Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 227

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[227] ἧς οὐκ οἶδ’ εἴ τις βλαβερωτέρα γένοιτ’ ἂν εἰσήγησις, εἰ μήτε τοῖς ἐξ ἀγαθῶν πονηρευομένοις ἐπακολουθήσει τιμωρὸς δίκη μήτε τοῖς ἐκ πονηρῶν ἀγαθοῖς ἕψεται τιμή, τοῦ νόμου δοκιμάζοντος ἕκαστον αὐτὸν ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ μὴ συγγενῶν ἀρεταῖς ἢ κακίαις ἐπαινοῦντος ἢ κολάζοντος.

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.) — 227 focus

[227] Than which I do not know that there can possibly be a more mischievous doctrine, if there is no avenging punishment to follow those who being descended of virtuous parents have made themselves, and if on the contrary no honour is to be assigned to those who have become good though born of wicked parents, though the law judges each man by himself, and does not praise or blame any one with reference to the virtues or vices of his ancestors.

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De virtutibus

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1 ὁ πάντων κοινὸς S: ἀπάντων μόνος ceteri (v) παρεῖχεν F: παρέχειν SG2HP (παρέχει Turn.) 1.2 παρὰ ταῖς μητρυιαῖς] τοῖς ἐκ μητρυιῶν F
2 τὸ πρὸς προγόνους scripsi: τοὺς προγόνους SG2HP, τοῖς προγόνοις F; τό εἰς προγόνους Turn. (v) μῖσος ἀναιρούμεναι] μισοῦσαι· αἱ δ’ οὐ μόνους S
3 ἄλεκτον S: ἄληκτον ceteri (v) κηδαιμονίαν S πρόγονοι codd. (v)
4 ὡς φύσει] ὥς φησι F
5 μέρει ἡμίσει scripsi: μέρει ἥμισυ S, μέρει ἥμισυ τῆ μίξει G2, μέρει τῆ μίξει F, μόνη τῆ μίξει HP (v) νομισθέντες S (Mang.): μερισθέντες ceteri ἐφ’ ἡμισείᾳ στέργειν S: ἐφ’ ἡμισείας στοργῆς ceteri (v) στοργῆς: desinit F prima manus, reliqua supplevit man. rec. ἀλλήλοις S
6 ἀντιφιλεῖν Vat. 379
9 τί τοίνυν μεταδοτέον Vat. 379: ἔτι τοίνυν μεταδοτέον αὐτοῦ SG2H2 (v), ἔτι τοίνυν μεταδοτέον αὐτοῖς H1P; λόγου pro αὐτοῦ coni. Wendl., αὖ τοῦ λόγου
10 ἂν addidi
11 καὶ τοῦτο ἰουδαίων ἔθνος H1P
12 ἐκκεχειρίαν Η ὑγιαίνοντος Vat. 379: ὑγιαινούσης ceteri (v)
13 βίου καὶ βεβαίου scripsi: βεβαίου Vat. 379, καὶ οὐ S, βεβαίου καὶ οὐ G2HP (v) ; (ὑγιαίνοντος) βίου (pro βεβαίου) coni. Mang. τῶν] τοῦ (corr. ex τὸ) S 13.
14 ἐπ’ αὐτὴν om. HP (Turn.)
14 εἰς ἀκρότητα Turn.
16 εἰ om, S εἰ μήτε] ἐπὰν δὲ Vat. 379
17 ἐπακολουθήσῃ G2, ἐπακολουθήσωσι Vat. 379 μήτε S: οὔτε G2HP (v), οὐκοῦν Vat. 379
18 ἕψεται S: ἔχεται G2HP, ἔρχεται Vat. 379 (Turn.) δοκιμάζοντος S Vat. 379: δικάζοντος G2HP (v) ἕκαστον αὐτὸν G2H2 Vat. 379: αὐτὸν ἕκαστον S, ἕκαστον αὐτῶν H1P ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῦ SHP: ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ G2 Vat. 379 καὶ om. HP (v)
19 μὴ ἐπὶ coni. Wendl. ἢ κακίαις om. HP (Turn.)

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