Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 130

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[130] Τὸν δὲ τέταρτον καὶ λοιπὸν λόγον ἀκριβωτέον ὧδε, φασίν· εἰ ὁ κόσμος ἀίδιος ἦν, ἦν ἂν καὶ τὰ ζῷα ἀίδια καὶπολύ γε μᾶλλον τὸ τῶν
ἀνθρώπων γένος, ὅσῳ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄμεινον. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὀψίγονον φανῆναι τοῖς βουλομένοις ἐρευνᾶν τὰ φύσεως· εἰκὸς γὰρ μᾶλλον δ’ ἀναγκαῖον ἀνθρώποις συνυπάρξαι τὰς τέχνας ὡς ἂν ἰσήλικας, οὐ μόνον ¹ ὅτι λογικῇ φύσει τὸ ἐμμέθοδον οἰκεῖον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτι ζῆν ἄνευ τούτων οὐκ ἔστιν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 130 focus

[130] We must now consider with accuracy the fourth and remaining argument. Thus they argue: if the world were eternal then the animals also would be eternal, and much more the human race, in proportion as that is more excellent than the other animals; but, on the contrary, those who take delight in investigating the mysteries of nature consider that man has only been created in the late ages of the world; for it is likely, or I should rather say it is inevitably true, that the arts co-exist with man, so as to be exactly co-eval with him, not only because methodical proceedings are appropriate to a rational nature, but also because it is not possible to live without them;

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 τῶν ζώων codd.: τῶν om. v περὶ νῶτα MU: περὶ δὲ νῶτα HP (περὶ τά νῶτά Turn.) εἰλεῖσθαι codd. 3.
4 ἐξαναλουμένους MP: ἐξαναλωμἐνους U, ἐξαναλουμένης H (Turn.) 4.
5 προνομαία H, προνομιαία U
5 καθιξομένους U: καθεξομένους M, καθιζομένους HP
6 κενουμένου M: κινουμένου UHP
7 ἑστάναι] εὐτάναι Η
8 ὑπὸ λιφαιμίας om. in lac. HP (Turn.) λειφαιμίας MU ἀποψύχειν MHP: ἀποθνήσκειν U (Mang.)
9 συναπολὐναι HP
10 δεσμῶν P
11 πιέζονται U: πιεζοῦνται MHP (Bernays)
12 τύχοι P τὸ ἔδαφος M: τὸ om. UHP (Turn.)
13 ὑπὸ in ὑπέρ corr. U2
14 γυμνάσαντες V (Turn.): γυμνώσαντες codd.
15 καὶ ante καθάπερ add. Bernays, om. codd. ἢ] οἲ L (Turn.) ἐπενεχθέντος MU: υιπενεχθέντος HP (v)
16 πνιγῇ] τῆ γῆ M
17 ὑπομένει MHP: ἐπιμένει UE δῆλον ὅτι] δηλονότι codd.
19 ἀκριβωτέον MH(P?): ἀκριβὡτερον U, ἀκριβέστερον Ε ἀκριβωτέον ὦδε, φασίν· distinxi: ἀκριβωτέον ὦδέ φασιν Turn., ἀκριβωτέον ὧδέ φασιν· Mang. (Diels Cumont), ἀκριβωτέον ὧδε· φασὶν Bernays 19.
20 εἰ ὁ κόσμος E: εἰ om. M, ὁ om. UH(P?)
20 τὸ τῶν Ε: τό om. M, τῶν om. UΗP (v)
22 φανῆναι] φανήσεται coni. Usener τὰ φύσεως] τὰς φύσεις E; τά φύσεως φυσικῶς Bernays
23 ἀνθρώπους E συνυπάρξας M

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