Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 174

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[174] πάντων τε οἴεται εἶναι πλουσιώτατος, ἐντιμότατος, κάλλιστος, ἰσχυρότατος, φρονιμώτατος, σωφρονέστατος, δικαιότατος, λογιώτατος, ἐπιστημονικώτατος· εἶτα τοὺς ἄλλους ὑπολαμβάνει πένητας, p. 405 Μ. ἀδόξους, ἀτίμους, ἄφρονας, ἀδίκους, ἀνεπιστήμονας, καθάρματα, τὸ μηδέν. εἰκότως οὖν ὁ τοιοῦτος ἀντιδίκῳ καὶ κολαστῇ χρήσαιτ’ ἄν, ὥς
φησιν ὁ ἱεροφάντης, θεῷ.

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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.) — 174 focus

[174] and he looks upon himself as the most wealthy, the most distinguished, the most beautiful, the strongest, the wisest, the most prudent, the most righteous, the most rational, and the most learned of all men; and then he looks upon all the rest of mankind as poor, of no reputation, dishonoured, foolish, unjust, ignorant, mere dregs of mankind, entitled to no consideration. Very naturally then such a man will be likely to meet, as the interpreter of the will of God tells us, with God himself as his adversary and chastiser.

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De virtutibus

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1 ὡς addidi, καὶ add. v ἀθεράπευτον F ἔχοντας SC: δυναμένοις ἔχοντας FG2HP, δυναμένοις ἔχουσιν A οὐκ om. Α
2 παραδέδωκε S
3 πράττειν τι transp. F μετ᾿ S1, corr. S2, μετά G2
4 ἀλαζονία S
5 δ’ Α, γὰρ S ὅτι μὴ θεῷ om. in lac. G1 κολαστὴς δὲ om. in textu C, add. mg C2 κολαστὴ AF, κολαστῆ G2H1P δ’ Α ἐπίληπτος S
7 δὲ S: δ’ ceteri ὅτι] οὐ Α ἀλόγου ὑπόπλεως transp. S
8 οὔτ᾿ . . . οὔθ᾿ Α ἀλλ’ ὅλον S (Mang.): om. in lac. G1, μᾶλλον ἢ ceteri 8.9 ὑπολαμβάνειν S1, corr. S2
10 ἡ om. S τε] δὲ AG2H1, γε Η2 τὰς om. F
11 ἀκροβατεῖ SC: ἀκροβύστειός τε F, ἀκροβατεῖται G2, ἀκροβατεῖ τε ceteri (v)
12 ἐπαίρει S
13 παραβλέπεται S ὄψεσιν S κέχρηται δὲ S (Mang.): καὶ χρῆται ceteri
14 θρέμμασιν S δ’ Α
15 κόλαξιν S
16 τε S: om. FG1, δὲ ceteri εἶναι οἴεται trausp. ΗP (Turn.) ἐντιμώτατος (sie) S: ἐπισημότατος Η (v), ἐπιτιμότατος ceteri
17 δικαιότατος σωφρονέστερος (sic) transp. S
18 λογιώτατος SA (Mang.): λογικώτατος ceteri ἐπιστημονικώτατος om. G2H (Turn.)
20 οὑν] ἂν Α καὶ κολαστῇ] καὶ om. H, κεκόλασται F

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3 pergit Clem. Alex. l. l. ὃς δ’ ἂν ἐγχειρῇ τι πράσσειν μεθ᾿ ὑπερηφανίας, τὸν θεὸν παροξύνει, φησίν· ἀλαζονεία γὰρ ψυχῆς ἐστι κακία.
8 Pind. frg. 280 (Bergk)

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 174

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