Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 166

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[166] τῶν δὲ ἀπειθησάντων ἄλλος, φησίν, ἄνθρωπος τὴν μὲν οἰκίαν οἰκήσει, τὸν δ’ ἀμπελῶνα κτήσεται, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα ἄξεται· τὸ δ’ ἐστὶν ἴσον τῷ αἱ λεχθεῖσαι δυνάμεις σπουδῆς, βελτιώσεως, τελειώσεως p. 326 M ἐπιλείψουσι μὲν οὐδέποτε, ἄλλοτε δὲ ἄλλοις ἐνομιλήσουσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐπιφοιτῶσαι
καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς οὐ τὰς αὐτὰς * * * ἀμείβουσαι, σφραγῖσιν ὁμοιούμεναι. ¹ καὶ γὰρ αὗται τὸν κηρὸν ἐπειδὰν τυπώσωσι,

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 166 focus

[166] But of those who disregard our warnings, Moses says, "One man will inhabit his house, and another will obtain his vineyard, and another will marry a wife." And the meaning of this is something of this kind: the powers which have been enumerated, of careful beginning, and improvement, and perfection, will never fail altogether, but will at different times approach and unite themselves with different persons, and will not be always forming the same souls, but will change about, resembling seals;

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De agricultura

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3 ἀπεληλαμένην Η: ἀπεληλασμένην MAG ἐπιστήμης Turn.: ἐπιστήμην MAG, ἐπιστήμη H
4 ἀγχίθυρον Α: ἀγχήθυρον ceteri τοῦ μὲν οὑν scripsi: τοῦτο μὲν codd.
5 ἑαυτοῦ scripsi: ἑαυτῶν codd., αὐτῶν v ἐπισταμένου Turn.: ἐπισταμένους codd. ἄκρως ἐπισταμένου conicio
6 στίφει H2: στέφει MAG1H1, στήφει G2
7 ἐλπίς. ᾦ δὲ Mang. (Turn. ᾧδε): ἐλπὶς ὅδε M, ἐλπίσω δὲ MAH ἐπιπροσθεῖ σκότος Mang.: ἐπίπροσθεν εἰκότως codd. 7.
8 τοῦ et φέγγους scripsi: τὸ et φέγγος codd.
8 ἰσχυκότος codd.: ἰσχυκότι Turn.
12 τοῦ] τὴν G
13 ὀφείλει] φεῖ coni. Mang.
16 τῆς Turn.: τ’ codd. 16.
17 φαινακιζομένοις Α 17.
18 τῆς φύσει νοσερᾶς H2: φύσει τῆς νοερᾶς MGH1, ὑποφοιτήσει τῆς νοερᾶς Α
18 φιλία coni. Cohn
20 διότι Turn.: δι’ ὃν MGH, δι’ ὧν Α
21 τῆ. Η2: ποινὴ ceteri
22 δ’ Α
23 δὲ MH 23.
24 ἶσον τὸ ἐλεγχθεῖσαι Α
26 ἀμείβουσαι] ἀπομάττουσαι coni. Mang. ἀεὶ κατοικοῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἄλλων ἄλλας suppleo σφραγῖσιν Turn.: σφόδρα γ’ εἰσὶν codd.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 166

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