Philo Judaeus De Aeternitate Mundi 61

ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn

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[61] τί δ’ ἐμποδὼν ἦν ἀνθρώπους καθάπερ φασὶ
πρότερον καὶ νῦν βλαστάνειν; οὕτως καὶ ἡ γῆ γεγήρακεν, ὡς διὰ χρόνου μῆκος ἐστειρῶσθαι δοκεῖν; ἀλλ’ ἐν ὁμοίῳ μένει νεάζουσα ἀεί, διότι τετάρτη μοῖρα τοῦ παντός ἐστι καὶ ἕνεκα τῆς τοῦ ὅλου διαμονῆς ὀφείλει μὴ φθίνειν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ ἀδελφὰ στοιχεῖα αὐτῆς ὕδωρ ἀήρ τε καὶ πῦρ ἀγήρω διατελεῖ.

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.) — 61 focus

[61] And what is there that can hinder men from shooting up now out of the ground like plants, as they say that they did in former times? For the earth has not yet grown old so as to appear to have become barren by reason of the lapse of time, but it remains in the same condition as before, being always young, because it is a fourth part of the universe, and for the sake of ensuring the duration of the universe it is bound not to decay, because its kindred elements, water, air, and fire, all remain for ever exempt from old age.

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