Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 9

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[9] ἄνθρωπος δὲ ὁ ἐν ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν τίς ἂν εἴη πλὴν ὁ νοῦς, ὃς τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν σπαρέντων καὶ
φυτευθέντων ὠφελείας εἴωθε καρποῦσθαι; ἐπεὶ δὲ νηπίοις μέν ἐστι ¹ γάλα τροφή, τελείοις δὲ τὰ ἐκ πυρῶν πέμματα, καὶ ψυχῆς γαλακτώδεις μὲν ἂν εἶεν τροφαὶ κατὰ τὴν παιδικὴν ἡλικίαν τὰ τῆς ἐγκυκλίου μουσικῆς προπαιδεύματα, τέλειαι δὲ καὶ ἀνδράσιν ἐμπρεπεῖς αἱ διὰ φρονήσεως καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ ἁπάσης ἀρετῆς ὑφηγήσεις· ταῦτα γὰρ
σπαρέντα καὶ φυτευθέντα ἐν διανοίᾳ καρποὺς ὠφελιμωτάτους οἴσει, καλὰς καὶ ἐπαινετὰς πράξεις.

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.) — 9 focus

[9] and what can man be but the kind that is in every one of us, which is accustomed to reap the advantage from all that is sown or planted? But since milk is the food of infants, but cakes made of wheat are the food of fullgrown men, so also the soul must have a milk-like nourishment in its age of childhood, namely, the elementary instruction of encyclical science. But the perfect food which is fit for men consists of explanations dictated by prudence, and temperance, and every virtue. For these things being sown and implanted in the mind will bring forth most advantageous fruit, namely, good and praiseworthy actions.

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De agricultura

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1 εἴρηται coni. Mang. τούτω MGUF: τοῦτο ΑΗ κἀκείνω F ὁ μὲν om. UF
3 οὐδεμίαν] οὐκ UF
4 πόλλ’ U ἐθελήση Α
5 τι secl. Cohn ὑπὲρ scripsi: περὶ codd. μηδενὸς UFH2: μηδὲν MAGH1 ἰδόντων UF: εἰδότων ceteri
7 οὕτως UF τὰ] ὡς τὰ F
8 μὲν γὰρ ἄγρια MAG ἐπιμελείᾳ F
9 τομαῖς UFL2: τὰ μὲν MAGHL1
10 ἐκστάσεσι G
11 ἐν om. UF βαθείαις τάφροις MAUF: τάφροις βαθείαις GH
12 ἔγκαρπα ἕτερον Α κόσμον Α
14 τυγχάνον UF, συμβαίνει conicio ἀλλοτρίαν GH2, ἀλλοτρίους Mang.
15 σφετέρας] ἐφ’ ἑτέρας MA οἰκειουμένους G: οἰκειουμένας MAUF, οἰκειουμένοις H2 in ras.
16 τὰς MAUFH: τὰ G 16.
17 ἐκφύσεις scripsi: φύσεις MAUFH, φύσει G
17 ἐστειρωμένας UF φέρουσι καρποὺς vel εὐφοροῦσι
18 περὶ] παρὰ G
19 δὲ om. MA ἐμπειρίαν ante ἐν add. UF, mg. L
21 μὲν om. UF ἐπιτηδεύει UF: ἐπιτηδεύειν ceteri
22 καὶ UF: om. ceteri
23 τῶν] καὶ τῶν H post θνητὰ add. καὶ UF

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