Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 118

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[118] δυεῖν γὰρ ἐναντίων καθ’ ἑνὸς εἴτε σώματος εἴτε πράγματος ὁρισθέντων ἢ εὖ ἢ κακῶς ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἂν ἔχοι θάτερον· ἄμφω γὰρ ἀμήχανον. πότερον οὖν ἐπαινοῖτ’ ἂν δεόντως; ἆρ’ οὐ τὸ
τοὺς χειρῶν ἄρχοντας ἀδίκων κολάζεσθαι; ψέγοιτ’ ἂν οὖν εἰκότως τὸ ¹ ἐναντίον, τὸ τιμᾶσθαι· ψεκτὸν δ’ οὐδὲν τῶν ἱερῶν, ἀλλὰ πάντως εὐκλεές.

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.) — 118 focus

[118] For when two opposite opinions are established concerning any one thing, whether it be person or action, it follows of necessity that one or other of them must be wrong, and the other right, for it is impossible for them both to be right: which of the two, then, will you praise deservedly? Will you not say that that sentence is right which orders those who begin acts of violence to be punished? You would justly blame the contrary law, which commands such persons to be honoured; that nothing sacred may be blamed, every such thing must be altogether glorious.

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De agricultura

1.
1 ἀναδειμάμεναι G (Turn.): ἀναδειμάμενοι MAH post πολλὰς add. δὲ L
2 δεξόμενα scripsi: δεξάμεναι codd. (sed αι corr. Η2), δεξάμενα Mang. ἢ] εἰ Α ὁ add. Turn.: om. codd.
3 ἡ πρηνῆ τείνας H2: πρὶν ἡ τινὰς ceteri ἡ ὁ Turn.: ἡ ὃν MGH, οἷον Α πυκτεύειν scripsi: παλαίειν codd.
4 καὶ om. Η2
5 εἰσὶ δ’ scripsi: εἰσὶν MAG(H1), εἰσὶ δὲ H2
6 ἑαυτοὺς ἑκατέρᾳ coni. Cohn χειρῶν 003E; conicio
7 μέρη post τἄλλα add. Mang.
8 δὲ ante τύχωσι add. Η2
9 μεταποιοῦντες MA(H1)
10 γελάσαιτο Α
12 οὓς GH2: om. MAH1
13 ἁδροτέρων G ἀδροτέρων MH, ἀνδρωτέρων Α
14 ἀπνευστεὶ Α 15—119,2 τούτων—εὐκλεές add. m. in mg. H
16 ἱερῶς Α πάντες] πέντε Α 16.
17 αὑτὸν corr. ex αὑτῶν Α
17 οἱ post θαυμάζοντες add. MA
18 post αἰκίαις add. ἅς L
19 ἀπεκλήρωσε L
23 νομοθετῆσαι MAG: νομοθετεῖν H δυεῖν MAG: δυοῖν
11 24 ὡρισθέντων AG ἔχοις MA
25 οὖν ἐπαινοῖτ’ ἄν scripsi: συνεπαινοῖτ᾿ ἄν MGH, συνεπαίνει κἀν Α, συνεπαινοῖτ᾿ ἄν οὑν v δέοντος AG1 ἄρ’ οὕτω τοὺς A

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 118

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