Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 181

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[181] καὶ γὰρ ἡ ψυχή, τὸ κήρινον, ὡς εἶπέ τις τῶν ἀρχαίων, ἐκμαγεῖον, σκληρὰ μὲν οὖσα καὶ ἀντίτυπος ἀπωθεῖ καὶ ἀποσείεται τοὺς
ἐπιφερομένους χαρακτῆρας καὶ ἀσχημάτιστος ἐξ ἀνάγκης διαμένει, πειθήνιος δ’ ὑπάρχουσα καὶ μετρίως ὑπείκουσα βαθεῖς τοὺς τύπους δέχεται καὶ ἀναμαξαμένη τὰς σφραγῖδας ἄκρως διαφυλάττει τὰ ἐνσημανθέντα ¹²

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.) — 181 focus

[181] For the soul, being as some ancient writer has said, a waxen tablet, while it is hard and resisting, repels and refuses the impressions which are attempted to be stamped upon it; and remains of necessity undistinguished by any figure. But when it becomes tractable and yielding in a moderate degree, it then receives deep impressions, and having taken off the stamp given by the seal, it preserves accurately the appearances which are impressed upon it, so that they cannot be effaced.

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Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

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1 εξ εφ’ Pap: ὁ ἐξ ἐφ’ G, ἐξ ceteri φυλάρχους ΑΒ, om. Pap
2 ταῖς addidi εὐλογίας GBHP αι Pap: om. codd.
4 οφελουσιν ἔπι Pap 4.
5 φεύγειν per errorem Mang.
5 τὸ κακὸν Pap: κακὸν codd. N τῶ Pap AHPN: τὸ B, καὶ τό G τὰ ἀγαθὸν (sic) Pap: ἀγαθὸν codd. N, ἑλέσθαι ἀγαθὸν transp. N
6 ταυτὸ G νενόμισται codd. N
7 δυεῖν Pap G: δυοῖν ceteri ἀπόκρισις L
8 καὶ—κλήρῳ om. Pap λόγω Pap δυεῖν Pap G: δυοῖν ceteri
9 τῶ θεῶ B
12 διῴκισται Pap: διώκεται codd. ἀπελήλασται Pap
13 γε] τὲ ΑΒ
14 ὁ ABH2: om. Pap GH1P πάντ’ om. codd.
15 μοιρασίας G καὶ δόκιμα post ἐραστῇ transpos. codd.
16 δ’ ΑΒ
17 φησιν Pap Β δ’ Pap N
18 καὶ γὰρ ἡ Cohn: ὡς γὰρ ἡ Pap, ἡ γάρ codd. N κήρινον Pap (Mang.): καίριον codd. N
19 οὖσαν Pap ἀντωθεῖ codd. N, ἀπωθεῖται conicio
20 post ἐπιφερομένους add. δέ G διαμένει ἐξ ἀνάγκης N διαβαίνει ΑΒ
21 δὲ ABN
22 ἄκρως Pap: ἀκριβῶς codd. N

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3 — ὁ ὁμοίως—νενόμισται N fol. 166r. 16—42,1 ἐγένετο—εἴδη N fol,
18 Platonis Theaet. p. 191 C.

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 181

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