Philo Judaeus, De Plantatione, ed. Paul Wendland, 106

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[106] τὸ
δὲ τῆς ἀκιβδηλεύτου φιλίας δένδρον ἀποσεισάμενον καὶ μεθέμενον ταῦτα καρπὸν τοῖς χρησομένοις ὠφελιμώτατον οἴσει, τὸ ἀδέκαστον. ¹ εὔνοια γάρ ἐστι βούλησις τοῦ τῷ πλησίον εἶναι τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτοῦ χάριν ἐκείνου. αἱ δέ γε χαμαιτύπαι καὶ οἱ κόλακες αὑτῶν ἕνεκα σπουδάζουσιν, αἱ μὲν τοῖς ἐρασταῖς, οἱ δὲ τοῖς κολακευομένοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ προσάγειν. τὰς οὖν εἰρωνείας καὶ γοητείας καθάπερ ἐπιφυομένας κῆρας τῷ φιλίας φυτῷ

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.) — 106 focus

[106] But the tree of science and unadulterated friendship having rejected and discarded these things, will bear fruit of the greatest possible service to those who use it, namely, incorruptible good faith. For good-will is a desire that one’s neighbour should enjoy good things for his own sake. But courtesans and flatterers are anxious solely for their own advantage, which is the only motive why they should confer pleasure, the first on their lovers, and the latter on the objects of their flatteries. We must therefore cut down all trickeries and flatteries as evil plants growing up near the tree of friendship.

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De plantatione

1. 2.
3 ὁ γὰρ ἐν ἄλλῳ #x003E; λαβὼν ἂν) ὄνησιν ἐκ τοῦ κομίσασθαι οὐχ ἕξει #x003E; .... conicio, καιρὸν ὠφεληθῆναι secl. Mang.
2 οἴησιν U
3 καιρὸν H2: καλὸν ceteri
4 ἀποδῷς H: ἀποδιδοὺς MGUF
6 ἐπὶ θήρᾳ MGUF
6 θήρας codd. πλείονι H γε Turn.: τε codd., γὰρ conicio
8 σφόδρ’ U ἀνυπαίτιοι MF, ἄν #x003E; ὑπαίτιοι conicio
9 ἄφθονον τοῖς scripsi: ἀφθόνοις MGUF, ἄφθονον H 9.
10 ποιήσουσι conicio ἄν deleto, ποιήσαντες coni. Cohn
11 ἐπ’ ἄγρα H: ἐπ’ ἄγρας U, ἀπ’ ἄγρας MGF προφέρεται M, προσφερέτω F
12 οὖν om. H1 15.
16 κἀν τῶ (corr. vid. ex τὸ)—παραβλαστάνοντα H: καὶ τὸ φιλίας μέντοι φυτὸν τοῦτο δὲ τὸν παραβλαστάνον MGUF
16 προβλαστάνοντα L
18 πρὸς] καὶ M
20 οὐκἀκείνους (sic) G
25 φιλίας Mang.: σοφίας codd.
26 χρησαμένοις μένοις MGF

Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 106

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