Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 64

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[64] πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἄτοπόν ἐστι μὴ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἴχνεσιν ἐπακολουθῆσαι καὶ χρησάμενον ὅτ’ ἔμελλον ἄρχειν δοκιμαστῇ θεῷ πάλιν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ μόνῳ θέσθαι τὴν χειροτονίαν τοῦ διαδόχου, μὴ p. 386 M. συνεφαψαμένης ἀνθρωπίνης γνώμης, ᾗ τὸ εἰκὸς συγγενέστερόν ἐστι τοῦ ἀληθοῦς, ἄλλως τε καὶ τῆς προστασίας οὐκ ἐπὶ ¹² τῷ τυχόντι ἔθνει γενησομένης, ἀλλὰ πολυανθρωποτάτῳ μὲν τῶν ἁπανταχοῦ πάντων, ἐπάγγελμα δὲ ἐπαγγελλομένῳ μέγιστον, ἱκεσίαν τοῦ ὄντως ὄντος, ὅς ἐστι ποιητὴς τῶν ὅλων καὶ πατήρ;

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.) — 64 focus

[64] How, then, can it be any thing but absurd for me not now to follow in the same steps, and, after I myself, when about to assume the supreme authority, had had God for my elector and approver, not now in my turn to refer to him alone the appointment of my successor, without calling in the assistance of any human wisdom which is likely to be akin in some degree to folly, especially as the government to be undertaken is not one over any ordinary nation, but one which is the most populous of all nations everywhere, and one which puts forth the most important of all professions, the worship of the one true and living God, who is the Creator and the father of the universe?

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De virtutibus

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1 τὸ εὖ τε καὶ τὸ χεῖρον S γε] τε F, om. Α ἢ om. G2, ἢ χεῖρον om. C ἤγαγεν codd.: ἀνήγαγεν v 1.
2 ἢ τοὐναντίον εἰς κακοδαιμονίαν om. in textu S, ἢ τοὐναντίον κακοδαιμονίαν add. mg S (ante ἤγαγεν)
2 εἰς om. (S)C καὶ χωρῶν S: om. ceteri (v)
4 καὶ τὴν γνώμην om. FH’P, ss. Η2 4.5 τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ om. S
5 πρὸς δ’ εὐνομίαν S ὑπηκόων τῶν ἑκασταχοῦ S: τῶν ἑκασταχοῦ ὑπηκόων Α, τῶν ἑκασταχοῦ om. G1, ὑπηκόων τῶν ἑκάστου ceteri (Turn.) χρεία G1: om. ceteri (v)
6 γενέσεως] γνώσεως S
7 τῳ om. S
8 ἀλλ’
75 S: ἀλλ’ om. ceteri (v) τῶ θεῶ S: τῷ om. ceteri (v) τοῖς] τοὺς S
9 ἐρῶσιν] ἐρῶντας S δ’ om. S ἀφ’ ἐμαυτοῦ S1, ἀπεμοῦ αὐτοῦ C; ὑπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ conicio
11 ἐθελοντὴς] ἑκοντῆς S οὔτ’ S1, οὔθ’ corr. S2 ὑπ’ ἄλλου τινός S: ὑπό τινος ceteri (v) ἀνθρώπου AHP (v)
12 καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ S: om. ceteri (v) εὐαγέσι Α λογισμοῖς Α
13 θεοῦ ante ἐμφανῶς add. Η2 (v), post ἐμφανῶς add. θεοῦ F, τοῦ θεοῦ G1 προστάττοντος SCG2: προστάσσοντος ceteri
14 τῶν πραγμάτων Α
15 ἐκέλευε S: ἐκέλευσε cetori (v) επιθάρχησα S
16 ἐστὶν S: ἣν ceteri (v) ὅτ᾿ ] ὅτι S
18 συνεφαπτομένης A 18.19 ἤ τὸ εἰκός συγγενέστερόν ἐστιν S: ἣν εἰκὸς συγγενέστερόν ἐστι FG2, ἢν εἰκὸς συγγενέστερον εἶναι CAH1P, ἢν εἰκὸς συγγενεστέραν εἶναι Η2 (v), om. ’
19 τοῦ ἀληθοῦς SG2, τοῦ ABBREVηθους C: τοῦ ἤθους A, τοῦ ἀήθους F H1 γρ. τοῦ εὐήθους mg H2 (v), om. G1

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6 cf. Prov. Sal. 8,22 sqq.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 64

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