Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 142

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[142] ἄνθρωπος μὲν ¹ οὖν οὐδεὶς δύναιτ’ ἀκριβῶς ἄν ποτε εἰς ἴσα διελεῖν οὐδέν, ἀλλ’ ἀνάγκη τῶν τμημάτων τὸ ἕτερον ἐνδεῖν ἢ περιττεύειν, καὶ εἰ μὴ μείζονι, ἀλλά τοι βραχεῖ μέρει πάντως, ὃ τάχα τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐκφεύγει τοῖς ἁδρομερεστέροις ἐκ φύσεως καὶ ἔθους προσβάλλουσαν ὄγκοις, τοὺς δὲ ἀτόμους
καὶ ἀμερεῖς καταλαβεῖν ἀδυνατοῦσαν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 142 focus

[142] And no man could ever possibly divide anything into two exactly equal parts; but it is inevitable that one of the divisions must fall a little short, or exceed a little, if not much, at all events by a small quantity, in every instance, which indeed escapes the perception of our outward senses which attend only to the larger and more tangible burdens of nature and custom, but which are unable to comprehend atoms and indivisible things.

Notes on the current edition

Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

1.
1 δὲ εστιν Pap κατὰ ora. AB
3 οὕτω ora. Pap τέμνειν Pap, ἔτεμεν P
4 ἄψυχα τὰ δ’ εμὺͅυχα Pap: ἔμψυχα (ad(1. ἣν H’P), τὰ δὲ ἄψυχα codd.
5 ἐσεῖς L’ τὰ] τῶν Ἄρηι κινουμένων AB (j φαῦσις, lug. P- αφανἀφάνταστός Pap (Mang.): ἄφαντος P^H’), ἄφατος ceteri καὶ τούτων] τούτων δὲ Tiirn. οιστιτικα Pap
7 εἰσίν Pap Λ: ἐστί ceteri ἡμ P, ἡμέρας H
8 ἔλαχεν Pap y ἀνθρώπων Pap καὶ μὴν ὂν ]’ap : καὶ μὴ μόνον G; καθ’ ὃν δὲ ΛΒ, in ras. P-; καὶ οὐ μόνον καθ’ ἔνα in ras. H-
10 τῆς ψυχῆς H διήρει Pap: διαιρεῖ codd. τούτων γὰρ—ἔτεμνεν om. ΑΒ
11 ἀπέκρινεν Pap: ἀπέφηνεν (tHP καὶ λαβὼν Pap: λαβὼν δέ τούτων GPH’, ἀλλά καὶ τούτων Π2 ἑκάτερον Pap: ἕκαστον GUi’
12 ἔτεμνεν Pap: διαιρεῖ GHP ἀτίθασον Pap: ἄγριον codd. εἶδος codd.: ἦθος Pap
13 εἰργάσατο AB
15 τὸ] τὲ G
18 αὐτ(υ codd. λόγων fl, ἔργων P διήρει Pap: διαιρεῖ codd. αμορφην [Pap ἄποιον codd.: ἄπορον Pap
19 τέσσαρα Π, δ P
20 αὖ Pap: om. codd.
21 μσα διελεῖν Pap
22 ἀναγκαῖον κἄν Turn.: ἀναγκαίως ἂν Pap, ἀναγκαίως κἄν codd. περὶ] περ Pap ἴσων] εἰς τῶν ὁ μὲν τὸ γὰρ trans)os. Pap
22 — 33,1 ujtoμνῆσαι- τμημάτων om. Β

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