Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 243

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[243] τὸ δὲ καὶ τοῦ λέγειν βαρύτερον ἁμάρτημα ἡ ἄδικος πρᾶξίς ἐστι· ¹²³ „λόγος γὰρ ἔργου“ φασί „σκιά,“ σκιᾶς δὲ βλαπτούσης πῶς οὐ τὸ ἔργον βλαβερώτερον; διὰ τοῦτο καὶ Μωυσῆς τὴν μὲν γνώμην ἐγκλημάτων καὶ ἐπιτιμίων ἀπήλλαξεν, ἀκουσίοις τὰ πολλὰ μεταβολαῖς χρωμένην καὶ τροπαῖς καὶ πάσχουσαν μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπεισφοιτώντων νοημάτων ἔξωθεν ἢ
δρῶσαν· τὰ δ’ ὅσα ἂν ἐξέλθῃ διὰ τοῦ στόματος, ταῦτ’ εἰς ἀπόλογον καὶ εὐθύνας ἄγει, ὡς ἂν δὴ τοῦ λέγειν ἐφ’ ἡμῖν ὑπάρχοντος.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 243 focus

[243] But what is even a still more grievous offence than speaking wrongly, is unjust action. For the word, as it is said, is the shadow of the deed; and how can an injurious deed help being more mischievous than a shadow of the same character? On this account Moses released the mind, even when it yielded to many involuntary perversions and errors, from accusations and from penalties, thinking that it was rather acted upon by notions which forced their way into it, than was itself acting. But whatever goes out through the mouth that he makes the utterer responsible for and brings him before the tribunal, since the act of speaking is one which is in our own power.

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De mutatione nominum

1.
2 καρδίᾳ om. Β
6 δυσαπότρεπτον coni. Mang.
7 εἰς om. D Barocc.
8 τροπὴν ψυχῆς D Barocc.
9 ἀλλ’ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοις Barocc. τρικυμίαις Barocc. τὸν τρόπον Barocc. ἐπέχει Barocc. φοροῦντα καὶ om. D Barocc.
10 ἀνατρέποντα DM Barocc.: ἐπιστρέφοντα codd., ἐπιτρέποντα DP μὲν γὰρ ἄρκτον Barocc, ἄρρηκτον DM
11 τελειότατον D Barocc. τοῦτό D Barocc. μηδ’ scripsi: μηδὲν codd., μὴ D Barocc, μηδὲ v τι om. D Barocc τῶν om. DM ἀτόπων D Barocc: ἀτοπωτάτων codd.
12 ἐμπολιτεύσασθαι conicio
15 ἀνιέντα Mang.: ἀνέντα codd.
17 ῥᾴδιον conicio
18 ἀλλὰ B
20 κακοδαίμων coni. Mang. ἐκ τύχης] ἐξ ἀρχῆς coni. Mang.
21 τὴν] ἣν coni. Mang.
22 κἄπειτα] ἐπεί τοι conicio

2. 6—11 DP fol. 358v DM fol. 269r τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν περὶ τῶν μετονομαζομένων Mel. Barocc fol. 168r Φίλωνος: χαλεπὸν τῆς add. Barocc) ψυχῆς — ἀτόπων.

3. 23—199,2 pergit DP DM Mel. Barocc. l. c βαρὺ δὲ τὸ διὰ λόγου τά πονηρά ὅ ἐστιν ἄδικος πρᾶξις. λόγος—βλαβερώτερον.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 243

ed. Paul Wendland

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