Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 129

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[129] πρὸς οὓς ἂν λέγοιμεν, ὅτι τὸ μὲν ὑμῶν p. 320 Μ ἐπαινετόν ἐστι τῆς δόξης, τὸ δ’ ἔμπαλιν ψεκτόν, ἐπαινετὸν μέν, ὅτι τὸ μόνον θαυμάζετε τίμιον, ψεκτὸν δὲ αὖ, παρόσον ἄνευ τομῆς καὶ διαιρέσεως· ἔδει γὰρ μὴ φῦραι
¹ καὶ συγχέαι πάντων ἀθρόως ἀποφήναντας αἴτιον, ἀλλὰ μετὰ διαστολῆς μόνων ὁμολογῆσαι τῶν ἀγαθῶν.

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.) — 129 focus

[129] to whom we would say that one portion of your opinion is praiseworthy, but the other portion blameable. One portion is praiseworthy, because it properly honours that which alone is worthy to receive honour; but that portion is blameable, which does so without any discrimination or division. For it was not proper to confuse and mingle everything together, nor to declare God the cause of everything without distinction, but to make a difference, and to pronounce him the cause only of those things which are good;

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De agricultura

1.
2 τῷ] τὸ Α
3 καὶ κτηνοτρόφου G
5 αἱ GH: om. MA ἦν om. Η
7 τὴν GH2: τῆς A, τὴν τῆς M(H1) γεωργικὴν coni. Cohn (cf. I 283,22) ἐπιστήμην om. H1
8 αὐτῶ Α αὐτῆς Α πεποιημένον G ἄρχει M δ’] δ’ ὡς ὁ H2 λόγων G
10 ἥμισυ] εἰ μὴ σὺ Α ὡς Turn.: ὃς codd. ἡμίσει H: μισεῖ G, μισῇ MA πρὸς τὸ τέλος] τοῦ τέλους coni. Maug. ἀφεστηκυῖα sciipsi: ἀφέστηκεν codd.
13 οὐδὲν ὤνηντο MG(H1): οὐδ’ ἀνόνητον Α, οὐδέν ὄναιντο Η2, οὐδὲν ὤναντο v
14 ἐστι γὰρ μὴ Η2: τοῦ γὰρ MAG(H1) τὸ om. H εἰξάντων A φθορὰν L ἀθρόον τῶν Maug.: ἀθροῦν τῶν Α, ἀθρούντων MGH
15 διαφθεῖραι Η2
17 ὡς] ὡς καὶ Α
18 ἐὰν] ἄν Α
19 δὲ om. Α
21 εἴδωμεν Α
22 περιγράφοντες Η2: om. ceteri
24 θαυμάζετε scripsi: θαυμάζει H2, θαυμάζειν ceteri
25 αὖ scripsi: οὐ codd., om. v παρ’ ὅσον codd. post φῦραι add. καὶ μολῦναι Α

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 129

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