Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 36

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[36] τί οὖν θαυμαστόν, εἰ καὶ κατὰ τοὐναντίον ὀλίσθῳ τις εὐτυχίας p. 451 M. δουλικὰς χρείας ἐπιτελεῖ; τὸ δ’ ὑπακούειν ἑτέρῳ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀφαιρεῖται.
καὶ πῶς πατρὸς μὲν ἢ μητρὸς ἐπιταγμάτων παῖδες ἀνέχονται, γνώριμοι δὲ ὧν ὑφηγηταὶ διακελεύονται; δοῦλος γὰρ ἑκὼν οὐδείς. οἵ γε μὴν ¹ τοκέες οὐ τοσαύτην ὑπερβολὴν ἐπιδείξονταί ποτε μισοτεκνίας, ὥσθ’ ἃ μόνα σύμβολα δουλείας ἐστί, τὰς ὑπηρεσίας, ἀναγκάσαι ἂν παῖδας τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ὑπομένειν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 36 focus

[36] and by being compelled to obey others are deprived of their own freedom? Moreover, in some degree, children are forced to submit to the commands of their father or their mother; and pupils, also, submit to whatever their teachers enjoin; for no one is willingly a slave. Now, parents will never display such an extravagant and unnatural dislike to their children as to compel their own offspring to submit to such menial offices as are only a symbol of slavery.

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Quod omnis probus liber sit

1.
1 paragraphos 32—40 hoc loco seclusit et ante paragraphum 147 transponendas censuit Massebieau αἱ om. M μηνύματα M ἐναργεστάτη om. M
4 εἶτ᾿ codd.: ἅτ’ Η2 (v) εἶτ’ ἐφ’ ὑδρείαν om. in ras. F ὑδρίαν M
5 post ἐχθροὺς add. αὐτῶν M (fortasse addendum post τάφρους 1. 6) 5.
6 ἐν τῆ στρατεία F
6 ἀνατεμνόντων] ἀνορυττόντων in ras. F2
8 τῷ ἄλλῳ] τῷ ὅλῳ coni. Mang.
9 τοῖς ὅπλοις M: τοῖς om. ceteri (Turn.)
10 ἀφ’ οὖ M ἐγχειρεῖν καὶ τοῖς] ἐγχειροῦσι καίτοι FGH1P
12 ἐπιτηδεύοντας Α ὑπηρετοῦντες ἀόκνως M: om. ceteri (Turn.) παρατρέφεσθαι MG: περιτρέφεσθαι FAHP, τρέφεσθαι QT
13 δὲ om. FGHP (Turn.)
14 καὶ συνεφήβων om. G ἅτεροι Q δ’ om. T
15 μετιόντες] ἐπιόντες QT 15.
16 καὶ κτημάτων M: καὶ om. ceteri (v)
16 τῶν ὁμοδούλων M: τῶν om. ceteri (v)
19 προσόδους] παρόδους QT
20 εἰ καὶ M: καὶ om. ceteri (Turn.) τις GHQT (coni. Mang.): τῆς MFAP (v) ἀτυχίας AQT
21 ἐπιτελεῖν M τὸ codd.: τῶ Η2 (v) ἑτέρω MQT: ἑτέρων ceteri (v)
23 δ’ M ὧν M: ὧν ἂν ceteri (v) ὑφηγηταὶ Mang.: ἀφηγοῦνται M, ὑφηγῶνται ceteri διακελεύονται codd.: διακελεύωνται v

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