Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 94

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[94] καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδότες καὶ ὁρῶντες ἀεὶ τὴν φύσιν τελεσιουργοῦσαν καὶ
πλουσίαις χάρισι δωρουμένην ὅμως τὰς ἐκείνης εὐεργεσίας σφετερίζεσθαι τολμῶσι καὶ ὡς αὐτοὶ πάντων αἴτιοι μεταδιδόασιν οὐδενὸς οὐδενί, μισανθρωπίαν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἀσκοῦντες. οὕς, ἐπειδὴ γνώμαις ἑκουσίοις ἀρετὴν οὐ διεπόνησαν, ἄκοντας νουθετεῖ καὶ ¹ σωφρονίζει νόμοις ἱεροῖς, οἷς ὁ μὲν σπουδαῖος ἐθελοντής, ὁ δὲ μοχθηρὸς ἄκων πειθαρχεῖ.

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.) — 94 focus

[94] And though these men know and actually see that nature is continually perfecting her work by these means, and is enriching them with her abundant bounties, nevertheless they endeavour to appropriate the whole of her liberality to themselves, and, as if they themselves were the causes of everything, they give no share of any of their wealth to any one, showing at one and the same time their inhumanity and their impiety. These men accordingly, since they have not laboured in the cause of virtue of their own free will, he reproves and chastises against their will by his sacred laws, which the virtuous man obeys voluntarily, and the wicked man unwillingly.

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De virtutibus

1.
1 περ-̔ουσιαζόντω- (sed ὁ ex ὤ corr.) S περιηκόντων] ὑπερρυηκότων Α (fort. recte)
2 ἰδίων] οἰκείων Α
3 ἀναισχύντως S: εἰς ἀναισχυντίαν ceteri (v)
4 καρπῶν HP (v) ὅσα SG1: ἴσα ceteri (Turn.) τὸ S1, τῶ corr, S2 οὕτως SF: οὕτω ceteri
5 προστετηκότες SCG1: τροστεθεικό ἐς ceteri περὶ om. Α
6 εἰδέαν S μὴ σκεπτόμενοι] διασκεπτόμενοι F
7 τὴν δὲ S: ἰήν τε ceteri (v)
8 ἀναπαραθερίζουσι Α ἀνελευθἐραν Α 8.
9 μικρουχίαν αὐτῶν. S (αὑτῶν scripsi): αὐτῶν μικροψυχίαν ceteri (v)
9 ὀλίγαμέν γὰρ αὐτοὶ S: ὀλιγαρκῆ μὲν αὐτοὶ F, ὀλιγαρκῆ αὐτοὶ G2, ὀλιγαρκῆ (corr. in -εὶν H) αὐτοῖς ΗP1, ὡς ἐπ’ ὀλιγαρκία Α, ὡς ἐπ’ ὀλιγαρκία ὐτοὶ P2, όλίγα—αὐτοὶ om. C (Turn.), ὀλίγα-γεωργίαν (10) om. in lac. G1 τῶν om. v 9.
10 τῶν εἰς γεωργίαν] εἰς τὸν πρὸς γεωργίαν C (Turn.)
10 παρέσχον, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα S: παρασχόν, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα G2, παρασχόντα πλεῖστα C (Turn.), παρέσχετο δὲ πλεῖστα AG’Hip, παρασχόντες πλεῖστα δὲ F, παρασχοῦσα δὲ πλεῖστα τῶν εἰς] πρὸς C (Turn.)
11 ἡ φύσις om. C (Turn.) καιρίους S: καὶ καιροὺς G1, καῳοὺς ceteri (Turn.) ἀέρος SC2H2: θέρος G1, ἔαρος ceteri τὰς om. C τιθηνοὺς G1: τιθήνας S, τιθηνίας ceteri (Turn.) ; τιθήνας Mang.
12 μαλακὰς S: μεγάλας ceteri (v)
13 τῶν] τε HP (v), om. C θέρους AHP παραφλέγοι F, πῦρ φλέγοι Λ κρυμὸς S: κρύους HP, κρύος ceteri (v)
14 παραψὐχοι F μήτε CH ἔρος] ἀέρος S μεθοπώρου S1, corr. S1 βλάπτοιεν S: ἐλαττοῖεν ceteri (v) τὰ γενόμενα Α
15 ταῦθ’ ὁρῶντες (om. εἰδότες καὶ) HP
16 ταῖς χάρισι Mang. χάρισι] χερσὶ coni. Mang. δωρουμένης F
18 ἐπειδὴ S: ἐπεὶ μὴ ceteri (v)
19 ἑκουσίαις SHP (v) οὐ διεπόνησαν S: οὑ om. ceteri (v) νομοθετεῖ F

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