Philo — Works Vol. I, Yonge — Section 25
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Work: Works of Philo of Alexandria
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C. D. Yonge, Vol. I — retained OCR sections
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If we examine the number six which is composed of two threes, if these two numbers are multiplied it is not the number six that is produced, but a different one, the number nine. And the number four has many other powers also, which we must subsequently show more accurately in a separate essay appropriated to it. At present it is sufficient to add this that it was the foundation of the creation of the whole heaven and the whole world. For the four elements, out of which this universe was made, flowed from the number four as from a fountain. And in addition to the four elements the sea…
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