Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 39

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[39] ὁ δὲ μετιὼν καὶ κατ’ ἴχνος βαίνειν ἐθέλων αἰσχρᾶς ἀναπίμπλησι δόξης φιλοσοφίαν· οὗ χάριν λέγεται „ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην“. πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἐναργῆ καὶ
πρόδηλα τὰ ὀνείδη τῶν λεγόντων μὲν εἶναι σοφῶν, πωλούντων δὲ σοφίαν καὶ ἐπευωνιζόντων, ὥσπερ φασὶ τοὺς ἐν ἀγορᾷ τὰ ὤνια προκηρύττοντας, τοτὲ μὲν μικροῦ λήμματος, τοτὲ δὲ ἡδέος καὶ εὐπαραγώγου λόγου, τοτὲ δὲ ἀβεβαίου ἐλπίδος ἀπὸ μηδενὸς ἠρτημένης ἐχυροῦ, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ ¹

De Gigantibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Gigantibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Giants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 39 focus

[39] But he who pursues it eagerly and follows upon its track, fills philosophy with base opinions; on which account he is said to uncover its nakedness, for how can there be any concealment or ignorance of the reproaches to which those men are justly exposed, who profess indeed to be wise men, but who make a traffic of wisdom, and bargain for the sale of it, as they say men do in the market, who put up their wares for sale, sometimes for a slight gain, sometimes for sweet and caressing speeches, and sometimes for insecure hopes, founded on no sure ground, and sometimes even for promises which are in no respect better than dreams.

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De gigantibus

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3 ἀνηρεθίσθωσαν Μ: ἀνηρεθήσθωσαν Α, ἀνερεθίσθωσαν UH1P, ἀνερεθιζέσθωσαν Η 2 ἀτίθασσοι AU, τιθασοὶ coni. Mang.
4 προσσαίνωσιν M: προσαίνωσιν HP, πρὸς ἕνωσιν Α, προσγενῶσιν U ἐπιστροφῆς H
5 ὀλιγοδέειαν H1P
6 καταλύωμεν PH1: καταλύσωμεν U, καταλύομεν MAH2
7 ἱκανῶς P 7.
8 προσερχόμεθα Α
9 δ’ ἐπὶ τοῦτο U
10 τῶν χρημάτων HP
11 οὐδὲ] οὐ Α
13 δ’ ἐστὶ U
15 μόνον om. U οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἀγαθόν conicio
16 τὴν τῶν σωμάτων U
17 alterum δὲ om, MAH1
18 πρόσοδος] δύναμις U ψυχὴν MAUP, mg. Η: τῆς ψυχῆς text. H
19 ἐντὸς ἑαυτῶν MA: ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτῶν U, ἑαυτῶν P, ἑαυτῶν ἐντός H
23 ἐμπίπλησι AH1, sed ἐμπι in ras. Α δόξης om. P
24 γὰρ om. Α
25 φιλοσοφίαν U
27 ποτὲ ter A ἡδέως U
28 δὲ ἀβεβαίου] δι’ ἀβεβαίου 2 διὰ βεβαίου Η 1, δὲ διὰ βεβαίου P. δὲ δι’ ἀβεβαίου L αἰσχροῦ U Philonis opera vol. II 4

Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 39

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