Philo Judaeus, De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, ed. Leopold Cohn, 94

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[94] 19 Φέρε δ’ οὖν, ὥς φησιν ὁ Χρύσιππος, τὸ ἀναστοιχειῶσαν τὴν διακόσμησιν εἰς αὑτὸ πῦρ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἀποτελεῖσθαι κόσμου σπέρμα εἶναι καὶ ὧν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ πεφιλοσόφηκε μηδὲν ἐψεῦσθαι, πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι ¹² καὶ ἐκ p. 506 M. σπέρματος ἡ γένεσις καὶ εἰς σπέρμα ἡ ἀνάλυσις, ἔπειτα δ’ ὅτι φυσιολογεῖται ὁ κόσμος καὶ φύσις λογική, οὐ μόνον ἔμψυχος ὢν ἀλλὰ καὶ νοερός, πρὸς δὲ καὶ φρόνιμος, ἐκ τούτων τοὐναντίον οὗ βούλεται κατασκευάζεται, τὸ μηδέποτε φθαρήσεσθαι.

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.) — 94 focus

Nevertheless, as Chrysippus says, some suppose that fire resolves all the arrangement of the universe when the elements are separated into itself, so that it becomes the seed of the world which is about to be made; and suppose in consequence that, of all the ideas which he and his sect have entertained on the subject, none are falsified. Granting, in the first place, that generation proceeds from seed, and that all dissolution is a resolving back into seed; in the second place, because it is argued by natural philosophers that the world is a rational nature, inasmuch as it is not only possessed of life, but is also endowed with intellect, and moreover even with wisdom; by these arguments he establishes the contrary proposition to that which he intends, namely, that it will never be destroyed.

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De aeternitate mundi

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2 εἴ γε Mang. (et ipse conieci): εἴτε codd. ἅπας] ἅπερ M
3 ἀλλ’ ἀθρόα ν (Turn.): ἀλλά λάθρα codd. συνυπάρχῃ M τῇ τροφῇ Mang.: ἡ τροφὴ codd.
4 πολῆς (sic) U στελλομένης UH et ut vid. P: συστελλομένης M 4.
5 τεκμηριώσαντο H(P?)
5 ἕως M: ὡς UH et ut vid. P (v)
6 δίδωσι MU: ἀποδίδωσι HP ν) δ’ om. HP
7 κατεσβέσθη M: κατέσβη U, ἔσβη ut vid. P. κατέσβησε H (κατέσβεσε Turn.) μηδὲ μέρος U
8 ταμιεσάμενος ut vid. U
9 ὅτι] διότι Η ὑπόστησιν H ἰδίαν om. H (om. Turn.) γεννᾶ τε δ’ M
11 ὃ γὰρ] ἡ γάρ H
12 τροφῆ UP: τροφὴ M, τροφῆς H συναναιρεῖται UP: συνανῃρεῖτο (η ex αι corr.) M, συνανηρεῖ τὲ Η
13 ὕγη ὥστε P 13.
14 μηδενὸς μὲν ἐντυφομένου fortasse scribendum putavit
14 ἐντυφωμένου Η (ἐντετυφωμένου Turn.) πάντων—ἐνδείας (15) om.
15 δηλονότι Η ἀγένητος Ε: ἀγέννητος MUHP
17 φέρε δ’ οὖν—104, 13 ἀκολουθίαν πραγμάτων ἐκλογίζεσθαι om. E φέρε MU: φέρει HP (Turn.) φησιν ὁ χρύσιππος MU: φησι χρύσιππος HP (v)
18 αὑτὸ v (Turn.): αὐτὸ codd.
19 πεφιλοσόφηκεν M

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17 Chrysippi frg, 618 (Arnim).
18 Doxogr. p. 468a
25 Αrius Didymus) ἀρέκσει γὰρ τοῖς Στωικοῖς φιλοσόφοις τὴν ὅλην οὐσίαν εἰς πῦρ μεταβάλλειν οἷον εἰς σπέρμα, καὶ πάλιν ἐκ τούτου αὐτὴν ἀποτελεῖσθαι τὴν διακόσμησιν, οἴα τὸ πρότερον ἦν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ δόγμα τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ πρεσβύτατοι προσήκαντο, Ζήνων τε καὶ Κλεάνθης καὶ Χρύσιππος. Ζen. frg. 107, Cleanth. frg. 512, Chrys. frg. 596 (Arnim).

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