Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 114

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[114] ἐὰν δὲ ἄρα σὺ μὲν ἀναδέχῃ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ πονεῖν κάματον, ἡ δὲ φύσις μηδὲν ἐπιδιδῷ πρὸς τὸ ἄμεινον ἐναντιουμένη ταῖς
ἐκ προκοπῆς βελτιώσεσι, μετατραπόμενος ἠρέμει· χαλεπὸν γάρ ἐναντιοῦσθαι φύσει. διὸ καὶ προστίθησιν· „ἐὰν δὲ” φησί „μὴ ἀλλάξῃς, ¹² λυτρώσῃ αὐτό“ (Exod. 13, 13), ὅπερ ἐστίν, ἐὰν μὴ δυνηθῇς προκοπὴν ἀλλάξασθαι τοῦ πονεῖν, μέθες καὶ τὸν πόνον· τὸ γάρ λυτρώσασθαι τοιοῦτον ὑποβάλλει νοῦν, ἐλευθερῶσαι τὴν ψυχὴν ἀνηνύτου καὶ ἀτελοῦς φροντίδος.

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 114 focus

[114] But if you indeed receive fatigue from labour, and still your nature does not advance at all on the road to improvement, but is rather opposed to your becoming better by progress, then abandon the pursuit and be quiet, for it is a difficult task to go against nature. On which account the scripture adds: "And if you do not exchange it, you shall ransom it for money;" which means, but if you are not able to exchange labour for improvement, then give up your labour; for the idea of ransoming carries with it the notion of emancipating the mind from vain and unproductive care.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 εὑρεῖν ψυχήν transp. PDR τὼ] τῶν M τῆς om. F
2 λόγον post ψυχῆς habent Pap UF: post ὑπηκόου transp. ceteri
3 τὸ ἄρρεν Pap UF: τὸ om. ceteri περὶ τῶν ἀκολούθων Pap UF: περὶ σώματος ἀκολούθως ceteri
5 φησὶν] φυγεῖν F ὤνου M ἀλλ’ ἄξης Α
6 προβάτου Pap τῳ] τὸ F
7 πόνος Pap ὦνος M τὸ om. UF προκοπη Pap
8 ἴθι οὑν Pap: ποιοῦν MAGP, τί οὖν UF, τι ὃν in ras. H τὴν Pap U: om. F, τῆς ceteri
9 τῶν τέχνων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτηδευμάτων Pap μελέτην Pap UF: μελέτης ceteri 10.
11 παρεσκευακὼς codd.: παρεσκευακότα v
11 κάματον] πόνον Α
12 σπούδαζε codd.: σπουδάσαι v ἀτελοῦς Pap UF: ἀμελοῦς ceteri
13 ἀκλεέστατον AP, εὐκταιότατον UF ἀγαγόντα F, ἀγωγὰ Pap εὕρασθαι MAP
14 δ’ UF σὺ] σοι Pap
15 ἐπιδῶ UF, διδῷ D
16 βελτειωσεσιν Pap μετατραπόμενος Pap F: μετατρεπόμενος ceteri χαλεπὸν— προστίθησιν (17) om. A
17 καὶ — δὲ om. HP, add. mgH προστιθησει Pap φησί om. UF μὴ ἀλλάξῃς] μεταλλάξης U

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17 DR fol. 274v τοῦ αὐτοῦ Φίλωνος): προκοπῆς χάριν οὗτος (sic) ὁ πόνος· ἐὰν δὲ σὺ — ἐναντιοῦσθαι φύσει.
17 sqq. Amhros. l. l. 112,9 Si autem non mutabis, inquit, redi mes. . . . intellectus profundior liberandam animam tiiam docet, ut desistat ab iis quae fructum non habent: qui enim redimit se, iiberat et quodam exuit debito. relinquenda sunt opera, quae veruin fructum bonosque processus babere non possunt; qualia sunt ista mundana, quofum usus non potest esse diuturnus. . . . ea enim quae servitutem animae inferunt, inutilia sunt omnia, etsi non desit effectus.

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