Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 230

ed. Paul Wendland

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[230] 48 Εἰπὼν οὖν τὰ πρέποντα περὶ τούτων ἐπιλέγει· „τὰ δὲ ὄρνεα οὐ διεῖλεν“ (Gen. 15, 10), ὄρνεα καλῶν τοὺς πτηνοὺς καὶ πεφυκότας
μετεωροπολεῖν δύο λόγους, ἕνα μὲν ἀρχέτυπον τὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς, ἕτερον δὲ μίμημα τὸν καθ’ ἡμᾶς ὑπάρχοντα.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 230 focus

Therefore, after he has said what is becoming on this subject, he proceeds to add, "But the birds he did not divide;" ¹ meaning, by the term birds, the two reasonings which are winged and inclined by nature to soar to the investigation of sublime subjects; one of them being the archetypal pattern and above us, and the other being the copy of the former and abiding among us.

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