Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 31

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[31] οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστι τούτων ἀμέτοχον· οἷον ἐγὼ μετέχω μὲν οὐσίας δανεισάμενος ἀφ’ ἑκάστου τῶν στοιχείων,
ἐξ ὧν ἀπετελέσθη ὅδε ὁ κόσμος, γῆς καὶ ὕδατος καὶ ἀέρος καὶ πυρός, τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν σύστασιν αὐταρκέστατα· μετέχω δὲ καὶ ποιότητος, καθ’ ἣν ἄνθρωπός εἰμι, καὶ ποσότητος, ᾗ πηλίκος· γίνομαι δὲ καὶ πρός τι, ὅταν μου πρὸς δεξιοῖς τις ἢ πρὸς εὐωνύμοις ᾖ· ἀλλὰ καὶ ποιῶ, τρίβων τι ἢ κείρων, καὶ πάσχω, κειρόμενος ἢ τριβόμενος ὑφ’
ἑτέρων· κἀν τῷ ἔχειν ἐξετάζομαι, ἢ περιβεβλημένος ἢ ὡπλισμένος, κἀν τῷ κεῖσθαι, σχεδόν τι καθεζόμενος ἢ κατακεκλιμένος· εἰμὶ δὲ πάντως κἀν τόπῳ καὶ χρόνῳ, τῶν προειρημένων οὐδενὸς δυναμένου χωρὶς ἀμφοῖν ὑφίστασθαι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 31 focus

[31] For there is nothing which is devoid of participation in these things; as, for instance, I partake of essence, borrowing of each one of the elements of which the whole world was made, that is to say, of earth and water, and air and fire, what is sufficient for my own existence.

I also partake of quality, inasmuch as I am a man; and of quantity, inasmuch as I am a man of such and such a size. I also partake of relation, when any one is on my right hand or on my left. Again, I am in action when I rub or burn any thing. I am in passion when I am cut or rubbed by any one else. I am discerned as a possessor, when I am clothed or equipped with anything. And I am seen in condition, when sitting still or lying down. And I am altogether in time and place, since not one of all the categories just mentioned can exist without both these things.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 31

ed. Leopold Cohn

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