# De aeternitate mundi 33

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/33

διὰ τοῦτο γῇ μὲν ὁ μεσαίτατος ἀπενεμήθη τόπος, ἐφ’ ἣν πάντα τὰ γεώδη, κἂν ἀναρρίψῃς, καταφέρεται— τὸ δ’ ἐστὶ σημεῖον χώρας τῆς κατὰ φύσιν· ἔνθα γὰρ μὴ ὑπὸ βίας ὁτιοῦν ἐνεχθὲν ἵσταται καὶ ἠρεμεῖ, τὸν οἰκεῖον εἴληχε χῶρον —· ὕδωρ δὲ ἐπὶ γῆν ἀνακέχυται [δεύτερον], ἀὴρ δὲ καὶ πῦρ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου πρὸς τὸν ἄνω κεχώρηκεν, ἀὴρ μὲν τὸν μεθόριον ὕδατος καὶ πυρὸς κληρωσάμενος τόπον, πῦρ δὲ τὸν ἀνωτάτω· διὸ κἂν ἀναψάμενος δᾷδα πρὸς γῆν καταφέρῃς, ἡ φλὸξ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἀντιβιάσεται καὶ πρὸς τὴν φυσικὴν τοῦ πυρὸς κίνησιν ἐπικουφίσασα αὑτὴν ἀναδραμεῖται.

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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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