Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 58

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[58] τῷ δὴ φιλοσοφεῖν ἀνόθως ἐγνωκότι καὶ ἀδόλου καὶ καθαρᾶς εὐσεβείας ¹ μεταποιουμένῳ κάλλιστον καὶ ὁσιώτατον ὑφηγεῖται παράγγελμα, μηδὲν τῶν τοῦ κόσμου μερῶν αὐτοκρατῆ θεὸν ὑπολαμβάνειν εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ γέγονε, γένεσις δὲ φθορᾶς ἀρχή, κἂν προνοίᾳ τοῦ πεποιηκότος ἀθανατίζηται, καὶ ἦν ποτε χρόνος, ὅτε οὐκ ἦν· θεὸν δὲ πρότερον οὐκ ὄντα καὶ ἀπό

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.) — 58 focus

[58] Accordingly, to one who understands how to apply himself to philosophy in a genuine, honest spirit, and who lays claim to a guiltless and pure piety, God gives that most beautiful and holy commandment, that he shall not believe that any one of the parts of the world is its own master, for it has been created; and the fact of having been created implies a liability to destruction, even though the thing created may be made immortal by the providence of the Creator; and there was a time once when it had no existence, but it is impiety to say that there was a previous time when God did not exist, and that he was born at some time, and that he does not endure for ever.

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De decalogo

1.
1 γῆν om. DR δὲ D
2 ἄλλους om. D οἱ δὲ μόνον τὸν οὐρανόν om. Richt.
3 primum τὸν om. M σύμπαντα τὸν κόσμον DP τὸ δ’ M δὲ D ἀνώτατον M 3.
4 τόν γεννητήν] τὸν γενέτην F, τὸν ἀγένητον M (Mang.) καὶ γεννητήν DP, καὶ ἀγέννητον DR
4 μεγαλοπόλεως MD Arm : μεγάλης πόλεως ceteri (Tura.) στρατάρχην M : στρατιάρχην ceteri (Turn.) ἀηττήτου] ἀνωτάτω D b οἰακονομεῖ coni. Mang. σωτηριωδῶς D αἰεὶ FGII
7 οἱ μὲν post τὴν γῆν transp. H, om. L (Turn.) δήμητραν codd. : Δήμητρα v
8 θάλασσαν APH
9 post θεραπείας add. αὐτοῦ Ann μεγάλων F
12 τἀς ἐπωνυμίας ἑκάστου transp. M μυθογράφοι Christophorson (Mang.): μυθογράφους M, μυθογράφοις ceteri, τοῖς μυθογράφοις Arm
13 τετεχνιτευμένα M (Mang.) συνυφάναντες FG, συνυφαίνοντες H (Turn.)
14 τόν τε] τὸν ὄντα τὲ Α ἡμισφαίρια MG Arm: ἡμισφαίριον ceteri (v) τῷ λόγῳ om. M Arm (fort. recte)
15 διχῇ] δύο Arm δὲ M ὑπὸ γῆν AP διοσκούρους Α 15.
16 ἐκάλεσαν τὸ codd.: ἐκαλέσαντο Turu.
16 ἑτερημερίας (om. ζωῆς) AP, ζωῆς ss. P2
19 γινόμενον — κάτω om. M γινόμενον APF: γινομένων GH (v) ; κινούμενον coni. Mang. alt. καὶ] ἢ Arm
20 σφαίρα M Arm: σφαίραις ceteri (v)
21 τῷ] τὸ M
22 ἀνοθεύτως M

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 58

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