Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 143

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[143] ἀναγκάζει καὶ πολὺν ἐμποιεῖ ἴλιγγον. 24 τοσαύτης οὖν ταραχῆς καὶ ἀταξίας ἔτι δὲ ἀσαφείας γέμοντος τοῦ βίου, παρελθόντα δεῖ τὸν πολιτικὸν ὥσπερ τινὰ σοφὸν τὴν ὀνειροκριτικὴν τὰ μεθημερινὰ ἐνύπνια καὶ φάσματα τῶν ἐγρηγορέναι δοκούντων διακρίνειν εἰκόσι στοχασμοῖς
καὶ εὐλόγοις πιθανότησι περὶ ἑκάστου ἀναδιδάσκοντα, ὅτι τοῦτο ¹ καλόν, ἐκεῖνο αἰσχρόν, τοῦτο ἀγαθόν, κακὸν ἐκεῖνο, τουτὶ δίκαιον, ἄδικον τοὐναντίον, καὶ τἄλλα ταύτῃ, τὸ φρόνιμον, τὸ ἀνδρεῖον, τὸ εὐσεβές, τὸ ὅσιον, τὸ συμφέρον, τὸ ὠφέλιμον, καὶ πάλιν τὸ ἀνωφελές, τὸ ἀλόγιστον, τὸ ἀγεννές, τὸ ἀσεβές, τὸ ἀνόσιον, τὸ ἀσύμφορον, τὸ βλαβερόν, τὸ
φίλαυτον.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

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.) — 143 focus

Since, then, life is full of all this irregularity, and confusion, and indistinctness, it is necessary that the statesman as well as the philosopher should approach the science of the interpretation of dreams, so as to understand the dreams and visions which appear by day to people who believe themselves to be awake, being guided by probable conjectures and rational probabilities, and in this way he must explain each separate one, and show that such and such a thing is honourable, another disgraceful, that this is good or that is bad; that this thing is just, that thing is on the contrary unjust; and so on in the same way with respect to prudence, and courage, and piety, and holiness, and expediency, and usefulness; and in like manner of the opposite things, with respect to what was not useful nor reasonable, what was ignoble, impious, unholy, inexpedient, pernicious, and selfish.

Notes on the current edition

De Josepho

1.
1 καθελκόμενα conioio δὲ CVO
2 μηδὲ ἓν VO περιελθεῖν VOK
4 καὶ pr. om. Κ φαντάσμασι VO
5 πρῶτα] τοιαῦτα Α φυγόντα VO πράγματα κἀν] καὶ C
7 πάντα Κ φαντάζει V2
8 οὐδ’] οὐκ VOF ἐπ’ om. M ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ὑποσύρεται AFGHP: ἀλλά καὶ ὑποσύρει γε ceteri
9 πρὸς τὸ om. Α ἐν om. VO ἀβέβαιοι Α
10 διαφέρουσιν V2K2 ἀπαντῶντες F, ἀπατῶμεν CBEKM, ἀπατώμενοι VO ἑαυτοὺς om. F ἱκανοὺς V2O νομίζουσιν AFGHP: νομίζοντες ceteri
12 ἐμπόδιον VO δικαζομένη P, δεκαζομένη Η, δελεαζομένη G (v), δελεαζόμενοι F 12.
13 ἀκούσμασι (sic) Κ: om. ceteri
13 χὑλῶν Α, χιλῶν VO, χυμῶν P ποιότησιν V2O: om. ceteri ante ἀτμῶν add. καὶ mg. H
14 ὀρθοῦσθαι] ὀρθῶς Α
15 λεωφόρου ὁδοῦ VO προέρχεσθαι ὁδῶν transp. G τὸ] τῶ BEKMVO ὑψηλοτάπεινον καὶ μεγαλόμικρον AFGHP: ὑψηλὼ ταπεινὸν καὶ μεγάλω μικρὸν ceteri
16 ἀνισότησι Κ, ἀνισότητα F, ἰσότητι ΒΕΜ καὶ tert. om. HP (v)
17 ἰλιγμόν F
18 ἀταξίας καὶ ταραχῆς transp. HP ἀταξίας] ἀταραξίας BEKM, συγχύσεως Ο δὲ] δὲ καὶ AFGHP γέμοντος] γενομένης G
19 δεῖ V2, δὴ V1 πολιτικὸν mg. Η, ὀρειροκριτικὸν in textu H μεθημερινὰ] μεθ’ ἡμέραν VOHP(v)
20 φαντάσματα AE 20.
21 στοχασμοῖς] λογισμοῖς Α
21 ἑκάστων conicio διδάσκοντα L (Turn.)

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 143

ed. Leopold Cohn

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers