Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 256

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[256] μὴ θαυμάσῃς δ’, εἰ πάντα φέρων σπουδαῖα ὁ θεὸς ἤνεγκε καὶ τοῦτο τὸ γένος, σπάνιον μὲν ἐπὶ γῆς, πάμπολυ δ’ ἐν οὐρανῷ. ¹ μάθοις δ’ ἂν ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐξ ὧν συνέστηκεν ἄνθρωπος. ἆρά γε οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ διδαχθέντες ὁρῶσι; τί δ’; οἱ μυκτῆρες ὀσφραίνονται μαθήσει; ἅπτονται δ’ αἱ χεῖρες ἢ οἱ πόδες προΐασι κατ’ ἐπιτάγματα ἢ παραινέσεις ὑφηγητῶν;

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.) — 256 focus

[256] And do not wonder, if God, who brings forth all good things, has also brought forth this race, which, though rare upon the earth, is very numerous in heaven. And you may learn this also from other things of which man consists: do the eyes see from having been taught to do so? And what do the nostrils do? Do they smell by reason of their having learnt? · And do the hands touch, or the feet advance, in accordance with the commands or recommendations of instructors?

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De mutatione nominum

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3 διακρίνεσθαι conicio τὴν Β: τὸν Α
4 αὐτῆς ex LXX Mang.: αὐτῶν codd.
8 ὑπερβαλούσης Β
9 οὐ om. Β
18 σοι Β: om. Α
19 prius ἡ] καὶ coni. Mang. τὰ ἀγαθὰ Β
20 θεῷ scripsi: θεοῦ ΑΒ, θεὸν Cantabrig. Coll. S. Trin. Β. 9.6, τε coni. Mang.
24 ἐπιτάττουσαν] ν add. B2
25 τοῦ πανηγεμόνος Mang.: τῶν ἡγεμόνων codd., τοῦ πάντων ἡγεμόνος coni. Cohn
26 θείας Cobn: θείου codd.
30 δ’ adddidi τὰ σπουδαῖα
31 τὸ Β2 (Mang.): om. AB1

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 256

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