Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 54

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[54] ἀλλ’ ἴσως ἢ μεθέλκειν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς θείας λειτουργίας οὐκ ἐδοκίμασεν ἢ καὶ ὅπερ εἰκὸς ἐνενόησεν, ὅτι ἀμήχανον τοὺς αὐτοὺς δύνασθαι καλῶς ἀμφοῖν ἐπιτροπεύειν, ἱερωσύνης τε καὶ βασιλείας, ὧν ἡ μὲν ἐπαγγέλλεται θεοῦ θεραπείαν, ἡ δ’ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιμέλειαν.
ἴσως δὲ καὶ κριτὴν αὑτὸν οὐκ ἠξίωσε γενέσθαι πράγματος ¹ μεγάλου· μέγιστον δ’ ἐστὶ τὸν εὖ πεφυκότα πρὸς ἀρχὴν δοκιμάσαι καὶ σχεδὸν θείας δυνάμεως, ᾗ μόνῃ καθορᾶν ἦθος ἀνθρώπου ῥᾴδιον.

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.) — 54 focus

[54] But, perhaps, he did not think fit to draw them away from the divine ministrations which belonged to their office, or, as was very likely, he considered that it would be impossible for them to attend to both matters, the priesthood and the royal authority, the one of which employments professes to be devoted to the worship of God, the other to the government of and to the care of providing for men. Perhaps, also, he did not think fit to become himself the judge in so important a matter, especially as it is an attribute of almost divine power to see thoroughly who is by nature well adapted for such authority, as it is the Deity alone to whom it is easy to see into the dispositions of men.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 προφήτης S: πατὴρ ceteri (v) ἐπ’ S
2 ταύτην] αὐτὴν S ὑπ’ αὐτὸν SAH2: ὑφ’ αὑτόν ceteri (v) εἴληφε SH1P ἤλειφεν ἤλειφεν (εἴληφεν G2) ἅπαντας transp. CG2
4 ἐκ τῆς πρώτης F
5 κηδαιμονίαν SC
6 δεδήλωται] λέλεκται S δυσὶ] τρισὶ CG2 (Mang.) τάξεσιν F
7 τοῦ om. S μωϋσέως SCG2: mμωϋσέος ceteri δὲ SA: δ’ ceteri δυεῖν ’, δευτέρου S
8 ἄξιον ἐστὶν S: ἀναγκαῖον ceteri (v) alt. ἐστὶ S: εἰσι ceteri (v) συνεχούσης FG2H1 ἀδιστάκτου H1P
9 ἀσύγκριτον S ἐνεσφραγίσατο S: ἐπεσφραγίσατο ceteri (v)
11 περατοῦσθαι scripsi: περαιοῦσθαι codd. (περεοῦσθαι S) λόγοις P ἀριδήλοις SCG2: ἀριδήλως ceteri ἔγνω S: προέγνω ceteri (Turn.) μετανάστασιν SAG1: μετάστασιν ceteri (Turn.)
12 pr. ἡ om. S
13 ἀπολιπεῖν S δυεῖν G1
14 υἱοῖν ora. S οὐδετέρῳ ’H-: θατέρω ’G’-, οὐθετέρω ceteri ἀπέλειπεν SHP εὐνοίας συγγενικῆς Mang.: εὐνοίας συγγενείας S, εὐνοία (ἀγάπη Α) συγγενικὴ ceteri (Turn.) καὶ] ἐκ ’
15 πάθει φιλοικείω Α (Turn.) καὶ εἰ transp. CG2, καὶ om. FG1 ἀλλ’ S: om. ceteri (v) IG κἀγαθῶν S: καὶ ἀγαθῶν ceteri (v) οἲ καὶ γέρας S
17 καὶ τὴν S ἄνω S
18 ἐδοκήμασεν S: ἐδοκίμαζεν ceteri (v) καὶ om. S εἰκὸς] εἰκὸς ἢν FHP (v) ἐνενόησεν] οὐκ ἐνόησεν S ἀμήχανον τοῦτο ’’’
19 καλῶς S: om. ceteri (ν) ἀμφοῖν S: ἄμφω ceteri (v)
21 αὑτόν CA: αὐτόν ceteri

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 54

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