Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 97

ed. Paul Wendland

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[97] ἕως μὲν γὰρ εἰς τὴν σοφίας ὁδὸν οὐ προσελήλυθεν ὁ νοῦς, τετραμμένος
δὲ πόρρω πλανᾶται, τῶν τῆς ἀγρίας ὕλης ἐπιμελεῖται φυτῶν, ἅπερ ἤτοι ἄγονα ὄντα ἐστείρωται ἢ γεννῶντα ἐδωδίμων ἐστὶν ἄφορα.

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.) — 97 focus

[97] for as long as the mind has not entered upon the path of wisdom, but turns aside and wanders out of the road, it cares only for the trees which do not admit of being cultivated or used for food of men—trees which are barren and useless, and which, though they bear, bear no fruit which is eatable.

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