Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 115

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[115] ὑπερβολή τις περὶ τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον τελειότητος ἐνορᾶται. τὸν μέν γε τὴν μεγάλην εὐξάμενον εὐχὴν οἶδέ που καὶ ἀκουσίως
σφαλλόμενον, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἑκουσίῳ γνώμῃ· λέγει γάρ· „ἐὰν δέ τις ἀποθάνῃ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐξάπινα, παραχρῆμα μιανθήσεται“ (Num. 6, 9)· τὰ γὰρ ἀβούλητα ἔξωθεν αἰφνίδιον κατασκήπτοντα παραχρῆμα τὴν ψυχὴν οὐ πρὸς αἰῶνα μήκιστον μιαίνει, ἅτε ὄντα ἀκούσια. τούτων δ’ ὁ
¹ ἀρχιερεὺς καθάπερ καὶ τῶν ἑκουσίων ὑπεράνω στὰς ἀλογεῖ.

De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Fuga Et Inventione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On Fugitives First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 115 focus

[115] There is a certain extravagance of perfection visible in this disposition. He has known ¹ the man who has vowed the great vow in some instances offending unintentionally, even if not of deliberate purpose; for he says, "But if any one die before him suddenly, he shall be at once polluted." For if of things without deliberation anything coming from without strikes down suddenly, such things do at once pollute the soul, but not with a pollution which remains for any length of time, inasmuch as they are unintentional actions. And about these actions the high priest (standing above them, as he also does above those which are voluntary) is indifferent.

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De fuga et inventione

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1 ἀπάντων ἄρρηκτος καὶ coni. Mang. ὡς om. GH1 εἴργεται G2 κωλύων G: κωλύει Η, καὶ κωλύει H2
2 ἥ τ’ G2: ἥ τε H2, εἴτε G1 (H1) καθ’ ὅσον codd.
7 παγειοτέρα G, παγιωτάτῃ coni. Mang.
8 οὗτος H2: οὕτως G(H1) τετελευτηκυῖαν H2: τετελευτηκῶσαν G(H1) Μωσῆς codd.
10 προσβάλλει G1 ut vid.
11 ἱερατικοῦ coni. Mang.
14 αὐτοὺς G
17 καὶ ἄθεον ὁμοῦ κακόν conicio ἄθεον secl. Mang., ἄθεον μὲν οὖν secl. Cohn
18 τὴν e corr. Η2
19 τελειότατος G
20 οὐδέπου coni. Mang.
21 μὴ καὶ V
24 τὰ G: τῶν Η ἀβούλητα scripsi: ἀβουλήτων H2, ἀβουλούντων G(H1) fort. τῶν γάρ ἀβουλήτων τινὰ scrib.
25 ἅτε H: ἄν τε G post ἀκούσια add. τύχοι G2

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