Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 155

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[155] τίνι οὖν ἀπεικάσωμεν τῶν ἐν τῷ σώματι τὸ ἐν ψυχῇ πάθος ὃ κέκληται ἄγνοια ἢ τῇ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων πηρώσει; οὐκοῦν ὅσοι ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ὦτα ἐβλάβησαν, οὐδὲν ἔτι οὔτ’ ἰδεῖν οὔτ’ ἀκοῦσαι δύνανται, ἡμέραν μὲν καὶ φῶς, ὧν ἕνεκα ¹² μόνων, εἰ χρὴ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, τὸ ζῆν αἱρετόν, οὐκ εἰδότες, μακρῷ δὲ σκότῳ καὶ νυκτὶ αἰωνίῳ συνοικοῦντες, πρὸς πάντα καὶ μικρὰ καὶ μείζω κεκωφημένοι, οὓς εἰκότως ὁ βίος ἀδυνάτους εἴωθε καλεῖν·

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.) — 155 focus

[155] To which, then, of the passions which affect the body shall we compare that passion in the soul which is called ignorance? To the deprivation of the organs of the external senses? Therefore all those, who have been injured in their eyes or ears, are no longer able to see or hear at all, but have no acquaintance with day or light, which are the only objects for the sake of which, if we are to tell the plain truth, life is really desirable, but dwell in lasting darkness and everlasting night, being made insensible to everything whether of small or great importance; men whom ordinary conversation naturally is accustomed to call infirm.

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De ebrietate

1.
1 τραχὺς H
2 πάλαι Η
3 post εἰπών rep. ex lin. 198,26. 199,3 verba ἑαυτὴν πρὸς τὸ χλευάζειν (sic!) ἀπιδοῦσα παῖδας (sic) τούτω—νενόμισται εἰπών (om. ἡ—ἐμαρτύρησεν) H
4 ἰλαδὸν UF
5 θεοὶ Η
6 ἀθάνατοι Η ἐς codd.: ἐπ’ v
7 τὸ] μὲν τὸ G2 ἵκηται G2, ἥκειας F η et ει corr.)
8 δ’ ἤπειτα GU, δ ἔπειτα H
12 συμβαίνειν F
13 σπουδὴν HL
14 σπεύδεσθαι L ἔναντι H
16 προσαγαγὼν GF
17 τῶν] τὸν F
18 ἀγεννήτου Η
20 ἀπαιδευσίας H
23 τὸ om. U ὁ οἶνος H
25 ἀπεικάσωμεν G: ἀνπεικάσομεν UFH τῶν] τῶ Η
26 ψυχαῖς H
27 βεβλάβησαν G
28 οὔτ’ add. Cohn

2. 4—8 Hesiodi Opera et dies v. 287. 289—292.

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 155

ed. Paul Wendland

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