Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 184

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[184] ὅταν μὲν γὰρ οἷος ὁ λόγος τοιάδε ἡ γνώμη καὶ οἷον τὸ βούλευμα τοιάδε ἡ πρᾶξις, ἐπαινετὸς
καὶ τέλειος ὁ βίος, ὅταν δὲ στασιάζῃ ταῦτα ἐν ἀλλήλοις, ἀτελής τε καὶ ψεκτός. εἰ μή τις τῆς ἁρμονίας ταύτης ἐπιλάθοιτο, εὐαρεστήσει θεῷ ¹² γενόμενος ὁμοῦ θεοφιλὴς καὶ φιλόθεος. ὅθεν εὖ καὶ p. 407 M. συμφώνως τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἐχρήσθη τὸ λόγιον ἐκεῖνο· „τὸν θεὸν εἵλου σήμερον εἶναί σοι θεόν, καὶ κύριος εἵλατό σε σήμερον γενέσθαι λαὸν αὐτῷ“ (Deut. 26,17.18).

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.) — 184 focus

[184] For when such as the words are, such also is the mind; and when such as the counsels are, such likewise are the actions; then life is praiseworthy and perfect. But when these things are all at variance with one another life is imperfect and blameable, unless some one who is at the same time a lover of God and beloved by God takes it in hand and produces this harmony. For which reason this oracular declaration was given with great propriety, and in perfect accordance with what has been said above, ¹ "Thou hast this day chosen the Lord to be thy God, and the Lord has this day chosen thee to be his people."

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De virtutibus

1.
1 σκιάν om. CG2
2 τὴν om. G2
6 ἔστιν om. CG2
7 ἑταίρους C: ἑτέρους SG2
9 τῶν] τόν G2
10 βαρύταται Mang.: βαρύτατα codd. εἰσιν SC
13 πρᾶγμα] πρόσταγμα coni. Mang. οὐκ S1, corr. S2 οὐδέ scripsi: οὔτε codd. (v) ἀφεστὼς codd.
14 κἀν scripsi: καὶ codd.; καὶ ἐν coni. etiam Mang.; deinde ἐσχατιαῖς γῆς οὗτε πέραν τῆς μεγάλης θαλάττης supplevi
15 τῶν] τοῖς coni. Mang. coll. Clem. AI. 15.
16 ἐνδιαιτωμένων C1G2
17 πράξεσιν S γὰρ add. Mang.
21 ἐπιλάθοιτο SG2 (prob. Mang.): ἐπιλάβοιτο C (v) εὐαρεστήσει (ση S) θεῶ SG2: om. C

2.
10 sqq. pergit Clem. Alex. l. l. ἀφ’ ἧς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κακιῶν μετανοεῖν κελεύει ἁρμοζομένοις τὸν βίον ἐξ ἀναρμοστίας πρὸς τὴν ἀμείνω μεταβολὴν διὰ τῶν τριῶν τούτων, στόματος, καρδίας, χειρῶν. σύμβολον δ’ ἂν εἴη ταῦτα πράξεως μέν αἱ χεῖρες, βουλῆς δὲ ἡ καρδία, καὶ λόγου τὸ στόμα. cf. Clem. Alex. Protrept. cap.
10 p.
85 P. (177,32 Stählin) . . ἐστι ἡ ἀλήθεια) δυσπρόσιτος οὐδὲ ἀδύνατος λαβεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἔστιν ἐγγυτάτω, ἔνοικος ἡμῶν, ᾗ φησιν αἰνιττόμενος ὁ πάνσοφος Μωυσῆς, τρισὶ τοῖς καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἐνδιαιτωμένη μέρεσι, καὶ στόματι καὶ καρδίᾳ. σύμβολον τοῦτο γνήσιον τρισὶ τοῖς πᾶσι συμπληρουμένης τῆς ἀληθείας, βουλῇ καὶ πράξει καὶ λόγῳ.
13 Deut.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 184

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