Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 141

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[141] οὗ χάριν καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἄριστα πολιτευομένοις ἀναγέγραπται νόμος p. 426 M. ἀκοῇ μὴ μαρτυρεῖν,
ὅτι φύσει τὸ δικαστήριον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸ δεκάζεσθαι ταλαντεύει· καὶ Μωυσῆς μέντοι φησὶν ἐν τοῖς ἀπαγορευτικοῖς· „οὐ παραδέξῃ ἀκοὴν ματαίαν“ (Exod. 23, 1), οὐχὶ μόνον τοῦτο λέγων, * * * παραδέχεσθαι ¹² ψευδῆ λόγον ἢ εὐήθη δι’ ἀκοῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτι πρὸς τὴν σαφῆ τῆς ἀληθείας κατάληψιν μακρὸν ὅσον ὄψεως ὑστερίζουσα διελέγχεται γέμουσα

De Confusione Linguarum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Confusion of Languages First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 141 focus

[141] On which account a law has been enacted among those nations which have the most excellent constitution, that one must not give evidence on hearsay, because by its own nature the tribunal of the sense of hearing is liable to be corrupted. And Moses indeed says in the prohibitory part of his law, "Thou shalt not receive vain hearing." ¹ Meaning not only this, that one ought not to receive false or silly reports by hearsay, but that, as far as the clear comprehension of the truth is concerned, the hearing is a long way behind the sight, being full of vanity.

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De confusione linguarum

1.
1 μελετήσας ὧ G, μελέτης ἄσω HPL1, μελετήσασα FL2, θεοῦ χάρισιν συνημμένα conicio
2 οὐκ ἐπινοεῖται περὶ τόπον conicio 2.
3 οὐ κατα λαμβανόμενον εἰ μὴ κατὰ τὸ εἶναι μόνον suppleo
3 καθ’ ἣν GFP: ἥν Η, ἡ v
4 ἐτύμως F: ἑτοίμως GH (P evanidus) 5. ὁ τὸ δὴ θεῖον ὁρατόν τε καὶ καταληπτὸν καὶ πανταχοῦ φαντασιαζόμενον ἀόρατον καὶ ἀκατάληπτον καὶ οὐδαμοῦ conicio ὁ prius καὶ GF: om. HP ὂν HP: εἰνὶ GF, φαντασιαζόμενον conicio
7 post ἐστιν lacuna supplenda ex libro De migr. Abr. § 183 ὡς ἀψευδέστατον ἐκεῖνον εἶναι τόν χρησμόν, ἐν ᾧ λέλεκται ὧδε Mang.: ὁ δὲ codd. στάς] ἕστηκα conicio πρὸ] πρὸς F
10 κατὰ τὸ] κατά Tui G, καθὸ L ἄνω κάτω GF τὰ ἐπὶ P
12 ὅς GF: ὂς HP ἐναλλάττοιτο P, ἐναλλάττειν conicio χωρίαν G, χωρίον P
13 γινόμενα GP
14 γενέσεως (om. σαφῶς) G
17 post αὐγασάμενος vid. add. κρίνῃ
18 πρὸς F
20 δεκάζεσθαι Turn.: δικάζεσθαι codd.
21 ἅπαγορευτικοῖς. Turn.: ἀγορευτικοῖς codd. ὅτι οὐ θέμις supplet Cohn, μὴ Turn.
22 λέγον F

2.
3 sqq. Clemens Strom. II §
5 p. 431 P: πόρρω μὲν κατ’ οὐσίαν . . . ἐγγυτάτω δέ δυνάμει, ᾗ τὰ πάντα ἐγκεκόλπισται.

Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 141

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