Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 30

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[30] πρὸς οὐδενὸς οὖν ἀναγκάζεται, ἅτε καταπεφρονηκὼς μὲν ἀλγηδόνων, καταπεφρονηκὼς δὲ θανάτου, νόμῳ δὲ φύσεως ὑπηκόους ἔχων ἅπαντας ἄφρονας· ὅνπερ γὰρ τρόπον αἰγῶν μὲν καὶ βοῶν καὶ προβάτων αἰπόλοι καὶ βουκόλοι καὶ νομεῖς ἀφηγοῦνται, τὰς δ’ ἀγέλας ἀμήχανον ἐπιτάξαι
ποιμέσι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ θρέμμασιν ἐοικότες ἐπιστάτου καὶ ἄρχοντος δέονται, ἡγεμόνες δ’ εἰσὶν οἱ ἀστεῖοι τὴν τῶν ἀγελαρχῶν τεταγμένοι τάξιν.

Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

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Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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To Prove that every Man who is virtuous is also free First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 30 focus

[30] Therefore, he is not under the compulsion of any thing, as being one who despises pains, and who looks with contempt on death, and who, by the law of nature, has all foolish men for his subjects. For in the same manner as goatherds, and cowherds, and shepherds lead their respective flocks of goats, and cattle, and sheep, but shepherds cannot manage a drove of oxen, so in the same manner the generality of men, being like so many cattle, stand in need of a guide and governor. And their proper governors are virtuous men, being placed in the position of shepherds to the multitude;

Philo Judaeus Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit 30

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