Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 171

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[171] πτωμάτων γὰρ ἀργαλεώτατον θεοῦ τιμῆς ἀποπεσεῖν ὀλισθόντα, στεφανώσαντα πρὸ ἐκείνου ἑαυτὸν καὶ φόνον ἐμφύλιον ἐργασάμενον· κτείνει ¹ γὰρ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ὁ μὴ τὸ ὂν τιμῶν, ὡς ἀνόνητον αὐτῷ γενέσθαι παιδείας τὸ οἰκοδόμημα. παιδεία δὲ φύσιν ἔλαχε τὴν ἀγήρω, διόπερ καινὴν εἶπε τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτῆς· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα χρόνῳ φθείρεται, ἡ δ’ ἐφ’ ὅσον πρόεισιν, ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἡβᾷ καὶ ἐπακμάζει τὸ ἀειθαλὲς εἶδος φαιδρυνομένη καὶ ταῖς συνεχέσιν ἐπιμελείαις καινουμένη.

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.) — 171 focus

[171] For the most grievous of all falls is for a man to stumble and fall from the honour due to God; crowning himself rather than God, and committing domestic murder. For he who does not duly honour the living God kills his own soul: so that the building of education which he has ¹ erected is of no advantage to him. But instruction has a nature which never grows old; on which account Moses calls its house a new house, for all other things are gradually destroyed by time. But instruction, in proportion as it advances towards perfection, is fresh and vigorous, looking blooming with an ever-flourishing appearance, and putting itself in motion with continual studies.

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De agricultura

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1 παθοῦσαι μηδὲν ante μένουσιν vid. ponendum ἀπ’ αὐτῶν] τὸ αὑτῶν conicio
2 συγχυθῇ] συγχωρήσεται Η 2—4 κηρὸς—νομίσητε om. Η
4 νομίσητε] Μang. φθειρομένοις scripsi: συμφθειρομένοις codd.
5 ἀσπάζονται codd.: ἠσπάσαντο coni. Mang., ἠσπάζοντο μεταδιδοῦσαι conicio 5.
6 τῇ . . . coni. Cohn
8 ἀσφαλείας] φιλίας coni. Mang., μετ’ ἀσφαλείας conicio
9 τε MAG: om. H αὐτῶ codd.
11 οἶς] οὓς H δωρήσηται G
12 εὐμαθίας Α
14 μὴ om. Α πορθοῦσιν Α
15 οὔκουν GH ἣν G2H: ἢν M, ἣν AG1 ὅσιον L
16 ἐσφράγισται scripsi ἐσφραγίσθαι MA, ἐσφραγίσθη Η, ἐσφράγισεν G, sed σεν scr. G2
17 ἀλλὰ] ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ H
18 τὸ δόξαι Turn.: δόξαι codd. μετεωρισθέντες Mang.: νεωτερισθέντες codd.
19 ὑψηλοτάτων conicio
21 στέφανον Α δώματι MAL: δόματι GH
21 ποιήσεις scripsi: ποιήσης codd. σου om. H ποιήσης M
22 ἀπ’ MA: ὑπ’ GH
23 πτωμάτων Mang.: πτῶμα. τῶν codd. ἀργαλεώτατον Mang.: ἀργαλεωτάτων codd. ὄλισθον τὰ M, ὀλισθήσαντα A
24 ἑαυτὸν πρὸ ἐκείνου conicio ἐργασάμενον Α: ἀρέσαντα ΜGH

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 171

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