Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 86

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[86] τὸν δὲ λόγον ἀκριβέστερον ὧδε διερευνητέον· πυρὸς τριττὸν εἶδος· τὸ
μὲν ἄνθραξ, τὸ δὲ φλόξ, τὸ δὲ αὐγή. ἄνθραξ μὲν οὖν ἐστι πῦρ ἐν οὐσίᾳ γεώδει, ὃ τρόπον ἕξεως πνευματικῆς πεφώλευκε καὶ ἐλλοχᾷ δι’ ὅλης ἄχρι περάτων τεταμένον· φλὸξ δέ ἐστιν ὅπερ ἐκ τροφῆς αἴρεται μετεωριζόμενον· αὐγὴ δὲ τὸ ἀποστελλόμενον ἐκ φλογός, συνεργὸν ὀφθαλμοῖς εἰς τὴν τῶν ὁρατῶν ἀντίληψιν. μέσην δὲ χώραν αὐγῆς τε καὶ
ἄνθρακος εἴληχε φλόξ· σβεσθεῖσα μὲν γὰρ εἰς ἄνθρακα τελευτᾷ, ζωπυρουμένη δ’ ἔχει φέγγος, ὃ τὴν καυστικὴν ἀφῃρημένον δύναμιν ἀστράπτει.

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.) — 86 focus

[86] But we must examine this question more accurately, in the following manner. There are three species in fire; the coal, and the flame, and the light. Now coal is the fire in its earthy substance, which, like a sort of spiritual habit, couches and lies hid in a sort of cavern, pervading it all to its very extremities. And the flame is that part which, being raised on high, is lifted up from its fuel. And the light is that which is emitted from the flame, so as to co-operate with the eyes, in order to enable them to comprehend what is seen. And the flame occupies the middle position between the coal and the light; for when it is extinguished it ends in coal, and when it is kindled it excites the light, which, being deprived of its burning power, blazes.

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