Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 205

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[205] οὗ τρόπον τινὰ γενόμενος εἰκὼν κατὰ τὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν ἐν ψυχῇ, δέον ἀκηλίδωτον τὴν εἰκόνα φυλάξαι καθ’ ὅσον οἷόν τε ἦν ἐπακολουθήσαντα ταῖς τοῦ γεννήσαντος ἀρεταῖς, προτεθέντων εἰς αἱρέσεις καὶ φυγὰς τῶν ἐναντίων, ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ καὶ καλοῦ καὶ αἰσχροῦ καὶ ἀληθοῦς καὶ ψευδοῦς,
τὰ μὲν ψευδῆ καὶ αἰσχρὰ καὶ κακὰ προθύμως εἵλετο, τῶν δὲ ἀγαθῶν καὶ καλῶν καὶ ἀληθῶν ἠλόγησεν· ἐφ’ οἷς εἰκότως θνητὸν ἀθανάτου βίον ἀνθυπηλλάξατο μακαριότητος καὶ εὐδαιμονίας σφαλεὶς καὶ ῥᾷστα μετέβαλεν εἰς ἐπίπονον καὶ κακοδαίμονα ζωήν.

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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.) — 205 focus

[205] And he, being in a manner his image and likeness according to the dominant mind in the soul, though it was his duty to preserve that image free from all spot of blemish, following and imitating as far as was in his power the virtues of him who had created him, since the two opposite qualities of good and evil (what is honourable and what is disgraceful, what is true and what is false) were set before him for his choice and avoidance, deliberately chose what was false, ¹² and disgraceful, and evil, and despised what was good, and honourable, and true; for which conduct he was very fairly condemned to change an immortal for a mortal existence, being deprived of blessedness and happiness, and therefore he naturally was changed so as to descend into a laborious and miserable life. ³

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De virtutibus

1.
1 προσῆκον P
2 γηγενοῦς] εὐγενοῦς S ἕνεκεν N
3 εἰς add. Turn., om. codd. σωματοειδῆ] σώματος ἤδη S ἀκρότητι δὲ τέχνης N
4 δ’ S γέννησιν HP (v)
5 ἰδίας FN: θείας ceteri (Turn.) ἐδύνατο S: ἡδύνατο ceteri (v)
6 ἆρ᾿ οὐχ S: ἣν ἀρ’ οὐχ F, ἢν ἄρ᾿ οὐχ ceteri (v) τις FN: τῆς ceteri (v) μηδεμιᾷ scripsi: μὴ δὲ ῥία S, μηδεμιᾶς ceteri (v) ὅσαι scripsi: ὅσα διωνομάσθη S, ἀϊδίων (ἰδίων N) ὀνομασθεῖσαν ceteri; αἱ (sic) ὠνομάσθησαν v
7 δυναμένη S: δυναμένης ceteri (v) τῶν S: ὧν ceteri γενειὰς
8 εὐτυχίας FG2: εὐτυχία N, εὐτυχίαις S, ἀτυχίας HP, εὐτυχίας L; εὐγενείας ν ἐπίκαιρα S
9 αἱ τούτων post τὰ πολλὰ transponendum vidertur
10 μὲν seclusi ὁ δέ ἀΐδιος S: οὐδὲ αἴτιος ἀλλ’ ἢ ceteri (v) οὗ] ὁ Η1Ρ
12 ἀπακολουθήσαντα HP: ἐπακολουθήσαντος FG2, ἐπακολουθήσεται S1, θήσαιε S2
13 προτεθέντων S: προστεθέντων G2HP, προστιθέντων F
14 ἀγαθοῦ τε καὶ S (Mang.)
15 alt. καὶ] ἢ F εἵλατο S
16 ἀληθινῶν S2 (λη et ιν in ras.) εἰκότως] εἰκὼς ἀθανάτου S (Clem. Al): ἀντ’ ἀθανάτου ceteri (v)
17 σφαλεὶς codd.: ἀποσφαλεὶς v καὶ ῥᾷστα v (Turn.): αἳ ·ῥᾷστα F, ἐραστὰ ceteri
18 μετέβαλον F

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1 sqq. Gen. cap. 3.
10 sqq. Clem. Alex. l. l. (ante verba ad p. 328,12 adnot.) αὕτη δὲ ἡ εὐγένεια ἐν τῷ ἑλέσθαι καὶ συνασκῆσαι τὰ κάλλιστα διαδείκνυται· ἐπεὶ τί τόν Ἀδὰμ ὠφέλησεν ἡ τοιαύτη αὐτοῦ εὐγένεια; πατὴρ δὲ αὐτοῦ θνητὸς οὐδείς, αὐτός γὰρ ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἐν γενέσει πατήρ. τά μέν αἰσχρὰ οὗτος προθύμως εἵλετο ἑπόμενος τῇ γυναικί, τῶν δὲ ἀληθῶν καὶ καλῶν ἠμέλησεν, ἐφ’ οἷς θνητὸν ἀθανάτου βίον, ἀλλ’ οὐκ εἰς τέλος, ἀνθυπηλλάξατο.

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