Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 112

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[112] 30 Ἐναργῶς οὖν ἐπιδέδεικται γεωργὸς μὲν ὁ ἀστεῖος, γεωπόνος δὲ ὁ φαῦλος. καὶ εἴθε μέντοι γεωπονοῦντι αὐτῷ προσετίθει τὴν ἰσχὺν τὸ περὶ αὐτὸν γεῶδες, ἀλλὰ μὴ καὶ τῆς p. 213 M. οὔσης ὑφῄρει δυνάμεως· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „οὐ προσθήσει τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς δοῦναί σοι“ (Gen. 4, 12)· ¹ ὁποῖός τις ἂν γένοιτο ἄνθρωπος ἐσθίων μὲν ἢ πίνων ἀεί,

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 112 focus

Very clearly therefore is the good man thus shown to be a farmer, and the bad man to be only a cultivator of the land; and I wish that while he is thus cultivating the land, the earthly nature which environs him, had imparted some vigour to him, and had not, as it has, taken away something of the power which he had before, for we read in the scripture, "It shall not add its strength to thee to give it to thee,"

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
2 τῆς] τῶν U θατέρας H
3 ἀφαυανεῖσθαι UFL, ἀφαυνεῖσθαι Η, corr. Turn.
4 ὃ δ’ H, οὐδ’ U εὐκαρπίαν codd.: εὐκαρπίας v τροφῆς scripsi: τροφεῖα codd. δὲ om. HL
5 ἔργα τεχνικὰ τῶν κατὰ γεωργίαν transp. HL ἔ ἐμείναμεν (sic) Γ’
12 γε] γὰρ coni. Wendl. ἐξυβρίζωσι UF: ἐξυβρίσωσι HL
13 ἐκφερόμενα Η
14 στέλλονται UF: συστέλλονται HL
15 καὶ Wendl.: ἡ codd.
16 καὶ ἐπιθυμίας UF: ἡ ἐπιθυμίας HL
19 τῷ] τοῦ U
20 τιθασσεύεται codd.
21 βλαστὰ] βλάστας coni. Mang., βλαστήματα coni. Wendl. τὰ καλὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα coni. Markland
22 γεωργικῆς U
23 γ’ U αὑτὴν H ἀπαθανατίζει scripsi: ἀπαθανατίζεται codd.
26 δ’ UF
28 προσθήσειν F

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