Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 33

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[33] διὰ τοῦτο γῇ μὲν ὁ μεσαίτατος ἀπενεμήθη τόπος, ἐφ’ ἣν πάντα τὰ γεώδη, κἂν ἀναρρίψῃς, καταφέρεται— τὸ δ’ ἐστὶ p. 499 M. σημεῖον χώρας τῆς κατὰ φύσιν· ἔνθα γὰρ μὴ ὑπὸ βίας ὁτιοῦν ἐνεχθὲν ἵσταται καὶ ἠρεμεῖ, τὸν οἰκεῖον εἴληχε χῶρον —· ὕδωρ δὲ ἐπὶ γῆν ἀνακέχυται [δεύτερον], ἀὴρ δὲ καὶ πῦρ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου πρὸς
τὸν ἄνω κεχώρηκεν, ἀὴρ μὲν τὸν μεθόριον ὕδατος καὶ πυρὸς κληρωσάμενος τόπον, πῦρ δὲ τὸν ἀνωτάτω· διὸ κἂν ἀναψάμενος δᾷδα πρὸς γῆν ¹ καταφέρῃς, ἡ φλὸξ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἀντιβιάσεται καὶ πρὸς τὴν φυσικὴν τοῦ πυρὸς κίνησιν ἐπικουφίσασα αὑτὴν ἀναδραμεῖται.

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.) — 33 focus

[33] On this account it is that the most central position of all has been assigned to the earth, to which all things belonging to it adhere, and to which they descend again even if you throw them into the air: and this is a proof that their place is in accordance with nature; for wherever anything is borne without any violence, and where it then remains firm and stationary, that is clearly its natural place. And then, in the second place, water was poured over the earth, and air and fire have gone from the central to the upper part, air having received for its portion the region which is on the borders between air and fire, and fire having received the highest place of all: on which account, if you light a torch and press it down towards the ground, nevertheless the flame will still turn in a contrary direction, and lightening itself in accordance with the natural motion of fire, will rise upwards:

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De aeternitate mundi

1.
1 ἀπ’ αἰθερίου V (Turn.): ἀπ’ αἰθρίου UHPE, ἀπ’ . . θρίου (αι om. in lac.) M βλαστόντα] βλαστάνοντα codd. (v) γοτῆς Mang.: γῆς MUHP, om. E
3 γιγνομένων Ε: γινομένων MUHP
4 δὲ M πρὸς ἄλλο codd.: πρός ἄλλου Nauck, πρός ἄλλῳ Bernays
5 ἰδίαν] ἑτέραν Philo aliis locis ἀπέδειξεν M: ἀπέδειξε CHPE
6 φθειρομένοις] γινομένοις coni. Mang. θεσμὸς] δεσμὸς Ε
8 αντιμετειληφέναι MUE: μετειληφέναι HP (v)
11 ἐπεί] ἐπεὶ δὲ M φέρε ex φθεῖρε corr.
31 12 τὴν HP: om. MUE παρὰ] περὶ M
13 δ’ U· εὐαγές] ἀγεννές E
14 εἴληχε πάντα transp. M (Bernays), πάντα om. Ε 14.
15 φιλοχωροῦν] ἐμφιλοχωροῦν coni. Mang.
15 ἀμείνω μεταβολήν] τὴν εἰς ἄμεινον μεταβολή coni. Mang., ἀμείνω μεταβολῇ Buecheler. εἰς ἀμείνω μεταβολήν Rose: sed cf. Curaontii indicem s. v. μταβολή γῇ μὲν] γῆν Μ
16 ἐφ’ ἣν ν Turn.): ἐφ’ ἧ codd. τά γεώδη UHE: τὰ om. MP (Beruays) κἂν ἀναρρέψης M, κἄν ·ἀναρρίψῃς τι τῶν γεωδῶν Ε καταφέρεται] κάτω φέρεται Ε
17 τό δ’ ἐστὶ MUE: τότε δ’ ἐστὶ HP (τόδε δ’ ἐστὶ v) μὴ om. U
18 ὁτοιοῦν M ἐνεχθέν] ἀνεχθέν M εἴληχε χῶρον MUE: εἴληφε τόπον ΗΡ (Turn.)
19 δεύτερον seclusi πῦρ] τῆ U
20 τὸν ἄνω MUE: τὸ ἄνω HP (Turn.) τὸ μεθόριον Η
21 τόπον fortasse post κεχώρηκεν (1. 20) Transponendum putat Cumont τὸν ἀνωτάτω MP: τῶν ἀνωτάτω Η, τὸν ἀνώτατον UE κἄν ἀναψάμενος H: καὶ ἀναψάμενος M. κἄν ἁψάμενος UPE

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