Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 75

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[75] 17 Παρατήρει δ’ ὅτι οὔ φησιν ἐλθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ πεδίον ἐν ᾧ κατέμειναν, ἀλλὰ εὑρεῖν ἀναζητήσαντας πάντως καὶ σκεψαμένους τὸ ἐπιτηδειότατον ἀφροσύνης χωρίον· τῷ γὰρ ὄντι πᾶς ἄφρων οὐ παρ’
ἑτέρου λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ τὰ δὲ κακὰ ζητῶν ἀνευρίσκει, μὴ μόνοις ἀρκούμενος τούτοις ἐφ’ ἅπερ ἡ μοχθηρὰ φύσις δι’ ἑαυτῆς βαδίζει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ¹ προστιθεὶς τὰ ἐκ τοῦ κακοτεχνεῖν τέλεια γυμνάσματα.

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.) — 75 focus

And take notice that Moses does not say that they came unto a plain in which they remain, but that they "found" one, having searched around in every direction, and having considered what might be the most suitable region for folly; for in reality every foolish man does not take from another for himself, but he seeks for and finds evils, not being content only with those which wicked nature proceeds towards of its own accord, but also adding thereto such perfect skill in evil as arises from constant practise in contriving wrong.

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De confusione linguarum

1.
1 φορῶν P’
3 εὐσταλὲς Η
7 οὐδέν G ἡ σκιάν καὶ Turn. : ἢ σκιὰ καὶ HP, σκιάς GF
11 ἐνάργειαν F: ἐναργίαν G, ἐνέργειαν Η
14 τῳ] τὸ GH
15 κάλλος conicio μήτ’ ερὸη F
17 ταραττόμενος P
19 φαῦλα Mang.: φύλλα codd. θέασαι FL-: θέασον GHPLi γοῦν scripsi: οὖν codd.
22 ἐρευνᾶν HP
23 αἰτῆτε HP, ποιῆται conicio εὑρεθῆναι HP ἀλλά add. Mang.
25 ὧν]
3 Mang.
27 παρατηρήσεις L
29 ἀφροσύνῃ conicio
30 λαμβάνει, ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ (ἐν ἑαυτῷ Cohn) δὲ τὰ κακὰ conicio μόνοις Mang. : μόνον codd.

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