Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 122

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[122] θῆτας μὲν οὖν ἕνεκα χρείας τῶν ἀναγκαίων ὑποβεβληκότας ἑαυτοὺς ἄλλων ὑπηρεσίαις οἴεται δεῖν ἀνάξιον μηδὲν ὑπομένειν τῆς ¹² ἐκ γένους ἐλευθερίας, παραινῶν τοῖς τυγχάνουσι τῆς διακονίας εἰς τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀτέκμαρτον ἀφορᾶν καὶ λαμβάνειν αἰδῶ τῆς μεταβολῆς· τοὺς δ’ ἐξ ἐφημερινῶν δανείων χρεώστας τὸ τῆς προσβολῆς ὄνομα καὶ πάθος ὑποδύντας ἢ καὶ τοὺς ἀνάγκῃ βιαστικωτέρᾳ γενομένους ἐξ ἐλευθέρων δούλους οὐκ εἰς ἅπαν κακοπραγεῖν ἐᾷ διδοὺς ἐκεχειρίαν τούτοις τὴν
εἰς ἅπαν ἐνιαυτῷ ἑβδόμῳ.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Virtutibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 122 focus

[122] Accordingly ¹ he thinks it fit that those who, ²³ because of their need of necessary sustenance, have devoted themselves to the service of others, ought not to be compelled to endure any thing unworthy of a liberal freedom of birth; advising those who have the advantage of their ministrations to have a regard to the unexpected misfortunes which have befallen their servants, and to feel respect for their change of condition. And he does not allow those who become debtors for daily loans, and who, by a parabolical and metaphorical expression, have received both the name and unhappy condition of ephemeral animals, or those who through some even still more urgent necessity have become slaves from having been free men, to suffer misery for ever, but he gives them entire deliverance in the seventh year.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 σοὶ]
01 S τδ] τὸν S τιμιώτατον] τελειότατον DK ἐν S: ἐπὶ ceteri
2 ἕπεται S (Clem. Α1.): ἕψεται G\ διέξεισι C (Turn.), διέξειμι ceteri κατὰ om. H σώματος FL
2 (Turii.) ταύτῃ addidi (cf. Clem. Al.)
3 διαλύσεις FHP ἄγεται ἄκων transp. Α
4 τε S: τ’ ceteri συμβούλω SH
2 : συμβόλῳ ceteri (sed βουλευομένῳ F) πράξει om. in lac. G
1 5 τέτραπται S: τέταται CH 2 (Turn.), τέτακται ceteri τοῦτο] ταῦτα conicio βουλεύεται F
6 τῆς S: om. ceteri (v)
6 om. G
2 8 ἀνθρώπων S: τῶν ἀνθρώπων ceteri (v) προσέλθοιεν S
9 εὐχαί om. F
10 δ’ S, δὲ καὶ F ὥς γε CG’: ὥστε S, ὦς γ’ ceteri καὶ om. S ἀψευδεστάτου (sic) θεοῦ S
11 ἐτησίους καρποὺς S: ἐτησίοις καρποῖς ceteri (v) ἀρεταῖς S: ἀρετῆς ceteri (v) ; ἀρετῶν coni. Mang. ὧν] ὡς F μὴ ἀμοιρῆσαι μὲν Α, μὴ ἀμοιρησάμενοι P, μὴ μοιρησάμενοι G 2, οὐκ εὐμοιρησάμενοι C οἱ] ὅτι S, om. F (CG 2P) τὸν om. Mang.
12 τερισ́έοοντος G
2 H
1 P, περιφέρομεν C (Turn.)
13 ἐλευθέροις SA: ἐλευθερίας ceteri (Turn.) ταῦτα om. G
2 FHP, om. in lac. G 1
14 ἐστι S: om. ceteri (v) tit. περὶ δούλων add. S δέ CAG 2 ἔοικεν CF πεοὶ S: τὰ A, τὰ περὶ ceteri (v) ; ct περὶ conicio
15 πάλιν τῶν S: πάντων τῶν CH
2 (v), πάντων ceteri συνόντων in textu S, συντεινόντων mg S pr. καὶ om. G
1 φιλανθρωπίας G
1 16 μεταδιδούς S: μεταδούς ceteri (v) θῆτας CG 2: ὄντας S, τοὺς ceteri (v) οὑν om. F
17 αὐτοὺς S ἀνάξιον μηδέν SCG 2: μηδὲν ἀνάξιον (ἂξιον Α) ceteri (v) τῆς] τοῖς S

2.
16 sqq. Lev. 25,39. 40. Exod. 21,2. Deut. 15,12.
16 sqq. Clem. Alex. 1. 1. ἔτι τοὺς ἐπὶ τροφῆ δουλεύοντας ἀτιμάζεσθαι κωλύει, τοῖς τε ἐκ δανείων καταὸουλωθεῖσιν ἐκεχειρίαν τὴν εἰς πᾶν οἰδῶσιν ἐνιαυτῷ ἑβδόμῳ.

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