Philo Judaeus, De Ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 58

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[58] ἀλλ’ ἕως μὲν οὐδὲν τούτων πάρεστιν, ὑψηγοροῦμεν ὡς ὀλιγοδεΐας ἑταῖροι τὸν αὐταρκέστατον καὶ δικαιότατον καὶ ἐλευθέροις καὶ εὐγενέσιν ἁρμόττοντα περιποιούσης βίον· ἐπειδὰν δέ τινος τῶν εἰρημένων ἐλπὶς ἢ ἐλπίδος αὐτὸ μόνον αὔρα βραχεῖα καταπνεύσῃ, διελεγχόμεθα· ὑπείκοντες γὰρ εὐθὺς ἐνδίδομεν καὶ ἀντιβῆναι καὶ ἀντισχεῖν οὐ δυνάμεθα,
¹² προδοθέντες δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων αἰσθήσεων ὅλην τὴν ψυχῆς συμμαχίαν ἐκλείπομεν καὶ οὐκέτι λανθάνοντες ἀλλ’ ἤδη φανερῶς αὐτομολοῦμεν·

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.) — 58 focus

[58] But as long as we have none of these things we talk loudly and proudly, as if we were men of small wants, and companions of frugality, which renders life all-sufficient for itself, and just, and suitable for free and nobly born men. But when there is hope of any of the things which I have enumerated, or when only the slightest breeze of such hope blows upon us, then we are found out, for we at once yield, and submit, and are unable to hold out or resist; and being betrayed by the outward senses, which are so dear to us, we abandon the whole alliance of the soul, and we desert not in a concealed manner, but openly and undisguisedly. And perhaps this is not more than is reasonable to expect.

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De ebrietate

1.
1 συντέλεσον τὰ F: συντελέσων τἄ G, συντελέσοντα U, συντελὲς τὰ Η τῷ] τὸ Η
2 τῆς om. FL
3 ἣν] ἧ G
4 καὶ δόξα καὶ πλοῦτος om. FL
6 ὁμιλεῖ Η τουτέστιν H μηδέποτ’ Η ἐπιλήψιν G
7 ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ καὶ Η: ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ U, ἀλλὰ καὶ GF περιέξεσθαι Mang.: περιέσεσθαι codd.
8 καὶ ἀνθέλκοντα om. G δὲ G γυναιξὶν U
14 ἐρρωμένη N
15 #x003E; ἕπεσθαι conicio
16 alterum τῆς om. Η
18 μόνον οὐχ F
20 φερομένων H, πεφυρμένων D
21 πάρεστι F
22 ἕτεροι D αὐταρκεστάτοις καὶ δικαιοτάτοις L καὶ δικαιότατον om. D
23 τινος om. D
24 αὐτῶ μόνον ἡ ἐλπίδος αὔρα transpos. D καταπνεύσει F διελεγχόμενα Η

2. 12—181,8 N fol. 164v οὐκοῦν—Ἰσαάκ. 17—181,3 DC fol. 245r Φίλωνος περὶ μέθης: οὐ δύναται τῶν φαινομένων ἀγαθῶν κατεξανίστασθαι ἡ τεθηλυμένη ψυχή, πλούτου καὶ δόξης τυχὸν ἡ ἀρχῆς ἢ τιμῆς. ἀλλ’ ἕως μὲν οὐδέν—αὐτομολοῦμεν.
fol. 267r Φίλωνος ἐκ τοῦ περὶ μέθης: τίς τιμῆς—παράπαν.

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