De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.
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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.) — 6 focus
[6] Nor is it so very silly a thing to doubt whether the world is destroyed so as to pass into a state of non-existence, but rather whether it is subjected to a change from a new arrangement, being dissolved as to all the manifold forms of its elements and combinations so as to assume one and the same appearance, or whether, like a thing broken and dashed to pieces, it is subjected to a complete confusion of its different fragments.
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Notes on the current edition
De aeternitate mundi
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1 δέ ἐστιν Μ ἡ] ὁ U περὶ κόσμου ΜU: περὶ τοῦ κόσμου HP (v)
2 ζῴων Bernays: ἐξ ὧν codd.; εἷς ὢν coni. Mang.
3 συνέστηκεν M
4 λέγεται δὲ seclusit Diels ἐκ τοῦ ὄντος MU: ἐκ oin. HP (v)
6 φθείρεταί Cumont, φθείρεται ipse conieceram; sed nihil mutandum
7 ἔκ τε Diels: ἐκ τοῦ codd. οὐδάμ’ ἐόντος Diels: οὐδαμῆ ὄντος codd. ἐστι om. M γενέσθαι τι codd., τι seclusit Diels
8 καί τ’ ἐόν Diels: τό τε ὂν codd. ἐξαπολέσθαι U (coni. Diels): ἐξαπολεῖσθαι MHP (v) ἀνήνυστον] ἀνήνυτον Μ; ἀνήκουστον coni. Mang. ἄπυστον Mang.: ἄπαυστον codd.: cf. Parmenid. frg. 8,
21 (Diels) ἄπυστος ὄλεθρος
10 γινομένων codd. (v)
11 κρινόμενον codd. (cf. § 144) δὲ M πρός ἄλλο codd.: πρὸς ἄλλου Nauck, πρὸς ἄλλῳ Bernays
13 οὐδέ (οὐδέν scripsi) γε οὕτως ἐστὶν εὔηθες codd.: οὐδεὶς γοῦν οὕτως ἐστὶν εὐήθης Bernays, οὐδεὶς οὕτως ἐστὶν εὐήθης Cumont ὡς τὸ scripsi: ὥστε MHP (Bernays Cumont), τὸ U (v)
14 τῆς om. H
15 μίαν καὶ MU: μίαν τε καὶ HP (v)
16 ἐν] πάν Η τοῖς ante κατάγμασι om. U
1 δέ ἐστιν Μ ἡ] ὁ U περὶ κόσμου ΜU: περὶ τοῦ κόσμου HP (v)
2 ζῴων Bernays: ἐξ ὧν codd.; εἷς ὢν coni. Mang.
3 συνέστηκεν M
4 λέγεται δὲ seclusit Diels ἐκ τοῦ ὄντος MU: ἐκ oin. HP (v)
6 φθείρεταί Cumont, φθείρεται ipse conieceram; sed nihil mutandum
7 ἔκ τε Diels: ἐκ τοῦ codd. οὐδάμ’ ἐόντος Diels: οὐδαμῆ ὄντος codd. ἐστι om. M γενέσθαι τι codd., τι seclusit Diels
8 καί τ’ ἐόν Diels: τό τε ὂν codd. ἐξαπολέσθαι U (coni. Diels): ἐξαπολεῖσθαι MHP (v) ἀνήνυστον] ἀνήνυτον Μ; ἀνήκουστον coni. Mang. ἄπυστον Mang.: ἄπαυστον codd.: cf. Parmenid. frg. 8,
21 (Diels) ἄπυστος ὄλεθρος
10 γινομένων codd. (v)
11 κρινόμενον codd. (cf. § 144) δὲ M πρός ἄλλο codd.: πρὸς ἄλλου Nauck, πρὸς ἄλλῳ Bernays
13 οὐδέ (οὐδέν scripsi) γε οὕτως ἐστὶν εὔηθες codd.: οὐδεὶς γοῦν οὕτως ἐστὶν εὐήθης Bernays, οὐδεὶς οὕτως ἐστὶν εὐήθης Cumont ὡς τὸ scripsi: ὥστε MHP (Bernays Cumont), τὸ U (v)
14 τῆς om. H
15 μίαν καὶ MU: μίαν τε καὶ HP (v)
16 ἐν] πάν Η τοῖς ante κατάγμασι om. U
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4 ἀνύπαρκτον: cf. Doxogr. p. 462,
13 Ποσειδώνιος δὲ φθοράς καὶ γενέσεις τέτταρας εἶναί φησιν ἐκ τῶν ὄντων εἰς τὰ ὄντα γιγνομένας. τὴν μὲν γάρ ἐκ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων καὶ τὴν εἰς τὰ οὐ·κ ὄντα . . . ἀπέγνωσαν ἀνύπαρκτον οὖσαν.
5 sq. cf. Doxogr. p. 279a
3 (de Anaxagora) ἐδόκει γὰρ αὐτῷ ἀπορώτατον εἶναι, πῶς ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος δύναταί τι γίνεσθαι ἢ φθείρεσθαι εἰς τὸ μὴ ὄν. 7.
8 Empedocl. frg.
12 Diels; cf. [Arist.] de Melisso
2 p. 975 b 1 . . . ὡς καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς λέγει· ἅπαντα γὰρ κἀκεῖνα ταῦτα ὁμολογήσας, ὅτι ἔκ τε τοῦ μὴ ὄντος ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι, τό τε ὂν ἐξόλλυσθαι ἀνήνυστον καὶ ἄπρηκτον, ἀεὶ γὰρ ἔσεσθαι, ὅπῃ κέ τις αἰὲν ἐρείδῃ. 10—12 Eurip. frg. 839.
4 ἀνύπαρκτον: cf. Doxogr. p. 462,
13 Ποσειδώνιος δὲ φθοράς καὶ γενέσεις τέτταρας εἶναί φησιν ἐκ τῶν ὄντων εἰς τὰ ὄντα γιγνομένας. τὴν μὲν γάρ ἐκ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων καὶ τὴν εἰς τὰ οὐ·κ ὄντα . . . ἀπέγνωσαν ἀνύπαρκτον οὖσαν.
5 sq. cf. Doxogr. p. 279a
3 (de Anaxagora) ἐδόκει γὰρ αὐτῷ ἀπορώτατον εἶναι, πῶς ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος δύναταί τι γίνεσθαι ἢ φθείρεσθαι εἰς τὸ μὴ ὄν. 7.
8 Empedocl. frg.
12 Diels; cf. [Arist.] de Melisso
2 p. 975 b 1 . . . ὡς καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς λέγει· ἅπαντα γὰρ κἀκεῖνα ταῦτα ὁμολογήσας, ὅτι ἔκ τε τοῦ μὴ ὄντος ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι, τό τε ὂν ἐξόλλυσθαι ἀνήνυστον καὶ ἄπρηκτον, ἀεὶ γὰρ ἔσεσθαι, ὅπῃ κέ τις αἰὲν ἐρείδῃ. 10—12 Eurip. frg. 839.