# De opificio mundi 59

Philo Judaeus, De opificio mundi, Section 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-opificio-mundi/59

ἤδη δὲ καὶ κλόνον καὶ σεισμὸν γῆς ἐκ τῶν κατ’ οὐρανὸν κινήσεων στοχασμῷ προεσήμηνάν τινες καὶ μυρία ἄλλα τῶν ἀηθεστέρων, ὡς ἀψευδέστατα λελέχθαι ὅτι „γεγόνασιν εἰς σημεῖα“ οἱ ἀστέρες, προσέτι μέντοι καὶ „εἰς καιρούς“ (Gen. 1,14)· καιροὺς δὲ τὰς ἐτησίους ὥρας ὑπείληφεν εἶναι, καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως· ἔννοια γὰρ καιροῦ τίς ἂν εἴη πλὴν χρόνος κατορθώσεως; αἱ δ’ ὧραι πάντα τελεσφοροῦσαι κατορθοῦσι, σπορὰς καὶ φυτείας καρπῶν καὶ ζῴων γενέσεις τε καὶ αὐξήσεις.

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Philo Judaeus, De opificio mundi, ed. 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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