Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 42

ed. Paul Wendland

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[42] αἱ οὖν ἀσκήσεις τε καὶ χρήσεις ἐξαίρετον γέρας παρὰ τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ψυχὰς τουτὶ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἔλαβον· διὸ καὶ ἐμφαντικώτατα εἴρηται, ὅτι τὸν ἐν ἡμῖν πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἄνθρωπον, p. 336 M. τουτέστι τὸν νοῦν, ἔθηκεν ἐν ἱερωτάτοις καλοκἀγαθίας βλαστήμασι καὶ φυτοῖς, ἐπεὶ
[δὲ] τῶν διανοίας ἀμετόχων ἱκανὸν οὐδὲν ἀρετὰς γεωργῆσαι, ὧν τὸ

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 42 focus

[42] therefore the practises and uses of the virtues have received from God this especial honour beyond the souls of other animals. And therefore, also, it is most ¹ expressly and plainly declared that God placed that man which is really man in us, namely, the mind, among the most sacred shoots and plants of excellence and virtue. But among those animals which have no share in mind, no one has ever cultivated any plant worth speaking of, since there is not one of them capable by nature of receiving comprehension.

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