Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 13

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[13] 4 γενητὸν δὲ καὶ ἄφθαρτόν φασιν ὑπὸ Πλάτωνος ἐν Τιμαίῳ δηλοῦσθαι
διὰ τῆς θεοπρεποῦς ἐκκλησίας, ἐν ᾗ λέγεται πρὸς τοὺς νεωτέρους θεοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτάτου καὶ ἡγεμόνος· „θεοὶ θεῶν, ὧν ἐγὼ δημιουργὸς ¹² πατήρ τε ἔργων, ἄλυτα ἐμοῦ γε μὴ θέλοντος. τὸ μὲν οὖν δὴ δεθὲν πᾶν λυτόν, τό γε μὴν καλῶς ἁρμοσθὲν καὶ ἔχον εὖ λύειν ἐθέλειν κακοῦ. δι’ ἃ καὶ ἐπείπερ γεγένησθε, ἀθάνατοι μὲν οὔκ ἐστε οὐδ’ ἄλυτοι τὸ πάμπαν, οὔτι γε μὴν λυθήσεσθέ γε, οὐδὲ τεύξεσθε θανάτου μοίρας, τῆς ἐμῆς
βουλήσεως μείζονος ἔτι δεσμοῦ καὶ κυριωτέρου λαχόντες ἐκείνων, οἷς ὅτε ἐγίγνεσθε συνεδεῖσθε.“

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.) — 13 focus

But some say that the world has been proved by Plato in the Timaeus to be both uncreated and indestructible, in the account of that divine assembly in which the younger gods are addressed by the eldest and the governor of them all in the following terms; ¹"O ye gods of gods, those works of which I am the father and the creator are indissoluble as long as I choose that they shall be so. Now everything which has been bound together is capable of being dissolved, but it is the part of an evil ruler to dissolve that which has been well combined and arranged, and which is in good condition. Wherefore, since you also have been created, you are not of necessity immortal or utterly indissoluble; nevertheless you shall not be dissolved, nor shall you be exposed to the fate of death, inasmuch as you have my will to keep you united, which is a still greater and more powerful bond than those by which you were bound together when you were first created."

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 τις post ὁ δέ om. M τὴν διακόσμησιν MU: τ·ὴν om. HP (v)
2 κατὰ τὴν ἐκπύρωσιν M: κατὰ τῆς ἐκπυρώσεως UHP (μετὰ τῆς ἐκπυρώσεως Turn.)
3 μήποτ᾿—ἐνιστάμενος om. Ε μήποτ’ HP, μήποτε U: μηδέποτε M 3.
4 ἐνιστάμενος Bernays: ἐπιστάμενος codd.
4 ἀγένητον ME: ἀγέννητον UHP
5 καταγίνωσκε E χειροτηήτων HP
6 τοσοῦτον ὁρατὸν θεόν] τό τοσοῦτον ἔργον θεοῦ E (Turn. in append.) 6—15 ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην—τὸν κόσμον εἶναι om. E
7 πάνθειον Mang.: πάν θεῖον codd. ἔλεγεν M
8 κατακερτομῶν codd.: καὶ κατακερτομῶν v
9 πνεύμασιν] ῥεύμασιν Bernays
10 ἐπικρέμασθαι Diels: ἐπικρεμάσαι U, ἐπικεκρεμάσθαι ΜΗΡ (v)
11 τῶν om. MU δὲ M 11.
12 ἀριστοτέλην codd.: ᾿Αριστοτέλη v
12 ἀλλὰ codd.: ἀλλὰ καὶ ν πυθαγορείων U, πυθαγορίων Μ
13 συγγράμματι] γράμ(ματι) M (Bernays) ἐπιγραφομένου M περὶ] παρὰ ΗΡ1
14 ἀγένητον M: ἀγέννητον ceteri
15 μόνον V (Turn.): μὲν οὑν codd. ἀποδείξεων MU: ἀποδείξεως HP (Turn.)
16 γενητόν ME: γεννητὸν UHP δὲ] τε M ἐν Τιμαίω in marg. M, om. in textu 17—77,
6 διά τῆς θεοπρεποῦς ἐκκλησίας—ὅτε ἐγίγνεσθε συνεδεῖσθε om. E
18 θεοὶ θεῶν Plato (Turn.): θεὸς θεῶν codd. ὧν Plato (Turn.): om. codd.

2.
3 sqq. Arist. frg.
18 (ed. Rose, Lips. 1886). J. Rernays, Dialoge d. Aristoteles p. 101.
13 Ocell. Luc. I
2 δοκεῖ γάρ μοι τὸ πᾶν ἀνώλεθρον εἶναι καὶ ἀγένητον· ἀεί τε γάρ ἢν καὶ ἔσται.
16 sqq. Plat. Tim. 41a (cf. Rawack, De Platonis Timaeo, Berolini 1888 p.
15 ss.).

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