Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 178

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[178] ὅθεν τοὺς τοιούτους συνάγων καὶ μυσταγωγῶν προσκαλεῖται τὰς συμβατηρίους καὶ φιλικὰς προτείνων ὑφηγήσεις, αἳ παραινοῦσιν ἀψεύδειαν ἀσκεῖν καὶ τῦφον ¹² προβεβλῆσθαι καὶ ἀληθείας καὶ ἀτυφίας ὡς ἀναγκαιοτάτων καὶ εὐδαιμονίας αἰτίων περιέχεσθαι μυθικῶν πλασμάτων κατεξαναστάντας, ἅπερ ἐκ πρώτης ἡλικίας ἁπαλαῖς ἔτι ψυχαῖς γονεῖς καὶ τίτθαι καὶ παιδαγωγοὶ καὶ μυρίοι ἄλλοι τῶν συνήθων ἐνεχάραξαν πλάνον ἀνήνυτον περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀρίστου γνώσεως ἀπεργασάμενοι.

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.) — 178 focus

[178] On which account he calls to him all persons of such a disposition as this, and initiates them in his laws, holding out to them admonitions full of reconciliation and friendship, which exhort men to practise sincerity and to reject pride, and to cling to truth and simplicity, those most necessary virtues which, above all others, contribute to happiness; forsaking all the fabulous inventions of foolish men, which their parents, and nurses, and instructors, and innumerable other persons with whom they have been associated, have from their earliest infancy impressed upon their tender souls, implanting in them inextricable errors concerning the knowledge of the most excellent of all things.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 tit. περὶ μετανοίας add. SC mg G2: om. ceteri
2 φιλάρετος δέ AH2 (v) καὶ φιλάνθρωπος AHP
3 μώσης Α
4 εἶναι FG1G2: om. ceteri (Turn.) προτιθεὶς SG2: προθεὶς ceteri (Turn.)
5 μετανοοῦσι SCG2 Par.: μέγα νοοῦσι ceteri 5.
6 ἀπολαύσειν Α
6 γάρ Par.: γάρ καὶ S, μὲν ceteri (v) μὲν S Par.: οm. ceteri (v)
7 pr. ἡ om. SCG2 ἐν δέ ναυσὶν SG2 Par.: ἐν ναυσὶ δ’ C, ἐν δὲ ναυμαχίαις AFH1P, ἐν δὲ ναυτιλίαις G1H2 (v) alt. ἡ om. FHP1 (v)
8 μνήμη] γνῶσις S τὰ] καὶ Par. κατὰ F
9 συνιστάμενα, ἤ τε ἐκ νόσων SCG2, συνιστάμενα, ἡ ἐκ τῶν νόσων Par.: εἴς τε ἃ μέν δή τε κε νοσῶν F, εἴς τε ἇι δή τε κε νόσων AHP, εἰς τε σῶμα καὶ ναυτηλίαν καὶ ψυχὴν ἡ ἐκ νόσων G1
10 λήθης] ἀληθὴς S Par. ἐκγινομένη scripsi: ἐγγενομένη SF, ἐγγινομένη ceteri (V) ; ἐκ λήθης ἐγγινομένη coni. Mang. ἧς SCG2: ὧν G1 Par., om. ceteri
11 συγγενέστατόν τε F τό μετανοεῖν ἐστιν S Par.: ἐστιν om. H (v), ἐστι τὸ μετανοεῖν ceteri καὶ οὐκ S 12 τεταγμένον transp. Α, τεταγμένον post ἀγαθῶν transp. Par. ἀλλ’ ἐν τῆ SCG2: ἀλλ’ ἔτι AFH1P, ἀλλά τὰ G1H2 μετὰ ταύτην CG2: ἡμετέρα ταύτῃ (sic) S, μετ’ αὐτὰ Par., μετ’ αὐτὴν ceteri (Turn.)
13 μηδὲν SCG2 Par. Anton.: μηδὲ ceteri (Turn.) ἁμαρτάνειν Anton.
14 ἁμαρτάνοντα F Par. Anton. μεταβάλλειν Anton.
15 φρονήμου S
16 συνάγων τε καὶ Α προσκαλεῖται SCH: προκαλεῖται ceteri
17 ἀφηγήσεις HP ἀφευδιαν S1, corr. S2

2. 2—15 Par (isinus gr. 1630) fol. 88v Τοῦ φίλωνος περὶ μετανοίας: φιλάρετος—οὐκ 13—15 Anton. Mel. I
17 (Migne T. 136 Col. 832) Φίλωνος· τὸ μὲν συνόλως ἁμαρτάνειν—οὐκ ἀγνοήσαντος.

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