Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 81

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[81] τὸ γὰρ ἐπιεικὲς καὶ ἥμερον οὐκ ἐν ταῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους αὐτὸ μόνον ἱδρύεται κοινωνίαις, ἀλλ’ ¹² ἐπιδαψιλευόμενος ἀναχεῖ πλουσίως αὐτὸ καὶ τείνει πρός τε τὰς τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων φύσεις καὶ πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἡμέρων δένδρων ἰδέας. ἃ δὲ περὶ ἑκάστων ἐνομοθέτησε, λεκτέον ἐν μέρει τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιησάμενον ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπων.

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.) — 81 focus

[81] for, according to him, gentleness and humanity have not their habitation only in the communion of society which takes place among men, but also of his great liberality and bounty he diffuses it exceedingly, and extends it even to the irrational animals, and to the different species of wholesome trees. And what ordinances he established with respect to each of these things we must proceed to enumerate separately, making our beginning with men.

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De virtutibus

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1 μετάστασιν HP (v) εἶτ’ SH (v) τὰ om. Α
2 τὴν] τά πρὸς S κατοικίαν H ἀριθμῶ̣] τόν ἀριθμδν S 2.
3 ἀριθμῷ δώδεκα seclusi
3 τῶν om. F φυλάρχων AH1P κατακλίσεως CG2 ἅς] αἰ A
4 πιστεύω Α ὅτε θεὸς SCG2G1; ὅ δὲ θεὸς AFHP (v)
5 ὑπέρ ὧν τε S: υιπἑρ ὧν CH’1, ὑπὲρ δὲ ὧν G^H^ (v), καὶ ὑπὲρ (ov AG^, οὗπερ (sic) F
6 verba αὶτήσεις-ἡ ψυχή (9) om. S nec Philonea esse existimo
7 ὅπως] ὅταν Α
8 ὐπαρχθῶσιν (sic) CG1 αὐτοῖς FG1H2: αὐτῶ CG1HΡ, τῷ Λ
9 μώσης γὰρ μόνος transp. F Μωυσῆμθεῖα om. S
10 ἔχειν S: ἕξειν ceteri (v)
11 τῆς] τῶν F δὴ S: ἡ ceteri (v)
12 ἀπέφαινεν S, ἀπέφανεν AH១P εἶχεν S: ἔσχεν ceteri (v)
13 κέκτητο S: ἐκέκτητο ceteri (v)
14 πηγὰς ἀεννάους S: ἀεννάους (ἀενάους C) πηγὰς ceteri (v) μέν οὔσας S: μενούσας ceteri
15 οἰκέταις· οἰκέται Α ἀρύτεσθαι G’, ἀρὐττεσθαι CAH1P: ἀρύεσθαι SFG2H2 (v)
17 τμ̀φύσεως (18) om. F φιλανθρωπίας] σοφίας Α 17.18 καὶ κοινωνίας S: 8 om. ceteri (v)
18 f; Α: οἷς ceteri (v) καὶ δι’ S: καὶ AG-^HP, κατ’ G1, πρὸς C (v) εὐμοιρίας AH1P
19 λογίων S: βιβλίων, βίβλων ceteri (v) δ’ F
20 εἰ καὶ CAG2: καὶ εἰ ceteri (v)
21 γὰρ] γοῦν CAG2
22 αὐτό CG2: αὐτῶ ceteri (Turn.) ἱδρύεται S: Τδρυται ceteri (Turn.)

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2 sq. Deut. cap. 33.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 81

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