Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 161

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[161] οἱ δὲ μὴ τούτων τυγχάνοντες παρὰ τοῖς φιλοσόφοις διαλεληθότες εἶναι λέγονται σοφοί· τοὺς γὰρ ἄχρι σοφίας ἄκρας ἐληλακότας καὶ τῶν
ὅρων αὐτῆς ἄρτι πρῶτον ἁψαμένους ἀμήχανον εἰδέναι φασὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ¹ τελείωσιν· μὴ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον ἄμφω συνίστασθαι, τήν τε πρὸς τὸ πέρας ἄφιξιν καὶ τὴν τῆς ἀφίξεως κατάληψιν, ἀλλ’ εἶναι μεθόριον ἄγνοιαν, οὐ τὴν μακρὰν ἀπεληλαμένην ἐπιστήμης, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐγγὺς καὶ ἀγχίθυρον αὐτῇ.

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.) — 161 focus

[161] And those who do not arrive at this point are by philosophers indeed called wise men, but it is without their own knowledge: for they say that it is impossible for them who have advanced as far as the perfection of wisdom, and who have now for the first time reached its summit to be aware of their own perfection; for they affirm that it is impossible for both these things to happen at the same time, namely the arrival at the desired goal, and the apprehension that one has arrived there; but they affirm that on the border between the two, there is ignorance, of such a sort, that it is not far removed from knowledge, but that it is very near to it, and close to its doors.

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De agricultura

1.
1 ὁμολογίας MAG: ὁμολογίαν Η
2 μνηστὴρ Η2: μνηστῆρα ceteri
3 ἀγάγητε Α
4 γανωθῇ] πλημελεῖται ut vid. G2
5 οἰκήσει GH
6 προκοπὰς Mang.: προτροπὰς MAH, τροπὰς G
8 μέλλει H2 μέλλει γενέσθαι ἀνὴρ conicio, μελλόποσις ἀνὴρ coni. Mang. ἐπὰν] ἐπεὶ H2 γέγονεν Β2
9 αὔξεσθαι GH1 ἐλπίζει scripsi: ἐλπίζεται codd.
11 ἐπιμελὲς Turn.: ἐπιμελῶς codd. αὔξεσθαι Turn.: αὔξεται codd.
14 δὴ] δὲ H2 τούτοις πᾶσι Η τοῦ τοῖς Α
15 τετελειωμένης Α
16 πολέμῳ] ὁμίλῳ coni. Mang. δύσεριν Α: δύσερι MH, δυσερεῖ G νωθεία H2 αἰεὶ M 16.
17 μελετώντων Mang.: μελετῶν MAGH1, μελετῶντι H2
17 ἐπειδὴ—αὐτοῖς om. Α ἡ δυσμενὴς Turn.: ἢ δυσμενεῖς G, ἡδὺ μὲν εἰς MH αὐτοῖς Turn.: αὐτούς codd.
19 ὅτι ante ἄπειρος add. Turn.: om. codd. προκύπτων AG
20 ἐντριβὴς ἀρετῆς vel ἐνιδρυνθεὶς ἀρεταῖς coni. Mang., ὅτι ἔτι ἀτριβὴς conicio
20 — 128,10 δεῖ—ἡσυχάσαι add. m. rec. in mg. H
20 ὥσπερ δὲ δεῖ coni. Mang.
21 καὶ H: om. MAG
22 ἱδρυθῆναι MA: ἱδρυνθῆναι GH
24 εἶναι] ἑαυτοὺς coni. Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 161

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