Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 56

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[56] τεκμήριον δέ· ὁ τὴν περὶ σῶμα καὶ τὰς κενὰς δόξας ὑπόθεσιν ἀεὶ μελετῶν Ἰωσήφ, ἄρχειν μὲν καὶ ἐπιστατεῖν
¹² ἀλόγου φύσεως οὐκ ἐπιστάμενος — πρεσβύταις γὰρ ἔθος ἐπὶ τὰς ἀνυπευθύνους ἀρχὰς καλεῖσθαι, νέος δέ ἐστιν οὗτος ἀεί, κἂν τὸ χρόνου μήκει γῆρας ἐπιγινόμενον ἐνέγκηται —, τρέφειν δὲ εἰωθὼς καὶ συναύξειν ὑπολαμβάνει καὶ τοὺς φιλαρέτους πεῖσαι δυνήσεσθαι μεταβάλλειν ὡς
αὐτόν, ἵνα τῶν ἀλόγων καὶ ἀψύχων περιεχόμενοι μηκέτ’ ἐνευκαιρεῖν δύνωνται τοῖς λογικῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιτηδεύμασι· φησὶ γάρ·

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 56 focus

[56] who was always studying that knowledge which is conversant about the body and vain opinions, not being able to rule and govern irrational nature (for it is customary for old ¹² men to be appointed to offices of irresponsible authority; but this man is always young, even if after a lapse of time he may come to support old age, which has at last reached him); and being accustomed to nourish this and to lead it on to growth, he expects to be able to persuade the lovers of virtue to change and come over to him, in order that in so changing to irrational and inanimate objects, they may have no leisure for applying themselves to the studies of a rational soul.

Notes on the current edition

De agricultura

1.
1 prius καὶ om. Eus αὐτοῦ codd. alterum καὶ Eus: om. codd. 1.
2 πρωτόγονον υἱὸν om. U
2 ante ὃς add. προστησάμενος αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀρχάγγελον οὗ τήν προσωνυμίαν λέγειν οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον UF, προστησάμενος αὐτοῦ circunipuuxit F ὃς] ὡς Α
3 διατάξεται FL2 3.
4 καὶ γὰρ—ὁδῶ UF, mg. L: om. ceteri, fort. recte
3 που om. U
5 λέγω Α ἅπας ἡ] ἁπάσῃ UF ἡ om. MAH1 τελειοτάτη GUF
6 τοῦ ὄντος AGUFH1: τοῦ ὄντως MH1, τῷ ὄντι conicio θεοῦ om. UF με om. U
7 λεγέτω — τοῦτο om. H1, add. m. rec, cf. supra ad p. 105,20
8 ἐξικνουμένην F μοῖρα MA
10 ἐπιβαλόντων U ἐνδιαμεῖναι UF
11 ἀγαθὰ UF
12 δὲ καὶ εἰς Η ὁσιότητα UF: ἰσότητα ceteri
13 τῶ μὲν γὰρ F τὰ ἄλλα πάντα UF ἔχειν add.

14 δ’ Α ἐπιστασία UF ἥτις GUF: τίς MA, εἴ τις Η ὑπὸ] ἀπὸ UF
15 ἐκκρέμανται MA
16 ἐστὶν εἰκότως Η, sed εἰκότως ἄλλων add. m. rec. 16.
17 πλοῦτον, βλέποντα δὲ καὶ σφόδρα ὀξυδορκοῦντα Mang.: πλοῦτον βλέπουσα βλέπουσα πλοῦτον U) σφόδρα δὲ ὀξυδερκοῦσα καὶ UF, πλοῦτον βλέπουσα τὰ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα ὀξυδορκοῦσα ὀξυδερκοῦσα H) ceteri 17.
18 σύντομον L2
18 πελάσαντες UF, ἀπελάσαντες F2, ἐλάσαντες L2
19 ὁ τὴν] ὅταν MA

2. θεοῦ τὸν πρωτόγονον αὐτοῦ λόγον τοῦτον ὀνομάζει τὸν τρόπον: Ταῦτα δὴ πάντα ὁ ποιμὴν καὶ βασιλεὺς θεὸς — διαδέξεται.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 56

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