Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 130

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[130] καὶ μήποτε εἰκότως· αἱ μὲν γὰρ λαμβάνειν, αἱ δὲ ἔχειν ἐν γαστρὶ οἴονται, παμμεγέθους οὔσης διαφορᾶς. αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἔχειν νομίζουσαι τὴν αἵρεσιν καὶ γένεσιν ἑαυταῖς ἐπιγράφουσαι σεμνομυθοῦσιν, αἱ δὲ λαμβάνειν ἀξιοῦσαι τὸ μὲν μηδὲν οἰκεῖον ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἔχειν συνομολογοῦσι, τὰ δὲ
σπέρματα καὶ τὰς γονὰς ἔξωθεν ἀρδομένας καταλαμβάνουσαι καὶ ¹ θαυμάζουσαι τὸν διδόντα κακὸν μέγιστον, φιλαυτίαν, ἀγαθῷ τελείῳ, θεοσεβείᾳ, διωθοῦνται.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 130 focus

[130] And may we not say that this is natural? for some fancy that they are just conceiving, and others that they are actually pregnant, which is a very different thing; for those who think that they are already pregnant attribute their pregnancy and the birth of their offspring to themselves, and pride themselves upon it; but those who look upon themselves as now conceiving, admit that they have of themselves nothing which they can call peculiarly their own, but they receive the seed and the prospects of posterity which are showered upon them from without, and they admire him who bestows it, and repel the greatest of evils, namely self-love, by that perfect good, piety towards the gods.

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1 τίς] τῆς ἡ] ἧς GF
3 συνέλαβεν Η καίτοι τίς Mang. οὐκ ἐμήνυσε GF
6 δέ τις τῶν (τὰς fort. add.) μέσας ἐπιστήμας sciipsi: δέ τινα τῶν μέσων codd. ὑφηγουμένων scripsi: ὑφηγουμένου MAGF; ὑφηγουμένη Η, ut vid.; ὑφηγούμενος v
7 εὐφυῶς F τὴν διδασκαλίαν GF τῶν φοιτητῶν Η
8 μετεωρήσας καὶ AF, μετεωρήσασθαι G
9 ἀπανασπάσας Α τετύφλωται F
12 τουτέστι AHF
13 διὰ καὶ conicio, δι’ ὃν (sc. ὄγκον) καὶ coni. Cohn
15 αὐτῆς GF μεσταὶ coni. Mang. κυοφοροῦσιν, ἄνευ conicio τίκτουσιν ὁμοίως coni. Cohn ὁμοίως vel οὕτως coni. Mang., ἀπόνως conicio
17 διττῶν] δι F
18 διανοίας „codices “ (Mang.): διανοίαις codd., ἐπινοίας coni. Mang.
19 διακρίνει τε καὶ διαστέλλει GF δ’ GF 21.
22 μήτ᾿ GF
23 παμμεγέθους διαφορᾶς] οὑς et ας in ras. H1 οὔσης add. Mang. 23.
24 εὕρεσιν GF, σπορὰν coni. Mang.
25 ἀξιοῦσι GF αὐτῶν G συνομολογήσουσι GF
26 καταλαμβάνουσαι scripsi : καταλαμβάνουσι codd. καὶ s. s. H

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