Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 25

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[25]
δεισιδαιμονίας ἡ ὁδός. ἐὰν δὲ φάσκῃ ζητεῖν τοὺς ἐπιστήμης λόγους καὶ ποθεῖν ὡς τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω γένους ἀδελφούς, μὴ πάνυ πιστεύωμεν αὐτῇ· οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐπυνθάνετο „ποῦ βόσκουσιν“ (ib. v. 16), ἀλλὰ „ποῦ ποιμαίνουσιν“· οἱ μὲν γὰρ βόσκοντες τροφὰς τὰ αἰσθητὰ πάντα παρέχουσι τῷ τῶν αἰσθήσεων ἀλόγῳ καὶ ἀπλήστῳ θρέμματι, δι’ ἃς ἀκράτορες ἑαυτῶν
γινόμενοι καὶ κακοδαιμονοῦμεν, οἱ δὲ ποιμαίνοντες ἀρχόντων καὶ ἡγεμόνων ¹ ἔχοντες δύναμιν τὰ ἐξηγριωμένα ἡμεροῦσι στέλλοντες τὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν μέγεθος.

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.) — 25 focus

[25] But if it should say that it is seeking words of wisdom, and that it is longing for them, as for what is nearest akin to its own race, we must not give implicit belief to this, for the question was not, Where are they feeding their flocks? but Where are they tending them? for they who feed their flocks supply nourishment, and all the objects of the outward senses to the animal of the outward senses devoid of reason and insatiable; by means of which outward senses and their indulgence, we become unable to govern ourselves and fall into misfortune; but they who tend their flocks, having the power of rulers and governors, make those gentle which were fierce before, checking the mighty power of the appetites.

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
2 ἀναθήμασιν F
5 θρησκίαν F ἀντὶ] ὅτι U ἡγούμενος] αἱρούμενος coni. Wendl.: fort. εἰσηγούμενος
8 νόθοι δὲ F
9 ὅσαι] οὖσαι τὰς F ἀποδείξεις U δ’ FHL
10 πέδω F ἑαυτὸν F οὕ] οὗ Η, om. U
13 τῆς ψυχῆς F ἔγνων F
14 τοῦτο αὐτὸ F
15 ἠρθρωμένη Turn.
16 ἐν om. Η ποτὲ μὲν—ποτὲ· δὲ U
18 ἡ UF: καὶ HL
19 ἐλλαμβανόμενος UF: ἀναλαμβανόμενος HL
20 μετὰ UF: καὶ μετὰ HL
22 ἄρα F
24 ἀνδρείαν codd.: ἀνδρίαν v
26 ὡς τοῦ ἐγγυτάτω F
27 ἄν ἐπυνθάνετο UFH: ἀνεπυνθάνετο L
30 γινόμενοι UF: γενόμενοι HL

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