for some bodies he has endowed with habit, others with nature, others with soul, and some with rational soul; for instance, he has bound stones and beams, which are torn from their kindred materials, with the most powerful bond of habit; and this habit is the inclination of the spirit to return to itself; for it begins at the middle and ¹ proceeds onwards towards the extremities, and then when it has touched the extreme boundary, it turns back again, until it has again arrived at the same place from which it originally started.

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the Unchangeableness of God (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.) — 35 focus

[35] τῶν γὰρ σωμάτων τὰ μὲν ἐνεδήσατο ἕξει, τὰ δὲ φύσει, τὰ δὲ ψυχῇ, τὰ δὲ λογικῇ ψυχῇ. λίθων μὲν οὖν καὶ ξύλων, ἃ δὴ τῆς συμφυΐας ἀπέσπασται, δεσμὸν κραταιότατον ἕξιν p. 278 Μ. εἰργάζετο· ἡ δέ ἐστι πνεῦμα ἀναστρέφον ἐφ’ ἑαυτό· ἄρχεται μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν μέσων ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τείνεσθαι, ψαῦσαν δὲ ἄκρας ἐπιφανείας
ἀνακάμπτει πάλιν, ἄχρις ἂν ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀφίκηται τόπον, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ πρῶτον ὡρμήθη·

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On the Unchangeableness of God

1. T have followed Mangey, who proposes to read ίδέαν here but the reading in the text is οὐὄένα.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis 35

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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