Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 101

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[101] „γενέσθω Δὰν ὄφις“ οὐχ ἑτέρωθι μᾶλλον ἢ „ἐφ’ ὁδοῦ“· τὰ μὲν γὰρ τῆς ἀκρασίας καὶ λαιμαργίας καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα αἱ ἀμέτρητοι καὶ ἄπληστοι,
πληρούμεναι πρὸς τῆς τῶν ἐκτὸς ἀφθονίας, ὠδίνουσι καὶ τίκτουσιν ἡδοναί, κατὰ λεωφόρου καὶ εὐθυτενοῦς βαίνειν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπει ψυχήν, φάραγξι δὲ καὶ βαράθροις ἐμπίπτειν ἄχρι τοῦ καὶ διαφθεῖραι παντελῶς αὐτὴν ἀναγκάζει· τὰ δὲ καρτερίας καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς * * * ἐχόμενα μόνα, μηδενὸς ὄντος ἐν ποσὶν ὀλισθηροῦ, ᾧ ¹ προσπταίσασα κλιθήσεται. προσφυέστατα οὖν ἔχεσθαι τῆς ὀρθῆς ὁδοῦ σωφροσύνην εἶπε, διότι καὶ τὴν ἐναντίαν ἕξιν ἀκολασίαν ἀνοδίᾳ χρῆσθαι

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 101 focus

[101] For the indulgences of intemperance and gluttony, and whatever other vices the immoderate and insatiable pleasures, when completely filled with an abundance of all external things, produce and bring forth, do not allow the soul to proceed onwards by the plain and straight road, but compel it to fall into ravines and gulfs, until they utterly destroy it; but those practises which adhere to patience, and endurance, and moderation, and all other virtues, keep the soul in the straight road, leaving no stumbling block in the way, against which it can stumble and fall. Very naturally, therefore, has Moses declared that temperance clings to the right way, because it is plain that the contrary habit, intemperance, is always straying from the road.

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De agricultura

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1 αἰεὶ MAG: ἀεὶ H
3 σύμβουλον GH2: σύμβολον MAH1, ἐπίβουλον Mang., σύμβουλον φιληδόνου coni. Cohn, κακὸν σύμβουλον conicio φωνοῦσαν Α
4 ἰοβόλοις H2: ἰοβόροις ceteri
5 Μώσεως codd. τὴν ἡδονῆς ἐναντίαν διάθεσιν καρτερίαν Turn.: τῆ ἡδονὴ ἐναντία διαθέσει, καρτερία codd. (sed ἡδονῆς AH2)
6 παρ’ ὃ GH2, παρὸν MAH1 καὶ] κἀκ conicio κραταιοτάτης scripsi: κραταιοτέρας codd. 7—16 οὖν ἄκρως—ἀφθαρσία ἀγαθοῦ add. m. partim in ras. textus partim in mg. Η
7 οὖν] νοῦν Α ἄκρως] εἰλικρινῶς coni. Mang. εἰ GH: ἦ MA
8 ὑπὸ] ἀπὸ A
9 δὲ Α 9.
10 ὑγείας καὶ σωτηρίας A
10 βίον MA
12 Μωσῆς codd. τῷ Δὰν] τόδε A 13.
14 ἑκατέρως — ἀλλ’ om. H
13 ἑκάτερος Α
17 φέρον L
20 πληρούμεναι GH2: πειρώμεναι MA(H1)
21 εὐθυτόνου ut vid. H1 ῥαίνειν Α
22 φάραξι MG δὲ Η: τε MAG ante ἄχρι ras.
3 litt. Η καὶ Η: om. MAG
23 ἀναγκάζοι Α τὰ δὲ GH: τοῖς δὲ M, τῆς δὲ A
24 ἀρετῆς εὐοδίαν ψυχῇ παρέχεται μόνα conicio ἐχόμενα μόνα GH2: ἐχομένοις μόνοις MAH1 ὧ GH2: ὡς MAH1

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 101

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