Philo Judaeus, De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 40

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[40] ἐκεῖνο μὲν γάρ, ὃ καὶ ἀγαθοῦ κρεῖττον καὶ μονάδος πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἑνὸς εἱλικρινέστερον, ἀμήχανον ὑφ’ ἑτέρου θεωρεῖσθαί τινος, διότι μόνῳ θέμις αὐτῷ ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ καταλαμβάνεσθαι. 7 τὸ δ’ ὅτι ἔστιν, ὑπάρξεως ὄνομα καταληπτὸν ὄν, ἢ οὐ πάντες ἢ οὐχ ὁδῷ τῇ βελτίονι καταλαμβάνουσιν·
ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν ἄντικρυς ἀπεφήναντο μηδ’ ὅλως εἶναι τὸ θεῖον, οἱ δὲ ἐνεδοίασαν ἐπαμφοτερίσαντες ὡς οὐκ ἔχοντες εἰπεῖν, εἴτε ἔστιν ¹² εἴτε μή, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἔθει μᾶλλον ἢ λογισμῷ τὰς περὶ ὑπάρξεως θεοῦ κομίσαντες ἐννοίας παρὰ τῶν τρεφόντων ἔδοξαν εὐστόχως εὐσεβεῖν δεισιδαιμονίᾳ τὴν εὐσέβειαν χαράξαντες.

De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Rewards and Punishments First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 40 focus

[40] for even this, which is better than good, and more ancient than the unit, and more simple than one, cannot possibly be contemplated by any other being; because, in fact, it is not possible for God to be comprehended by any being but himself. 7 But the fact that he does exist, though it is comprehensible from the mere name of existence, is nevertheless not understood by every one, or at all events not in the best way by every one; but some men have expressly and wholly denied that there is any deity at all; while others have doubted and hesitated, as if they were unable to affirm with certainty whether he has any existence or not. Others again, who have more through habit than from any exertion of their reason, received ideas about the existence of God from those who have brought them up, have seemed to be pious by a sort of felicity of conjecture, if they have stamped their piety with an impression of superstition.

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De praemiis et poenis et De exsecrationibus

1.
1 παρεισελθών HP (Turn.) 1.2 εἴ πως] ὅπως N
2 περὶ N
3 γένει FN: βίω καὶ γένει AHP (v)
4 καὶ γὰρ καὶ ὁ Α
6 καταμύσαν A οὖν scripsi (sic N): γοῦν FAHP (v)
7 μόλις scripsi: μόγις codd, (v) διοιγνύναι conicio 7.8 ἐπισκιάσασαν AFN: ἐπισκοτήσασαν HP (v)
9 ἀσώματος om. N
11 ἦν om. N
13 δ’ FN ἥμερον F ἵμερον καὶ om. D καὶ πόθον Α: om. FNHP (Turn.) πατὴρ καὶ σωτὴρ FND: σωτὴρ Α, πατὴρ HP (v)
14 αὐτοῦ Α
15 τε ND: τ᾿ FHP, om. Α γεννητὴν Α καὶ θνητὴν om. DR
16 pr. τῆς om. DC ὅ DR (ὅ in οἷον corr. DC): ὅς codd. (v) ; οἷος coni. Mang. alt. τῆς om. DC ἐκείνω DR μὲν om. A
17 ὃ καὶ—εἱλικριὶέστερον om. D ἑνὸς om. Turn.
18 θεωρεῖσθαι τινὸς D: τινὸς θεωρεῖσθαι codd. (v) μόνω AH1PND : μόνον FH2(v)
19 αὐτῶ Α: αὐτὸ FNPD, αὐτὸν H (ν) ὑφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ FNDC: ὑφ᾿ αὑτοῦ AHP, καθ᾿ ἑαυτὸ DR
20 ὄνομα Α: ὀνόματι FNHP: ἔννοιαν κατάληπτον (sic) οὖσαν coni. Mang. τῇ om. F
22 δ’ F ἐνεδἱασαν F, ἐνεδύασαν N, ἐνεδοίαζον H1P ὡς] ἢ N

2. 13—19 DC fol. 44v DR fol. 55v (praecedit excerptum ex libro de mutatione nominum §15): γνήσιον πόθον ἰδὼν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ σωτὴρ — καταλαμβάνεσθαι.

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