Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 149

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[149] λέλεκται. διείρηκε τοίνυν ἄντικρυς μήτε δενδροτομεῖν ὅσα τῆς ἡμέρου ὕλης μήτε κείρειν ἐπὶ λύμῃ πρὸ καιροῦ σταχυηφοροῦσαν πεδιάδα μήτε συνόλως καρπὸν διαφθείρειν, ἵνα περιουσίᾳ μὲν τροφῶν ἀφθόνων χορηγῆται τὸ
ἀνθρώπων γένος, περιουσίᾳ ζῇ δὲ μὴ μόνον τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πρὸς τὸν ἁβροδίαιτον βίον. ἀναγκαῖον μὲν γὰρ ὁ τοῦ σίτου καρπὸς εἰς τροφὴν ἀνθρώπων ἀποκριθείς, πρὸς δὲ τὸν ἁβροδίαιτον βίον αἱ τῶν ἀκροδρύων ἀμύθητοι ποικιλίαι· γίνονται δὲ ἐν ἐνδείαις αὗται πολλάκις καὶ τροφαὶ δεύτεραι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 149 focus

[149] He has forbidden in express words ¹ to cut down for timber any trees which bear eatable fruit, and to ravage a plain bearing corn before its proper season for the purpose of destroying it, and, in short, to destroy any kind of crop in any manner, in order that the race of mankind may enjoy an abundance of nourishment without any limitation, and may have a sufficiency not only of necessary food, but also of such as conduce to making life luxurious. For the crop of wheat and corn is necessary, as being set apart for the actual daily food of man; but the innumerable varieties of the fruits which grow on trees are given to make his life luxurious; and very often, in times of scarcity, even these become a secondary food.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 149

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