Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 19

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[19] 6 οἷος ἦν ὁ
φάσκων „τίς ἐστιν οὗ ὑπακούσομαι;“ καὶ πάλιν „οὐκ οἶδα τὸν κύριον“ (Exod. 5, 2). διὰ μὲν οὖν τῆς προτέρας φωνῆς παρίστησιν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι τὸ θεῖον, διὰ δὲ τῆς ἔπειτα, ὅτι, εἰ καὶ ἔστιν, ἀλλά τοι ἀγνοεῖται, ὅπερ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ προνοεῖν συνάγεται· εἰ γὰρ προὐνόει, κἂν ἐγινώσκετο. ¹ συμβολάς γε μὴν καὶ ἐράνους φέρειν ἐπὶ μὲν τῇ

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

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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.) — 19 focus

Such a man as this was he who said, "Who is there whom I am to obey?" and again, "I do not know the Lord." ¹ For by his first expression he states that there is no such thing as a Deity; and by the second question he means, that even if there is such a being, still he will not ² recognize him, which arises from a deficiency in his providence; for if he were possessed of providence he would be recognized.

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De ebrietate

1.
2 ἐξαρεῖς Η: ἐξαρεῖς GU, ἐξάρῃς F
4 συμβολῶν Mang.: συμβόλων codd. δὲ G
5 παραύξησιν G. Dindorf in Stepb. Thesauro: παραύξην codd.
6 ἐφ’ G2
7 ἀφροσύνης coni. Mang.
10 prius καὶ om. U ἐμπειθεῖν H
13 ἀλογῶν GUFL2: ἀπειθῶν HL1
15 μὲν μὴ GUF: μὲν Η, μὴ V
17 τὸν] τὸ G1
18 δέ U
19 τῳ] δὲ τῷ y
20 τῷ] τὸ G ἐμποιῶν H: ἐμποιεῖ GUF
22 προστάξεσιν H: προστάξεως G, προστάξεων LF
24 ἦν GUF: ἐστὶν H ὁ om. G
25 ὑπακούσομεν L
28 προενόει U κἄν] καὶ U 28. 174,1 ἐγινώσκετο—τοῦ om. G
28 ἐγίνωσκε τὸ U

Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 19

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