Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 20

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[20] καὶ ἄλλως ὁ μὲν φαῦλος ἀγορὰν καὶ θέατρα καὶ δικαστήρια
βουλευτήριά τε καὶ ἐκκλησίας καὶ πάντα σύλλογον καὶ θίασον ἀνθρώπων ἅτε φιλοπραγμοσύνῃ συζῶν μετατρέχει, τὴν μὲν γλῶτταν ἀνιεὶς πρὸς ἄμετρον καὶ ἀπέραντον καὶ ἄκριτον διήγησιν, συγχέων ἅπαντα καὶ φύρων, ἀληθέσι ψευδῆ καὶ ῥητοῖς ἄρρητα καὶ ἴδια κοινοῖς καὶ ἱεροῖς βέβηλα ¹² καὶ σπουδαίοις γελοῖα ἀναμιγνύς, διὰ τὸ μὴ πεπαιδεῦσθαι τὸ ἐν καιρῷ κάλλιστον, ἡσυχίαν, τὰ δὲ ὦτα ἐπουρίσας ἕνεκα πολυπράγμονος περιεργίας·

De Abrahamo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Abrahamo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

Translations (1)

On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 20 focus

[20] And besides, the bad man runs about through the market-place, and theatres, and courts of justice, and council halls, and assemblies, and every meeting and collection of men whatever, like one who lives with and for curiosity, letting loose his tongue in immoderate, and interminable, and indiscriminate conversation, confusing and disturbing every thing, mixing up what is true with what is false, what is unspeakable with what is public, private with public things, things profane with things sacred, what is ridiculous with what is excellent, from never having been instructed in what is the most excellent thing in season, namely silence.

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

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2 τὸν om. BE ἀμείνω BEK: ἀμείνονα ceteri μεταβαλόντα CBEK: μεταβάλλοντα ceteri
3 εἴποιε H1P ἀφ’ οὗ Η (Turn.)
4 Ἐνὼχ om. Arm εὑρίσκετο Κ, εὑ- ex ηὑ- corr. Β
8 εὖ] ὃ BE εἴρητο C τὸ] καὶ BE, τὸ καὶ Arm
9 εὑρίσκετο BEK ante τῷ add. ἡ BE τῷ] τὸ F τὸν τῶν ἀρχαίων A καὶ om. Mang.
10 ἀπαληλίφθαι Κ, ἀπαληλεῖφθαι BE: ἀπηλεῖφθαι ceteri βίον καὶ ἠφανίσθαι BEK: καὶ ἠφανίσθαι βίον transp. ceteri, καὶ ἠφανίσθαι om. Arm μηκέθ’ BEK: μηκέτι ceteri
11 μετατιθέμενον BEK: μετατεθειμένον ceteri
12 φύσει] φύσιν Η, τάξει BE
13 δὲ BEK ὑπ’] ἀπ’ F
15 ἀνθρώπων καὶ θίασον transp. HP
16 τὴν μέν γλῶτταν] τῆ μὲν τὰ ὦτα BE
17 ἀμέτρων καὶ ἀπεράντων BE Arm καὶ ἄκριτον ἀκρίτων BE) διήγησιν BEK: διήγησιν καὶ ἄκριτον transp. ceteri, καὶ ἄκριτον om. Arm post συγχέων add. γὰρ CFGA ἅπαντα BEK: πάντα ceteri
18 καὶ ἴδια—βέβηλα om. Arm

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1 sqq. Euseb. Pr. Ev. VII 8,13 ἀλλὰ γὰρ μετὰ τὸν εἰρημένον Ἐνὼς) ἄλλος „εὐηρέστησε τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐχ ηὑρίσκετο, ὥς φησι Μωυσῆς, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς“ δι’ ἄκραν ἀρετῆς τελείωσιν· δυσεύρετος γὰρ ὅ γε σοφὸς ἀληθῶς. (14) οὗτος δ’ ἂν εἴη ὁ ἐν θεῷ τέλειος, ὁ τῆς τῶν πολλῶν διατριβῆς μετατεθειμένος. ὁ γὰρ μὴ τοιοῦτος ἀγορὰς καὶ δικαστήρια καπηλείας τε καὶ ἐμπορίας καὶ τὸν πολὺν ὄχλον μεταδιώκων, ὠθούμενός τε καὶ ὠθῶν, μέσος ἐν αὐτῷ κακίας βυθῷ καταπίνεται· ὁ δ’ ὑπὸ θεοῦ ληφθεὶς καὶ τῶν τῇδε ἐκεῖσε μετατεθειμένος ἀφανὴς μὲν καὶ ἀνεύρετος ἀνθρώποις, θεῷ δὲ φίλος γεγονὼς ὑπὸ θεοῦ εὕρηται. (15) τοῦτον Ἐνὼχ Ἑβραίοις ὀνομάζειν φίλον· χάριν δὲ θεοῦ σημαίνοι ἂν τοὔνομ’.

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