Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 100

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[100] ἔτι τοίνυν ὅσα λαμβάνει τὴν γένεσιν ἐκ σπέρματος, μείζονα τὸν ὄγκον ἐστὶ τοῦ πεποιηκότος καὶ ἐν τόπῳ μείζονι θεωρεῖται· δένδρα γοῦν οὐρανομήκη πολλάκις ἀναβλαστάνει ἐκ βραχυτάτης κέγχρου καὶ ζῷα πιότατα καὶ περιμηκέστατα ἐξ ὀλίγου τοῦ προεθέντος ὑγροῦ. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ μικρῷ πρότερον εἰρημένον p. 507 M. συμβαίνει, κατὰ μὲν τὸν γειτνιῶντα τῇ γενέσει χρόνον
βραχύτερα τὰ γεννηθέντα εἶναι, μεγεθύνεσθαι δ’ αὖθις ἄχρι παντελοῦς τελειώσεως.

De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Aeternitate Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Incorruptibility of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 100 focus

[100] Again, all those things which derive their origin from seed are of a greater magnitude than the seed which gives them their existence, and are seen to fill a more extended space; for very often trees, whose tops reach to heaven itself, shoot up out of a very small grain of seed; and the fattest and tallest animals grow from a very small quantity of moisture, which is laid as their foundation; but there happens that which was mentioned a little while ago, that these, at the time nearest to their birth are very little, but that subsequently they keep on increasing in size till they arrive at complete perfection.

Philo Judaeus De Aeternitate Mundi 100

ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn

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