Philo Judaeus De Josepho 114

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[114] ἐπιμελητὴν δὲ τούτων χειροτονητέον ἄνδρα φρονιμώτατον καὶ συνετώτατον καὶ ἐν πᾶσι δόκιμον, ὃς γένοιτ’ ἂν ἱκανὸς ἀμισῶς καὶ ἀνεπάφως εὐτρεπῆ τὰ λεχθέντα ποιεῖν μηδεμίαν αἴσθησιν τοῖς πλήθεσιν ἐνδιδοὺς περὶ τοῦ γενησομένου λιμοῦ· χαλεπὸν
γὰρ τὸ προκάμνοντας ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἀναπεσεῖν δυσελπιστίᾳ.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Life of a Man occupied with Affairs of State, or on Joseph First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 114 focus

[114] And you must appoint a man to superintend all these measures, of great prudence, and great acuteness, and well approved in all matters, who may be able without incurring hatred or envy to do all that I have here described in a proper manner, without giving to the multitude any reason to suspect the impending famine; for it would be a sad thing for them to anticipate their distress, and so to faint in their souls through despair;

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