Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 214

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[214] ὧν ἔννοιαν ¹² λαβὼν καὶ ἐπιθειάσας καταλείπει μὲν πατρίδα καὶ γενεὰν καὶ πατρῷον οἶκον, εἰδὼς ὅτι μένοντος μὲν αἱ τῆς πολυθέου δόξης ἐγκαταμενοῦσιν ἀπάται ἀνήνυτον κατασκευάζουσαι τὴν τοῦ ἑνὸς εὕρεσιν, ὅς ἐστιν ἀίδιος μόνος καὶ ὅλων πατὴρ νοητῶν τε αὖ καὶ αἰσθητῶν, εἰ δὲ μετανασταίη, μεταναστήσεται καὶ τῆς διανοίας ἡ ἀπάτη μεθαρμοσαμένης τὴν ψευδῆ
δόξαν εἰς ἀλήθειαν.

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.) — 214 focus

[214] But this man, having formed a proper conception of him in his mind, and being under the influence of inspiration, left his country, and his family, and his father’s house, well knowing that, if he remained among them, the deceitful fancies of the polytheistic doctrine abiding there likewise, must render his mind incapable of arriving at the proper discovery of the one true God, who is the only everlasting God and the Father of all other things, whether appreciable only by the intellect or perceptible by the outward senses; while, on the other hand, he saw, that if he rose up and quitted his native land, deceit would also depart from his mind, changing his false opinions into true belief.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 ἀγαθὸν μέγιστον Wendl. coll. Clem. AI.
2 εἴ γε] εἴτε S ἀσμένως S (sed ω ex ο corr.)
3 ἠξιούτω G2 ἀπαυθαδισάμενος scripsi: αὐθαδησάμενος S, ἀπαυθαδίσας ΗΡ, ἀπαυθαδιάσας FG2 (v)
4 δραπετεύσας S: ἀποδρὰς ceteri (Turn.) τῆς καλῆς ἐπιστασίας S: om. ceteri (Turn.) αὐτῶ SF τε om. S
6 τοῦ] τῶ Η1Ρ
9 pr. αἰ om. S
10 μυρίαι F τὴν codd.: τοὺς v
11 οἷς FH2: ἧς ceteri
12 ἀνάπλεος S ὁ βίος S: ὁ τούτων βίος ceteri (v) τῶν om. FE Ἰουδαίων] ἰδαίων S
13 γένος scripsi: γένει FE, γένους ceteri (v) χαλδαῖος FG2E: χαλδαίου ceteri (v)
14 νομίζουσιν S
15 οὓς] οἷς ΗΡ alt. τὸ om. SF ἑκάστοις om. F
16 φασὶν FE: φησὶν ceteri (v) ἀποβαίνειν FE: ἀποβαίνει ceteri ὑπολαμβάνων H1P
17 εἴη] ἢ HP
18 δυνάμενον suspectum
19 γεννητῶν FHP ἰούσῃ Mang.: om. S, ἰούσης ceteri πρεσβύτου S, πρεσβυτέρου F
20 ἀγενήτου FG2E: γενητοῦ S, γεννητοῦ HP (Mang.)
21 διὰ om. S ἀνθρωπίνοις λογισμοῖς S οὐ χωρεῖ; ὦν] οὐ χώρων S ὦν (S)G2H1P: ὃν FEH2 (v) ἔννοιαν S: ἐν νῶ ceteri (v)

2. 12—332,13 Ε (= Philonis quod fertur opusc. περὶ κόσμου II p. 602,13—603,6 Mang.): καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους πρεσβύτατος γένει μὲν ἣν Χαλδαῖος—τὸ προνοοῦν τοῦ τε κόσμου

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 214

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