Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 30

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[30] ὃν τὸ γεωδέστατον τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἐπέσχηκε κεφαλή. δεσμῶν
δὲ φαυλότατος ὃν ἔσφιγξε βία, βαιὸς καὶ ὀλιγοχρόνιος· ῥήγνυται γὰρ θᾶττον ὑπὸ τῶν δεθέντων, ἅτε ἀπαυχενιζόντων διὰ πόθον [ὑπὸ] τῆς κατὰ φύσιν κινήσεως, πρὸς ἣν σπεύδοντα μετανίσταται· κατὰ γὰρ τὸν τραγικὸν

„χωρεῖ δ’ ὀπίσω

τὰ μὲν ἐκ γαίας φύντ’ εἰς γαῖαν

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τὰ δ’ ἀπ’ αἰθερίου βλαστόντα γονῆς

εἰς οὐράνιον πόλον ἦλθε πάλιν·

θνῄσκει δ’ οὐδὲν τῶν γιγνομένων,

διακρινόμενον δ’ ἄλλο πρὸς ἄλλο

μορφὴν ἰδίαν ἀπέδειξεν.“

τοῖς μὲν δὴ φθειρομένοις ἅπασι νόμος ἀναγέγραπται καὶ θεσμὸς οὗτος,

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 30 focus

[30] But of all bonds, that is the worst which is forged by violence, and which, being violent, is also short-lived; for it is speedily broken by those who are bound in it, since they become restive from their desire for a motion in accordance with nature, to which they hasten; for as the tragic poet says, — ¹"And for things sprung from earth, they must Return unto their parent dust, While those from heavenly seed which rise Are borne uplifted to the skies. Nought that has once existed dies, Though often what has been combined Before, we separated find, Invested with another form."

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 ἑτέρως] ἑτέρω Ε δέ ἐστι ME: δ’ ἐστὶ UHP πάνθ’ om. Turn.
2 δὲ E 2. 3. πρὸς τό Buecheler: πρὸς τὰ HP (v), πρὸς τὴν MDE
3 ὥστε om. in lac. M; ὥσπερ coni. Buecheler ἡ σύνθεσις codd.: ἢ σύνθεσις Diels (Cumont), ᾖ σύνθεσις Rose, ἡ σύνθεσις tamquam glossema secludit Gomperz
4 βεβίαται Η καὶ δὴ τάδ’ Buecheler: καὶ δῆτα codd. (καὶ δῆλα L Turu.)
5 τεσσάρων E
6 ἐστι M οὐρανοῦ seclusit Cumont: sed cf. p. 87, 13. 89, 5 ὕδατος add. Bernays 6.
7 τά μέρη MUHP: τὰ om. E (L Turn.)
7 συνεκράθημεν MUHP: συνεκράθησαν E 7.8 τῆς κατὰ φύσιν θέσεως ΜUE: τῆς κατὰ φύσεως HP, τῆς κινήσεως L (v, τῆς κατὰ φύσιν κινήσεως Mang. in Corrig.)
8 θερμότητος M: θερμότης UHE (v), evan. in P 8. κατ, τῆς δὲ γεώδους Diels (Cumout): κάτω δὲ τῆς γεώδους codd.: κάτω, τῆς δὲ γεώδους Bernays: κάτω βιασθείσης, τῆς δὲ γεώδους Rose alteram Bernaysii coniecturam secutus; ψυχρότης δὲ τῆς γεώδους Turn., ψυχρότης δὲ ἰῆς κάτω· γεώδους Mang.
10 ἀντιλαβούσης ἐπιλαβούσης M (Beruays) ὃν U: ὦν MHPE; ὥστε Cumout ἐπέσχηκε U. ἐπέσχηκεν M: ἐπέσχημεν Η, ἐπέσχομεν P, ἐπέσχε E κεφαλὴ P: έν κεφαλῇ Cumont δεσμῶν] θεσμῶν HP, δεσμὸς E
11 δὲ om. P βαιός Mang.: βίαιος MUHP. βίαιός ἐστι E γὰρ] μὲν γάρ HP (Turn.)
12 ἀπαυχενιζόντων DE: ἐπαυχενιζόντων MHP ὑπὸ seclusit Mang.
13 σπεύδοντα MUE: σπεύδοντες HP (Turn.)
16 γαίας DE: γαίης Μ. τῆς ΗΡ φύντες γαῖν M εἰς] ἐς codd. (v)

2.
1 sqq. Arist. frg.
20 (ed. Rose, Lips. 1886).
7 δανεισάμενοι: Plato Tim.
42 e . . . πυρὸς καὶ γῆς ὕδατός τε καὶ ἀέρος ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου δανειζόμενοι μόρια.
15 sqq. Eur. frg. 839, 8—14 Nauck2; cf. Heraclit. Allcg. Hom. c. 22. Mnrc. Antouin. VII 50. Plut. de plac. philos. V
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