Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, ed. Paul Wendland, 50

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[50] παρὸ καὶ λόγιόν ἐστι τοιοῦτον ἀναγεγραμμένον ἐν Δευτερονομίῳ· „ἰδοὺ δέδωκα πρὸ προσώπου σου τὴν ζωὴν καὶ τὸν θάνατον, τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ κακόν, ἔκλεξαι τὴν
ζωήν“ (Deut. 30, 15. 19). οὐκοῦν ἀμφότερα διὰ τούτου παρίσταται, ὅτι ¹² καὶ ἐπιστήμονες τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων γεγόνασιν ἄνθρωποι καὶ ὀφείλουσι πρὸ τῶν χειρόνων αἱρεῖσθαι τὰ κρείττω λογισμὸν ἔχοντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ὥσπερ τινὰ δικαστὴν ἀδωροδόκητον, οἷς ἂν ὁ ὀρθὸς ὑποβάλλῃ λόγος πεισθησόμενον, οἷς δ’ ἂν ὁ ἐναντίος ἀπειθήσοντα.

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

Translations (1)

On the Unchangeableness of God First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 50 focus

[50] and this is the meaning of the oracle recorded in Deuteronomy, "Behold, I have put before thy face life and death; good and evil. Do thou choose life." ¹ Therefore he teaches us by this sentence both that men have a knowledge of good and of the contrary, evil, and that it is their duty to choose the better in preference to the worse, preserving reason within themselves as an incorruptible judge, to be guided by the arguments which sound sense suggests, and to reject those which are brought forward by the contrary power.

Notes on the current edition

Quod deus sit immutabilis

1.
1 τἄ πολλὰ om. E 2.
5 τῶν μὲν γὰρ—ἔλαβον om. E, pergit παρὰ γὰρ θεοῦ τὴν ἑκούσιον κίνησιν εἰληφὼς καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο ὁμοιωθεὶς αὐτῷ
3 εὐποιίαι conicio
4 ψεκτικὸν U
5 ἔλαβεν conicio ἡ om. UF
6 μάλιστα GD: om. ceteri
8 ὡς οἷόν τε ἦν om. Ε ἦν om. HPD ἐλευθερωθεὶς Ε ἄν] οὐ DM, om. UFED1LD2L τυγχάνει U, ὑφαίνει DM ὅτε conicio
9 οὐ περιέποι P, οὐκ εὐλαβεῖται D κατ’ ἀπελευθέρων UFE: κατὰ ἐλευθέρων ceteri
10 ὀρθότητι P ἀποτίσει UFE διενοήθη G: ἐνενοήθη ceteri
11 νῦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξέτι UF
12 πεποίηκε G τουτέστιν ἀπὸ ταὐτὸν UF alterum εἰργάσατο om. GUF
13 γὰρ αὐτὸν M: μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ΑΗ2, τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν G, τὸν μὲν γὰρ UF, μὲν αὐτὸν Η1Ρ ἐλεύθερον καὶ ἄφετον GUF, post ἄφετον add. καὶ ἀπόλυτόν G προαιρετικοῖς HP χρησόμενον scripsi: χρησάμενον codd. 1.5 καλῶν] κακῶν U
16 τοῖς] τῆς Α καὶ καθαρῶς P ἐπιβαλὼν G
17 παρ’ ὃ AGU
18 τοιοῦτο UF, om. HPL1 ἐν τῶ HP ἐν δευτερονομίῳ om. UF ἔδωκα M
19 τὸ ante κακὸν om. GUF 19.
20 ἐκλεκτικὴν ζωήν U, ἐκλεκτὴν ζωήν F

2. 5—9 DM. fol. 18r τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ περὶ γιγάντων D1L fol. 23r Φίλωνος περὶ D2L fol. 57r τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῶν γιγάντων: ἡ ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴ δεξαμένη παρὰ θεοῦ— ὅτι τὸν ἐλευθερώσαντα οὐκ εὐλαβεῖται.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis 50

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