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

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[147] ὅμοιον δέ τι καὶ περὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἔοικε συμβαίνειν· ὀφθαλμοί τε γὰρ πολλάκις ὁρατοῦ τινος πάνυ μακρὰν ¹² ἀφεστῶτος εἰς κατάληψιν ἐλθεῖν ἐπειγόμενοι τείνοντες αὑτούς, εὖ μάλα καὶ πλέον τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνεχθέντες, ὤλισθον κατὰ κενοῦ περὶ τὴν ἀκριβῆ τοῦ ὑποκειμένου γνῶσιν σφαλέντες καὶ προσέτι τὴν ὄψιν τῷ βιαίῳ καὶ συντόνῳ τῆς ἀτενοῦς προσβολῆς ἀσθενήσαντες ἀμαυροῦνται.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 147 focus

[147] And something of the same kind appears to happen, also, with respect to the external senses; for very frequently the eyes, hastening to come to the comprehension of something which is removed to a great distance, strain themselves, exerting themselves to the very fullest extent of and even beyond their power, are unsuccessful, and grow dim in the empty space between themselves and their object, wholly failing in attaining to an accurate knowledge of the subject before them, and moreover impairing and injuring their sight by the exceeding intensity of their efforts and steady gaze.

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De decalogo

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1 διὰ — ἀπειπεῖν (2) om. Richt. μὲν om. Nicet. 1.
2 ψευδῆ μαρτυρίαν Nicet.
3 δὲ MN ἐπιθυμεῖν Arm: ἐπιθυμίαν codd. (v) ἀγορεύει H
4 τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ταύτην AP (Mang.) μὲν om. P ψυχῆς] τῆς ψυχῆς Α
5 κινοῦντα] κλονοῦντα coui. Mang.
6 δὲ MN
7 μόνη om. Arm ἐπιθυμία N Arm: ἡ ἐπιθυμία AP, αὐτὴ ἐπιθυμία ceteri (v) ; αὕτη vel αὖ ἡ (pro αὐτή) coni. Mang.
8 αὐτῶν om. H (v) λαμβάνειν F ἀκούσιος F
11 τουτὶ] τοῦτο M
12 ἀγαθοῦ AP ἐμβιασάμενον G ἐπενέγκοι AP
13 καιρίαν AP καὶ om. N οι εὐθύς om. M
14 καὶ seclusi (om. Arm) μέλλη Α, μέλλει PH δὲ MN παρευτρεπίζηται codd. παρατραπίζηται Α): παρευτρεπίζεσθαι v
18 τυχεῖν αὐτοῦ MFGN: αὐτοῦ τυχεῖν AP, λαβεῖν αὐτοῦ Η (Turn.) ἐλαύνων scripsi: ἐλαύνει codd. (v)
19 γλιχομένην (scil. τὴν ψυχὴν) coni. Mang.
20 τροχῶ N ἐφικέσθαι FN
22 δὲ MAP ἀνταγωνίστω AP1
23 τε γὰρ om. Turn., τε om. Richt. μακρὰν πάνυ transp. Α

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3 — 303,8 pergit N fol. 154r: τελευταῖον δὲ ἐπιθυμίαν — ἅλις μὲν δὴ τούτων

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 147

ed. Leopold Cohn

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