Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 55

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[55] ἱππικὴ μὲν γὰρ καὶ σκυλακευτική, ἐπιστήμη θεραπείας ἡ μὲν ἵππων ἡ δὲ
σκυλάκων οὖσα, πορίζει τοῖς ζῴοις τὰ ὠφέλιμα, ὧν ἐκεῖνα δεῖται· μὴ πορίζουσα δὲ ἀμελεῖν ἂν δοκοίη. τὴν δὲ εὐσέβειαν θεοῦ θεραπείαν ¹ ὑπάρχουσαν οὐ θέμις ποριστικὴν εἰπεῖν τῶν ὠφελησόντων τὸ θεῖον· ὠφελεῖται γὰρ ὑπ’ οὐδενός, ἅτε μήτε ἐνδεὲς ὂν μήτε τινὸς τὸ ἐν ἅπασιν αὐτοῦ κρεῖττον πεφυκότος ὀνῆσαι, τοὐναντίον δὲ τὰ σύμπαντα συνεχῶς καὶ ἀπαύστως ὠφελεῖ.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 55 focus

[55] For skill in horsemanship and in judging of dogs, being in reality a ministering to horses and dogs, supplies those animals with the useful things of which each species is in need; and if it were not so to supply them it would seem to neglect them. But it is not proper to call piety, which consists in ministering to God, a virtue which is conversant about supplying the things which will be of use to the Deity; for the Deity is not benefited by any one, inasmuch as he is not in need of anything, nor is it in the power of any one to benefit a being who is in every particular superior to himself. But, on the contrary, God himself is continually and unceasingly benefiting all things.

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
1 ποιεῖ Η
2 ἀνήρηκεν U ὁ τῆς] ὅτε U
4 μώλοπα F
5 ἀνδρείας codd.: ἀνδρίας V
7 ἀναίρει H
10 ἀποβαλεῖ coni. Μang. ἀτεχνίαν UF ἐνδεξαμένη scripsi (ἐνδεξομένη coni.. Mang.): ἐνδειξαμένη codd.
11 οὕτω ΗL
12 δ’ F αὐτῶ U
14 διήρηται F οὕτω HL
15 τὴν] τὸν Η
18 πεισώμεθα F τὸ addidi
24 ἐμὲ] ἄμα coni. Markland 2() τὸν ante κόσμον addidi
28 τοῦτον F
29 ὠφελεῖ H
30 σκυλευτικὴ UF θεραπεία voluit Mang.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 55

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