Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 144

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[144] τὸν αὐτὸν οὖν τρόπον, εἰ μὲν συλλήβδην ἁπαξάπαντα τὰ στοιχεῖα ὑφ’ ἕνα καιρὸν ἠφανίζετο, φάσκειν
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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.) — 144 focus

[144] Therefore in the same manner, if all the elements of the world together were all to disappear at one and the same moment, then it would be necessary to admit that the world was liable to corruption and destruction; but if each of these elements separately only changes its nature so as to assimilate to that of its nature, it is then rendered immortal rather than destroyed, according to the philosophical statement of the tragic "Nought that has once existed dies, Though often what has been combined Before, we separated find, Invested with another form."

Philo Judaeus De Aeternitate Mundi 144

ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn

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