De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.
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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.) — 121 focus
[121] Those, then, who have no desire for either discovery or investigation have shamefully debased their reason by ignorance and indifference, and though they had it in their power to see acutely, they have become blind. Thus he says that "Lot’s wife turning backwards became a pillar of salt;"
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not here inventing a fable, but pointing out the proper nature of the event.
Notes on the current edition
De fuga et inventione
1.
7 ὠά τῆς conicio
8 ἑκουσίοις ilaurini Ambrosii editores (Mang.): ἀκουσίοις codd.
10 post φύσεως add. καὶ GH1
11 μηδέποτε G αὑτὸν H2: αὐτὸν GH1 τόπον corruptum, τὸ παράπαν Mang., τὸν πονηρὸν Cohn 12.
13 ἄρχοντα ὁμοῦ καὶ βασιλέα δικαστὴν τε καὶ ἔλεγχον conicio: v. quod det. pot. ins. §
23 12 βασιλέα secl. Turn.
13 ὃς H2: ὡς GH1
14 ἀπαγομένων Mang. per errorem, ut vid.
16 ἑξῆς Mang.: ἐξ ἀρχῆς codd.
17 κάθοδον G2: καθ’ ὁδὸν G1H
18 οὐ G: ἐκ Η
19 td om. L οἱ δ’ H: οὐδ’ G οὐ H(G1): οἱ G2 ἐπήρωσαν G2
7 ὠά τῆς conicio
8 ἑκουσίοις ilaurini Ambrosii editores (Mang.): ἀκουσίοις codd.
10 post φύσεως add. καὶ GH1
11 μηδέποτε G αὑτὸν H2: αὐτὸν GH1 τόπον corruptum, τὸ παράπαν Mang., τὸν πονηρὸν Cohn 12.
13 ἄρχοντα ὁμοῦ καὶ βασιλέα δικαστὴν τε καὶ ἔλεγχον conicio: v. quod det. pot. ins. §
23 12 βασιλέα secl. Turn.
13 ὃς H2: ὡς GH1
14 ἀπαγομένων Mang. per errorem, ut vid.
16 ἑξῆς Mang.: ἐξ ἀρχῆς codd.
17 κάθοδον G2: καθ’ ὁδὸν G1H
18 οὐ G: ἐκ Η
19 td om. L οἱ δ’ H: οὐδ’ G οὐ H(G1): οἱ G2 ἐπήρωσαν G2
2.
4—8 ibid.: vivit igitur dei verbum et maxime in animis vivit piorum nec moritur plenitudo divinitatis. numquam enim moritur sempiterna divinitas et aeterna dei virtus. sane moritur nobis, si a nostra anima separetur, non (luo morte corrumpatur, sed quo dissolvatur atque exuatur mens nostra ab eius coniunctione; mors enim vera est verbi et animae separatio. denique statim incipit anitna peccatis patere voluntariis.
1 scjq. cf. Oriff. aοnἕ;α (/ets. IV
45 p. 538: τὰ μὲν οὑν τῆς κατὰ τὸν τόπον τροπολογίας οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον νῦν λέγειν . . . . τίς τε ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ γενοdτη στήλη ἁλὸς διὰ τὸ ἐστράφθαι εἰς τοὐπίσω . . . Ifoiiiil. in Gen. V
2 p. 74.
1 scjq. cf. Oriff. aοnἕ;α (/ets. IV
45 p. 538: τὰ μὲν οὑν τῆς κατὰ τὸν τόπον τροπολογίας οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον νῦν λέγειν . . . . τίς τε ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ γενοdτη στήλη ἁλὸς διὰ τὸ ἐστράφθαι εἰς τοὐπίσω . . . Ifoiiiil. in Gen. V
2 p. 74.