Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, ed. Paul Wendland, 11

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[11] πῶς οὖν ἑπτὰ
τετοκέναι φησίν, εἰ μή τι μονάδα ἑβδομάδι τὴν αὐτὴν φυσικώτατα νομίζει, οὐ μόνον ἐν ἀριθμοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ τοῦ παντὸς ἁρμονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῆς ἐναρέτου λόγοις ψυχῆς; ὁ γὰρ τεταγμένος μόνῳ θεῷ Σαμουήλ, ἄλλῳ δὲ τὸ παράπαν συνιὼν μηδενί, κατὰ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὴν μονάδα, τὸ ¹ ὄντως ὄν, κεκόσμηται.

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Unchangeableness of God First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 11 focus

[11] And yet she who is speaking is in reality only the mother of one son, namely, of Samuel. How then does she say that she has borne seven children, unless indeed any one thinks that the unit is in its strictest nature identical with the number seven, not only in number, but also in the harmony of the universe, and in the reasonings of the soul which is devoted to virtue? For he who was devoted to the one God, that is Samuel, and who had no connection whatever with any other being, is adorned according to that essence which is single and the real unit;

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Quod deus sit immutabilis

1.
1 ὅτι μὴ] ἡ HP, εἰ μὴ D δοθέντων ἡμῖν D
2 χρῄζων δὲ οὐδενὸς κελεύει D
3 αὑτῶ M: αὐτῶ ceteri τὰ ἑαυτοῦ D αὐτοῦ DC): om. codd.
4 εὐχαριστητικῶς MH1P,Dc in mg.: εὐχαριστικῶς ceteri D καὶ τιμητικῶς ἔχειν (om. αὐτοῦ) D
5 καθαρεύσομεν F: καθαρεύσωμεν ceteri D
6 ἐννοίαις scripsi (an διανοίαις, διανοήσεσι?): ὀνείδεσι MAGHP, εἴδεσι UF, νοήμασι vel νοήσεσι coni. Cohn νομιζόμενα ante ἱερὰ add. G
7 λουσάμενος πρότερον UF φαιδρύνεται AU
8 δὲ om. U ἔτι om. Η1P, ἐπὶ Η2
10 πεποίηται UF: πεποίηνται ceteri κατ’ αὐτὸ UF 10.
11 ἀλλ’ ὅμως καθιδρυμένον ὃν ἄψυχον UF, mg. L καθιδρυμένον delevi): om. ceteri
12 ὑπομένει U, ὑπομεῖναι Α
13 μετανοήσειν Α
14 τῷ] τὸ AU ἐξεργάσασθαι G, εἰργάσθαι F
15 δυσκατόρθωτος PH1
16 τὸν om. U
17 αὐτοῖς ACP
18 τὸ] τόδε F
19 ἡ δὲ] καὶ ἡ Α
21 εἰ—αὐτὴν] ἡ μονὰς ἑβδοματικὴν αὐτὴν UF εἰ μή τι om. Α τι M: τὴν G, τις ceteri 21.
22 νομίζοι HP
23 ἐναρέτου] ἐπ’ ἀρετὴ Α θεῶ μόνω H, μόνῳ om. UF
24 συνεῖναι UF

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