Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 91

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[91] 48). 15 τοιοῦτος μέν τις ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἐκ τῶν γνωρισμάτων γνωρίζεται· ὁ δὲ Ψονθομφανὴχ ποῖός ἐστι, θεασώμεθα. ἑρμηνεύεται οὖν ¹ ἐν ἀποκρίσει στόμα κρῖνον. οἴεται γὰρ πᾶς ἄφρων τὸν πολυχρήματον καὶ περιρρεόμενον ταῖς ἐκτὸς οὐσίαις εὐθὺς εἶναι καὶ εὐλόγιστον, ἱκανὸν μὲν πρὸς ἃ ἂν πύθηταί τις ἀποκρίνασθαι, ἱκανὸν δὲ καὶ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμας εἰσηγήσασθαι συμφερούσας, καὶ συνόλως τὸ φρόνιμον ἐν τῷ
τυχηρῷ τίθεται, δέον ἔμπαλιν τὸ τυχηρὸν ἐν τῷ φρονίμῳ· ἄξιον γὰρ τὸ ἄστατον ὑπὸ τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἡνιοχεῖσθαι.

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.) — 91 focus

Such a person as this, then, Joseph is recognized as being by his distinctive marks and name. Let us now see what sort of person is indicated by the name Psonthomphanech. Now this name being interpreted means, "a mouth judging in an answer;" for every foolish person thinks that the man who is very rich and overflowing with external possessions, - must at once be wise and sensible, competent to give an answer to any question which any one puts to him, and competent also of his own head to deliver advantageous and sagacious opinions. And, in short, by such men prudence is supposed to be identical with good fortune, while one ought, on the contrary, to consider good fortune as consisting in being prudent; for it is fitting that what is unstable should be under the direction of that which stands firmly.

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De mutatione nominum

1.
1 γεννητῷ codd. καταβάλῃ scripsi: μεταβάλῃ codd.
2 γὰρ] ἄρ’ coni. Mang.
5 χρώμενα Hoesch.
12 τῶν τοῦ conicio
14 εἰσαεὶ codd. scripsi (cf. § 83): διδακτὴ codd. 14.
15 ἀσκητὴ Mang., #x003E; ἀσκητικὴ conicio
19 ὅσιον coni. Mang. ἐνδέον coni.Mang.
20 οὐχ οὕτως conicio
24 θεραπεία Β, fort. recte

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 91

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