Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 185

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[185] ἡ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς συνθέσεσι ποσότης ὅροις καὶ κανόσι μεμέτρηται, ὧν οὔτε ἐντὸς κάμψαι οὔτε περαιτέρω προελθεῖν ἀσφαλές — τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἔλαττον χαλᾷ, τὸ δὲ πλέον ἐπιτείνει τὰς δυνάμεις· βλαβερὸν
δ’ ἑκάτερον, τὸ μὲν ἀδυνατοῦν ἐνεργῆσαι δι’ ἀσθένειαν, τὸ δὲ βλάψαι βιαζόμενον διὰ καρτερωτάτην ἰσχύν —, λειότησί τε αὖ καὶ τραχύτησι, πυκνότησί τε αὖ καὶ πιλήσεσι καὶ τοὐναντίον μανότησι καὶ ἐξαπλώσεσι ¹ τὸν εἰς βοήθειαν καὶ βλάβην ἔλεγχον ἐναργῶς διασυνίστησιν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 185 focus

[185] For quantity in such compounds is measured by fixed limits and rules, and it is not safe either to stop short before one has reached them, nor to advance beyond them. For if too little be applied, it relaxes, and if too much, it strains the natural powers; and each extremity is mischievous, the one from its impotence being capable of producing any effect at all, and the other by reason of its exceeding strength being necessarily hurtful. Again it is very plain with reference to smoothness, and roughness, and thickness, and close compression, or on the other hand leanness and slackness, how very much influence all these differences have in respect of doing good or harm.

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De ebrietate

1. 3.
4 ἐνοχλεῖν; φασὶ γὰρ ὅτι πᾶσα Her
4 συνελὼν τίΗ γὰρ οm. N αὖ G 2: αὐτὴG1UΗ, αὕτηFN, om. Her, secl.Arnim
6 προβαλλούσηςU, προσβαλλοῦσιν H φαωτάσματα Her
7 περὶ codd.Her: παρὰ Τurm. 7.8 ter παρὰ GUFL
2 Her: περὶ ΗL
1 7 θέσεις] θεωρίας FL 2
9 ἤ V
9 —
12 ἥ — ὕδατος] ἥ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν τὰς εὐθυτενεῖς κώπας κεκλασμένας Her ἰχθύας coni. Cohn 9.
10 διατείναντες F et Η ut vid.
12 τὰ δέ γε Η 12.
13 προβάλλοντα φαωτασίας ψευδεῖς Ηer 13.
14 γὰρ ἐνίοτε ὐπετοπήθη ἕμψυχα καὶ Ηer
14 τὰ ἕμψυχα ἅψυχα om. Her
15 κινεῖσθαι] κινούμενα Her ἑστῶτα Her ante καὶ add. καὶ τὴν μέν ναῦν ἑστῶσαν κινουμένην, τοὺς δ’ αὖ πύργους ἑστῶτας κινουμένους Her
19 κατασκευαζομένοις L 2,συσκευαζομένοις coni. Mang.
22 καὶκανόσι om. Her
23 οὕτε ἐν τῷ συστεῖλαι οὔτε ἐν τῷ ἐπιτεῖναι ἀσφαλὲς Her ἐντὸς] ἐν Tdi U
24 γὰρ om. Her πλέον scripsi: πλεῖον codd. Her 24—26 βλαβερὸν-ἰσχύν om. Her 25.
26 τὸ μὲν—ἰσχύν om. H
26 τε GUF: γε HL αὖθις L
27 πυκνώσεσι H

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 185

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