Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, ed. Paul Wendland, 55

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[55] τῶν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων οἱ μὲν ψυχῆς, οἱ δὲ σώματος γεγόνασι φίλοι· οἱ μὲν οὖν ψυχῆς ἑταῖροι νοηταῖς καὶ ἀσωμάτοις φύσεσιν ἐνομιλεῖν δυνάμενοι οὐδεμιᾷ τῶν γεγονότων ἰδέᾳ ¹² παραβάλλουσι τὸ ὄν, ἀλλ’ ἐκβιβάσαντες αὐτὸ πάσης ποιότητος — ἓν γάρ τι τῶν εἰς τὴν μακαριότητα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἄκραν εὐδαιμονίαν ἦν τὸ ψιλὴν ἄνευ χαρακτῆρος τὴν ὕπαρξιν καταλαμβάνεσθαι — τὴν κατὰ τὸ εἶναι φαντασίαν μόνην ἐνεδέξαντο μὴ μορφώσαντες αὐτό.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 55 focus

[55] For of men some are attached to the service of the ¹²³⁴ soul, and others to that of the body; now the companions of the soul, being able to associate with incorporeal natures, appreciable only by the intellect, do not compare the living God to any species of created beings; but, dissociating it with any idea of distinctive qualities (for this is what most especially contributes to his happiness and to his consummate felicity, to comprehend his naked existence without any connection with figure or character), they, I say, are content with the bare conception of his existence, and do not attempt to invest him with any form.

Notes on the current edition

Quod deus sit immutabilis

1.
1 primum καὶ om. HPL1 ἀγαθῶν καὶ τῶν H2: om. ceteri
2 ἐν om. AUF
3 ὁ om. GF 3.
4 ὁ—ἂν om. Α 3.
4 ὑποβάλλῃ ὑποβάλῃ M) λόγος MGUP: ἐπιβάλλει λόγος F, λόγος ὑποβάλλῃ Η ὑποβάλλει H2)
5 ἀποχρώντως om. U
6 ταῦτα UF: τοιαῦτα ceteri φησί ante τὸν add. U
7 πετεινοῦ MGUF
8 ἐθυμώθην] ἐνεθυμήθην HP πάλιν HP: πάλαι ceteri
10 ἔστι UF: ἐπεὶ ceteri
11 κηραίνειν] ὀργίζεσθαι Α, s. s. P2 τῆς ψυχῆς UF τοῦ σώματος UF
12 μέλη καὶ μέρη UF
14 ἑτέρους GF, ἑτέρω P πράξεσι U
15 οἲ] ἡ Α εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι F πρόκεινται HP
16 περὶ] παρὰ Η ὁ om. U
17 ὅτι om. F πρότερον UF: πρῶτον ceteri
18 ἕτερον UF
19 παρ’ ὃ GU αὐτοῦ F, αὖ U: αὐτοὺς ceteri παιδεύσει UF: παιδεῦσαι cetori
22 οὖν om. G
23 ἤδη ante φύσεσιν add. UF ὁμιλεῖν UF

2.
10 sqq. cf. Clementem Strom. II §
72 p. 467 P.
14 sqq. Orig. Comment. in Ev. Matth. XVII
17 p. 795 (Philonis operum vol. l p. LXXXXVI), Contra Celsum IV 71.
p. 557.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis 55

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