Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 118

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[118] τὸ γὰρ αἰσθητὸν ¹ καὶ τίμιον φῶς, τὸ καὶ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων σαφέστατον γνώρισμα, καὶ τοὺς τοκέας αὐτοῦ ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην καὶ τὸν ἱερώτατον χορὸν τῶν ἀστέρων, οἳ νύκτα τε καὶ ἡμέραν, ἔτι τε μῆνας καὶ ἐνιαυτοὺς ἀνατολαῖς καὶ δύσεσιν ἐπεράτωσαν ἀριθμοῦ τε φύσιν ἀνέδειξαν, οἷς τὸ μέγιστον
ψυχῆς ἀγαθὸν ἀνάκειται, ἡμέρᾳ τετάρτῃ φησὶ δημιουργηθῆναι (Gen. 1, 14).

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

About the Planting of Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 118 focus

[118] for the light which is perceptible by the outward senses, and held in honour, being that which throws the most brilliant light both upon itself and upon other things, and upon its own parents the sun and the moon, and upon the most sacred company of the stars, which by their rising and setting fix the boundaries of night and day, and moreover, of months and years, and which have shown the nature of number, to which, also, the greatest good of the soul is attributed, Moses says was created on the fourth day.

Notes on the current edition

De plantatione

1.
1 ἓν] ἐν M
2 ἔτη om. U 2.
3 εἶτα—ἔσται om. F
2 ἰδίω M 2—4 οὐ—ἀπερικάθαρτος om. G
2 οὐ] κἄπειθ’ οὕτω L
4 κἄπειθ’ οὐ Mang. οὕτως οὐ scripsi: οὕτω cotld. b ταύτῃ conicio ἐκδέξαιτο Turn.: ἐκδέξηται τὸ MGUF, ἐκδέξεται Η
6 ὃς] ὃ MF
7 οὖν post παιδείας add. H2
8 μένε’. MGF τὰ om. U κτήματα MCrF
9 τῳ] τὸ M μὴ] μὲν M
10 παρόσον M: παρ’ ὅσον ceteri
11 νοῦν] γῆν F 12.
13 ἐπιπέμποντες scripsi: ἐπιλάμποντες codd.
14 #x003E; λέγεται coni. Cohn
15 αὑτοῦ Turn.: αὐτοῦ codd.
16 φαινομένης U ἐνεργείας GUF αὐτὸ M ᾧ scripsi: καὶ codd., ᾦ καὶ coni. Cohu 16.
17 ἀπὸ τοὺς συλλογικοὺς M
17 λόγους F: λόγοις ceteri
18 καθάρσεως Η : καθαιρέσεως MGUF καὶ ὁ H: om. MGUF
19 τῆς παιδείας H τοῦτ’ ἔστι M
22 τεινόντως M οὐδαμῆ οὐδαμῶς MGF: οὐδαμῆ U, οὐδαμῶς Η
24 αἰνετὸς Mang.: ἒν ἔτος codd.

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 118

ed. Paul Wendland

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers