Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 138

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[138] διὸ λέγει· „οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐ πίεσθε, σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σέ, ἡνίκα ἂν εἰσπορεύησθε εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἢ προσπορεύησθε τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ“. ταῦτα δ’ οὐκ ἀπαγορεύων μᾶλλον ἢ γνώμην ἀποφαινόμενος διεξέρχεται· τῷ μέν γε ἀπαγορεύοντι οἰκεῖον
¹ ἦν εἰπεῖν· οἶνον, ὅταν ἱερουργῆτε, μὴ πίνετε, τῷ δὲ γνώμην ἀποφαινομένῳ τὸ „οὐ πίεσθε“. καὶ γάρ ἐστιν ἀμήχανον τὸ μέθης καὶ παροινίας ψυχῆς αἴτιον, ἀπαιδευσίαν, προσίεσθαι τὸν ταῖς γενικαῖς καὶ κατ’ εἶδος ἀρεταῖς ἐμμελετῶντα καὶ ἐγχορεύοντα.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Drunkenness First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 138 focus

[138] On which account the scripture says, "Wine and strong drink thou shalt not drink, neither thou nor thy sons after thee," when ye enter into the tabernacle of the testimony or approach the altar of sacrifice; and he goes through all these details not more by way of prohibition than of explaining his intention. In truth, for one who was issuing prohibitions, it was appropriate to say, Drink not wine when you are performing sacrifice; but for one who is declaring his opinion, it is more suitable to say, Ye shall not drink. For it is impossible for a man to admit ignorance, which is the cause of intoxication and of ignorance of the soul, if he be one who studies the generic and specific virtues and devotes himself to the pursuit of them.

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De ebrietate

1.
1 ἀόρατα F2: ὁρατὰ GUF1L τὰ del. F2
3 ὁποῖον U
9 μηδέποθ’ ὑπὸ G θαλάσσης G
10 ἰδέας, #x003E; Coni. Cohn
11 τὸν] τὴν L εἶναι σύμβολον fort.
12 γε] γὰρ conicio αὐτῶ GF
13 φωτίζεται, ᾦ τὰ ἱερουργούμενα supplet Cohn
15 ἐνιδρῦσθαι U
20 post ἅπαξ inc. H fol. 369v, cf. ad. p. 190,26 εἰσιόντι F2H εἰσιόντας GUF1L
21 μόνω G1UF: μόνων Η, μόνος G2
21 ὁ om. H
25 ἡ scripsi: ἡ codd. προσέρχεται v ἐκείνω Η λήθης H
27 οὐ] οὐ μὴ U σὺ G: om. UFH
28 εἰσπορεύῃ F 28.
29 εἰς—προσπορεύησθε om. U, bis hab. H
28 ἡ] ἡ G
30 ἀπογορεύων (sic) U
30 μὲν γὰρ couicio, μέντοι v

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 138

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