Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn, 147

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[147] ὅσῳ τε διαφέρουσιν οἱ παρ’ ἡμῖν ¹² ἐγρηγορότες τῶν κοιμωμένων, τοσούτῳ καὶ ἐν ἅπαντι τῷ κόσμῳ τὰ οὐράνια τῶν ἐπιγείων, τὰ μὲν ἐγρηγόρσει χρώμενα ἀκοιμήτῳ διὰ τὰς ἀπλανεῖς καὶ ἀπταίστους καὶ ἐν ἅπασι κατορθούσας ἐνεργείας, τὰ δ’ ὕπνῳ κατεχόμενα, κἂν εἰ πρὸς βραχὺ διανασταίη, πάλιν καθελκόμενα καὶ καταδαρθάνοντα διὰ τὸ μηδὲν εὐθυτενῶς δύνασθαι τῇ ψυχῇ
βλέπειν, ἀλλὰ πλάζεσθαι καὶ περιπταίειν· ἐπισκοτεῖται γὰρ ψευδέσι δόξαις, ὑφ’ ὧν ὀνειρώττειν ἀναγκαζόμενα καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ὑστερίζοντα

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.)

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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.) — 147 focus

[147] And in the same proportion as among us those who are awake are superior to those who are asleep, so also in the universal world the things of heaven are superior to the things of earth; since the one enjoys an everlasting wakefulness which knows no sleep, on account of its energies which never stray, and never stumble, and which proceed rightly and successfully in every thing; while the others are oppressed by sleep, and if they wake up for a short time they are again pulled down and buried in slumber; because they are unable to look steadfastly and correctly at any thing with their souls, but are always straying and stumbling. For they are overshadowed by false opinions, by which they are compelled to submit to dreams, and are always behind the real truth, and are unable to comprehend any thing with a firm and tenacious grasp.

Notes on the current edition

De Josepho

1.
1 κἀκεῖνο Α τοῦτ’ AVO
2 τοὐναντίον] ἐκεῖνο HP τἄλλα ABFH ταυτὶ A φρόνημα F1
3 καὶ—ἀνωφελές] τὸ φιλάνθρωπον, καὶ πάλιν conicio
4 τὸ ἀγεννές om. Α ἀγενές GVHP τὸ ἀσύμφορον, τὸ βλαβερόν CVO: τὸ βλαβερόν, τὸ ἀσύμφορον transp. ceteri
5 ἐπιθυμεῖν C
6 περιουσίας μεταδίδου Α
7 βαλλαντίοις C, βαλαντίῳ Α
8 γὰρ Κ: om. ceteri
10 φρόνιμα BM νοῦν] ῥοῦν VO
11 παίεις F
12 ἀνθρωπίνων vel ἀνθρωπείων coni. Mang. ὁ ἥλιος Α
14 τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν ὁμοίων BEKM: ὁμοίων ὁμοίως V2O τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν ceteri post αὐτῆς add. αὐτοῖς V2
16 δὲ C πολλῆς] πολλάκις Α
17 ὅτι om. G
18 δ’ pr.] δὲ BEKMVO αὐτὸ scripsi: αὐτὰ codd.
19 βουληθείην M, βουληθῇ H
20 τις post εἴσω om. VO, post βουληθείη (19) add. V2O, ante εἴσω transp. F τῶν om. F
21 σκιᾶς] κακίας Α
22 ἀκηράτοις Κ1: ἀκρίτοις VOK2, ἀκράτοις ceteri ἀδιαστάκτως Ο, ἀδιαστάτοις C; #x003E; ἀδιαστάτοις coni. Mang. φέγγουσιν (sic) BE

2. 6—7 DP fol. 180r et 186v DV p. 481 et 502 Mel. Barocc. fol. 17r Flor. Par. Nr. Max. Ecl. c.
12 Anton. Mel. I
31 Col. 884 Φίλωνος DM fol. 173v Νήλου et fol. 178v DR fol. 169r Φίλωνος Ἑβραίου loann. Georgides in Laur, VII
15 fol. 82r Φίλωνος): πλούτου τὸ κάλλος—ἐπικουρίᾳ.

Philo Judaeus De Josepho 147

ed. Leopold Cohn

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