# De aeternitate mundi 104

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 104. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/104

Δίχα τοίνυν τῶν εἰρημένων κἀκείνῳ χρήσαιτ’ ἄν τις εἰς πίστιν, ὃ καὶ τοὺς μὴ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου φιλονεικεῖν αἱρουμένους ἐπισπάσεται. τῶν ἐν ταῖς συζυγίαις ἐναντίων ἀμήχανον τὸ μὲν εἶναι, τὸ δὲ μή· λευκοῦ γὰρ ὄντος ἀνάγκη καὶ μέλαν ὑπάρχειν καὶ μεγάλου βραχὺ καὶ περιττοῦ ἄρτιον καὶ γλυκέος πικρὸν καὶ ἡμέρας νύκτα καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὁμοιότροπα. γενομένης δ’ ἐκπυρώσεως, ἀδύνατόν τι συμβήσεται· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἕτερον ὑπάρξει τῶν ἐν ταῖς συζυγίαις. τὸ δὲ ἕτερον οὐκ ἔσται. φέρε δ’ οὑτωσὶ θεασώμεθα·

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Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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