Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 137

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[137] ὥσπερ δὲ τὰ ὁλοσχερῆ, οὕτω καὶ τὰ κατὰ μέρος ἔτεμνεν, ὧν τὰ μὲν ἄψυχα, τὰ δ’ ἔμψυχα ἦν· καὶ τῶν ἀψύχων τὰ μὲν ἐν ταὐτῷ μένοντα, ὧν δεσμὸς ἕξις, τὰ δ’ οὐ μεταβατικῶς, ἀλλ’ αὐξητικῶς κινούμενα, ἃ
φύσις ἡ ἀφάνταστος ἐζῴου· καὶ τούτων τὰ μὲν τῆς ἀγρίας ὕλης οἰστικὰ ἀγρίων καρπῶν, οἳ τροφὴ θηρίοις εἰσίν, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρου, ὧν γεωργία τὴν προστασίαν καὶ ἐπιμέλειαν ἔλαχε· τίκτει δὲ καρποὺς τῷ πάντων ἡμερωτάτῳ ζῴων πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν, ἀνθρώπῳ.

Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 137 focus

[137] But as he divided the things when entire, so also did he divide the particular divisions, some of which were animated and others inanimate; and of those which were inanimate he made a division into those which always remain in the same place, the bond of which is habit, and those which move, not indeed in the way of changing their place, but so as to grow, which indescribable nature has vivified. Again of these, those which are of wild materials are productive of wild fruits, which are the food of brute beasts; but others producing good fruit, the cultivation of which has called forth diligent superintendence and care, and these produce fruit for the tamest of all animals, namely, for man, that he may enjoy them.

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 137

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