Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 101

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[101] ἢ οὐκ ἂν εἴποιμεν φυτὸν ἥμερον ψυχῆς παρακαταθήκης ἀπόδοσιν; ἀλλὰ τοῦτό γε τὸ φυτὸν καθάρσεως δεῖται καὶ περιττοτέρας ἐπιμελείας. τίς ¹ οὖν ἡ κάθαρσις ἥδε; παρὰ νήφοντος λαβὼν παρακαταθήκην μήτε μεθύοντι μήτ’ ἀσώτῳ μήτε μεμηνότι ἀποδῷς—ὁ γὰρ λαβὼν ὄνησιν ἐκ τοῦ κομίσασθαι οὐχ ἕξει καιρὸν ὠφεληθῆναι—, μηδὲ χρεώσταις ἢ δούλοις ἀποδῷς δανειστῶν καὶ δεσποτῶν ἐφεδρευόντων—προδοσία
γὰρ τοῦτ’ ἐστίν, οὐκ ἀπόδοσις—, μηδὲ τὴν ἐν ὀλίγοις πίστιν φύλαττε ἐπὶ θήρᾳ τῆς ἐν πλείοσι πίστεως·

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Plantatione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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About the Planting of Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 101 focus

[101] May I not call the restoration of a deposit a useful plant of the soul? But still this plant requires purification and exceeding attention. What then is the purification? This. Having taken a deposit from a man while he is sober, you must not restore it to him while he is drunk, or intemperate, or mad; for in such a case though he may have received the advantage of having his own back again, he will have no opportunity of being benefited by it. Again. You must not restore a deposit to debtors or to slaves while their creditors or their masters are present; for that is betraying, and not a restoration of a deposit. Nor must you keep faith in small things in the hope merely of gaining confidence, so as to have greater things entrusted to you.

Notes on the current edition

De plantatione

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1 περικαθαριεῖτε H: περικαθάρητε MGUF (ι s. s. G^), καὶ περικαθάρητε com. Cohn
2 ὁ καρπὸς Mang. : τὸν καρπὸν codd. ἀπερικάθαρτος scripsi: ἀκάθαρτος codd. βρωθήσετε M
3 αἰνετὸς ex LXX Mang. : ἓν ἔτος codd.
4 γενήματα G
5 ὁ ova. Η
7 καὶ post. γῆν add. v 7.
8 φυτεύσεται M, φυτεύσητε, καὶ φυτεύσητε conicio
9 δυνάμεθα ML
10 προελήλυθεν coni. Mang.
11 τῶν Tiirn.: καὶ τῶν GUFII, καὶ τὸν M
12 ὅταν δὲ om. H
13 ὁδὸν ἄν εἰσέρχηται H δόγμασιν U συντρέχῃ U: συντρέχειν ceteri
14 ἄρξεται scripsi: ἄρξηται MGFH, αὔξητε U καρπῶν H"-’: εὔκαρπον ceteri
15 γεωργεῖ H ἀπάθειαν H: εὐπαθείας MGUF, εὐπάθειαν L-
16 ἀγαθά M: τε ἀγαθά (iUF, τὰ ἀγαθά, τε τὰ ἀγαθά L ἐπεὶ οὑν Turu.: οἰκείων GHUF, οἰκεῖον M ὁ ἄρτι scripsi: ἀρετῆς codd.. ἀρετῆς ὁ V
17 φυτεύσοντι conicio οὖν post φυτεύσαντι add. G-
18 post τοῦτ’ ras. in Η ἐστὶ συνεπισκεψώμεθα (irFII: ἐστιν ἐπισκεψώμεθα M
19 post φυτῶν add. ὃν MGU, ἓν F, τὸν αὐτὸν H, ἡμέροις φυτοῖς τὸν αὐτὸν coni. Mang. ἔχει M
20 φέρει] φύσει M σώματι M δὲ U: δ’ ἐν MCiFll
22 ἂν τέμνοιτο cd. stereot. Tauchnit. (ἀνατέμνοιτο Maug.): ἂν γένοιτο codd. τά] τὴν G2

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 101

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