Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 152

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[152] φίλους δὲ τροφῶν ἀναγκαίων ἀποστερεῖν χαλεπόν, μηδὲν ταμιευσαμένους ¹² τῶν ἐπ’ ὠφελείᾳ διὰ τὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος ἀδηλότητα. πάνυ γὰρ ἐκεῖνο καλῶς εἴρηται τοῖς παλαιοῖς, ὅτι καὶ φιλίας κοινωνητέον μὴ ἀπογινώσκοντας ἔχθραν καὶ προσκρουστέον ὡς φιλίας ἐσομένης, ἵνα ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ φύσει ταμιεύηταί τι τῶν εἰς ἀσφάλειαν καὶ μὴ ἀπογυμνωθεὶς ἐν ἔργοις καὶ λόγοις μετανοῇ, τῆς ἄγαν εὐχερείας, ὅτ’ οὐδὲν
ὄφελος, αἰτιώμενος ἑαυτόν.

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.) — 152 focus

[152] And it would be a wicked thing to deprive one’s friends of necessary food, who have probably stored up nothing which can be of use to them because of the uncertainty of the future. For this was an admirable saying which ¹ was in vogue ²³ . 443 PHILO JUDAUS. among the ancients, that one must enter into friendships without at the same time being blind to the possibility that it may be turned into enmity, and that one must repel an enemy as if he may hereafter become a friend, in order that each man might, through this consideration, lay up something in his own soul which might conduce to his safety, and might not, being laid completely bare and defenceless, in word and in deed repent of his too great facility of temper, blaming himself when there is no need of any such thing.

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De virtutibus

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1 περὶ τῶν προτέρων SA : περὶ τῶν πρότερον FG 2HP, τῶν προτέρων om. G
1 πρότερον περὶ τῶν coni. Mang. τε S: om. G 1, μὲν ceteri φυχῆ S
2 λέλεκται πρότερον G
1 διείρηκε G 2, διῄρηκε, S: εἴρηκε C, ἀπείρηκε ceteri (v) μήτε] μηδὲν S
3 λοίμη S πρὸ καιροδ σταχυηφοροῦσαν S: σταχ. πρδ κάρου ceteri (v) σταχυηφοροδσαν SCG 1: σταχυφοροδσαν G 2, σταχυοὁ̣οροῦὑαν ceteri (v) παιδιάδα G
1 4 τροφῶν] τρυφῶν A, καρπῶν S χορηγεῖται SF, τρέφηται G 1 4.
5 τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων II P (v)
5 post γένος add. ἀποκριθῇς S (cf. 1.7 περιουσίᾳ ζῇ-τῶν (6)om. S περιουσιάζη CG 2(περιουσίᾳ ζῇ scripsi): ζῆ ceteri τῶν ἁ αγκ͂αίων CG 2: t(o ἀναγκαίῳ H 2, τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις AP 2, τὸν ἀναγκαῖον FG 1H 1P
1 5 καὶ τῶν CF 2G 2: καὶ τῶ Η 2, καὶ τοῖς AP 2, καὶ τὸν F 1G 1H 1P 1
6 πρὸς δέ τὸν S, πρὸς τὸν om. G 1, τὸν om. CG 2A ἀναγκαἴον—βίον (7) oin. C ἀναγκαῖος S
7 ἀνθρώπων SG 2H: ἀνθρώποις ceteri (Mang.) ἀποκριθῇς (ῆ in ras.) S πρὸς δὲ τὸν SG 2H: πρός δὲ F, τὸ δ’ G 1, τὸν δ’ AH 1P βίον om. S
8 ἀκροδρύων] καρπῶν S post ποικιλίαι add. ποιοῦσιν Α αὗται πολλάκις S: πολλάκις ὅτι A, πολλάκις ἐστιν ὅτε G 1, πολλάκις ὕτε ceteri (Turn.) καὶ om. V
9 δεύτεροι S οὐδέ SG 1: οὔτε ceteri (v) τὴν codd.: om. v
10 ἀποτέμνειν S ὸ’ SA: δὲ ceteri καὶ δηώσεων S: om. C (v), om. in lac. G 1, καὶ δὴ ὡς ἐλαιῶνα ceteri
11 ἄτοπον S: ἄδικον CG
1 (v), τοῦτον ceteri δπολαβὼν S: δπολαμβάνων ceteri (v) εἶναι om. C (v) ἰͅποσκωπτειν· Α
12 δὲ ὰξιοῖ om. S δ’ Α βλἐπειν—λογισμοδ (13) S: oin. ceteri (Turn.)
14 καθορᾶσθαι S: παρορᾶσθαι A, προορᾶσθαι ceteri (Turn.)
15 τέως] τε S
16 γενέσθαι] γενήσεσθαι coni. Mang.
17 ταμιευσαμένο] τοὺς βιασαμένους A

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9 Deut. 20,19.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 152

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