Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 23

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[23] παρό μοι δοκοῦσι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τὰ ὀνόματα τοῖς πράγμασι θέμενοι — σοφοὶ γὰρ ἦσαν — εἰκότως αὐτὴν
προσαγορεῦσαι δεκάδα, ὡσανεὶ δεχάδα οὖσαν, παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι καὶ κεχωρηκέναι τὰ γένη πάντα τῶν ἀριθμῶν καὶ λόγων τῶν κατ’ ἀριθμὸν ¹

De Decalogo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Decalogo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor.Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 23 focus

[23] And it is in reference to this fact that the first philosophers appear to me to have affixed the names to things which they have given them. For they were wise men, and therefore they very speciously called the number ten the decade ( τὴν δεκάδα), as being that which received every thing ( ὡσανεὶ δεκάδα οὖσαν), from receiving ( τοῦ δέχεσθαι) and containing every kind of number, and ratio connected with number, and every proportion, and harmony, and symphony.

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De decalogo

1.
1 εὐθὺς M 1.2 περατουμένων codd.: περαιουμένων Turn., περανουμένων Mang.
2 ἣ] εἰ M ἀριθμῶν] ἀριθμουμένων AP διαφορὰς ἀρτίων ἀριθμῶν transp. G 2.
3 καὶ ἀρτιοπερίττων om. L (Turn.)
3 δυοῖν ex δυεῖν corr. Η, δυεῖν FG 4.
5 ὑποεπιμερῶν M: ἐπιμορίων ceteri (v)
5 δὲ M, om. Arm ἡ τῷ] τῷ γὰρ Arm 5.
6 τῶν ἰσαρίθμων AP, τῶ ἴσω ἀριθμῶ M
6 ἐπὶ τὸ α' καὶ β' καὶ γ' M 7.
8 πρὸς τὸν πρῶτον τοῦ δευτέρου] τοῦ α' πρὸς τὸν τοῦ β' M
8 τοιοῦτος om. AP1 ὁ MH: om. ceteri πρὸς τὸν δεύτερον τοῦ τρίτου] τοῦ β' πρὸς τὸν γ' M
9 τοῦ] τὸ F, om. M ἓν καὶ ἓν ὁ εῖς καὶ δύο καὶ τρεῖς καὶ τριάκοντα τέσσαρες M τέτταρα AP 9.
10 καὶ συνόλως πολυπλασίοις MF Arm: om. ceteri
12 post μορίῳ add. καὶ Η (v) ὑπερέχει τε καὶ ὑπερέχεται MF: ὑπερέχεται καὶ ὑπερέχει ceteri (v) τρίτου] α' MG; δευτέρου coni. Christophorson (Mang.), sed cf. de opif. mundi § 110 τετάρτου] δ' M, τέσσαρα G
13 ἕκτου] ς' M, ἐς G ἕκτου καὶ τετάρτου καὶ τρίτου transp. Arm τῶν H: om. ceteri
15 τεττάρων FH ἐν om. APF τῷ] τοῦ G δ' M 15.
16 πρὸς τὸν τρία G
16 γ' M γ' M β' M
17 β' M α' M δὶς καὶ διὰ Η
18 τῶ] τὰ Η η' M β M
20 ὡσανεὶ] οἱονεὶ Ἀρ’
21 συγκεχωρηκέναι Turn. τὰ γένη τῶν ἀριθμῶν πάντα καὶ κεχωρηκέναι transp. M πάντα τὰ γένη transp. AP λόγους M ἀριθμῶν corr. in ἀριθμὸν AFH

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