Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 93

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[93] ὀλίγα μὲν γὰρ αὐτοὶ τῶν εἰς γεωργίαν παρέσχον, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα καὶ ἀναγκαιότατα τῶν εἰς καρποφορίαν
καὶ εὐγονίαν ἡ φύσις, καιρίους ὑετούς, ἀέρος εὐκρασίας, τὰς τιθηνοὺς τῶν φυομένων συνεχεῖς καὶ μαλακὰς δρόσους, ζωτικωτάτας αὔρας, ὡρῶν τῶν ἐτησίων ἀζημίους γενέσεις, ὡς p.391 Μ μήτε θέρος περιφλέγοι μήτε κρυμὸς περιψύχοι μήτ’ ἔαρος καὶ μετοπώρου τροπαὶ βλάπτοιεν τὰ γεννώμενα.

De Virtutibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 93 focus

[93] for they themselves have contributed but a small part of what was necessary for the cultivation of their lands, but the greater number and the most important of the means to render the land fertile and productive have been supplied by nature, such as seasonable rains, a proper temperature of the atmosphere, those nurses of the seeds sown and springing up—heavy and continual dews, vivifying breezes, the beneficial bestowal of the seasons of the year, so that the summer shall not scorch the crops nor the frost chill them, nor the revolutions of spring and autumn deteriorate or diminish what is produced.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 93

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