# De aeternitate mundi 87

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 87. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/87

εἰ κατὰ τὴν ἐκπύρωσιν οὖν τὸν κόσμον ἀναλύεσθαι φαῖμεν, ἄνθραξ μὲν οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο, διότι παμπληθὲς ὑπολείψεται τοῦ γεώδους, ᾧ τὸ πῦρ ἐγκατειλῆφθαι συμβέβηκεν, ἀρέσκει δὲ μηδὲν τότε τῶν ἄλλων ὑφεστάναι σωμάτων, ἀλλὰ γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ ἀέρα εἰς ἄκρατον πῦρ ἀναλελύσθαι.

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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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