Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 42

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[42] ὥστ’ ἀναμφιβόλως καὶ ἐξ ἀνάγκης ὁ σπουδαῖος ἐλεύθερός ἐστι. πρὸς τούτοις τίς οὐκ ἂν εἴποι τοὺς φίλους τῶν θεῶν ἐλευθέρους εἶναι; εἰ μὴ τοῖς μὲν τῶν βασιλέων ἑταίροις p. 452 M. ἄξιον οὐ μόνον ἐλευθερίαν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀρχὴν ὁμολογεῖν συνεπιτροπεύουσι καὶ συνδιέπουσι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, τοῖς δὲ θεῶν τῶν ὀλυμπίων δουλείαν ἐπιφημιστέον, οἳ διὰ τὸ φιλόθεον εὐθὺς
γενόμενοι θεοφιλεῖς, ἴσῃ ἀντιτιμηθέντες εὐνοίᾳ παρ’ ἀληθείᾳ δικαζούσῃ, καθάπερ οἱ ποιηταί φασι, πανάρχοντές τε καὶ βασιλέες βασιλέων εἰσί. ¹² νεανικώτερον δ’ ὁ τῶν Ἰουδαίων νομοθέτης προσυπερβάλλων,

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.) — 42 focus

[42] Besides all this, would not any one affirm that the friends of God are free? unless indeed one can think it consistent to ¹² attribute to the companions of kings, not only freedom but even at times a great degree of authority, when they commit magistracies to them, and when they, in consequence, fulfil the offices of subordinate rulers; and yet, at the same time, to speak of slavery in connection with the gods of heaven, when those men, on account of the love which they have shown to God, have also at once become beloved by God, being requited by him with good will equal to their own, truth being the judge, so that they as the poets say, are universal princes and kings of kings.

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Quod omnis probus liber sit

1.
1 post ἀνορχοῦνται quaedam deesse videri censuit Mang. 2—4 ὃς—λεόντων om.
2 ὃς MFGA: om. HP (Turn.) ἐπανατείναιντο scripsi: ἐπανατείναιτο M, ἐπανατείνοιτο G, ἐπανατείνονται F, ἐπανατείνοι AHP (v)
4 ἀδουλωτότερον M: ἀδουλώτερον H, ἀδουλότερον ceteri (v) ἐλευθέρα M: ἐλευθερίῳ F, ἐλευθερία ceteri (v)
5 ἀτρώτῳ] ἀτρέπτῳ AQT ἢ om. M εἰ ΜΗ2: om. ceteri σώματι φύσει δούλω QT: σώμασι φύσει δούλοις MGHP (v), σωμάτων φύσει δούλοις F, σώματος φύσει δουλείας Α καὶ] ἐν Α
6 κραταιοτάτῃ] ἀκμαιοτάτη M κραταιοτάτῃ ἰσχύος suspectum propter hiatum ἀφηνιάζοι M: ἀφηνιάζει FHP, ἀφηνιάζειν GAQT
7 ἐλευθερίαν v (corr. Turn.): ἀλήθειαν codd.
9 καὶ ἑαυτοῦ] ἐξ αὑτοῦ F γε om. M καὶ εὐδαίμων M
10 ἐστι τῶν ἀπάντων F
11 ὥστ’ add. Wilamowitz καὶ MG: τ’ ceteri (Turn.)
12 τίς MFG: ἔτι ceteri (v) post εἴποι add. τις Η2 (v), om. ceteri τῶν θεῶν scripsi (cf. l. 15): τοῦ θεοῦ codd. (v)
13 οὐ M: μὴ ceteri (v)
14 ὁμολογεῖν scripsi: συνομολογεῖν codd. (v)
15 θεῶ ATHP τῶν] τὴν L (Turn.) οἳ] οἶς M φιλόθεον] ὤφειλον M
17 βασιλέες βασιλέων M: βασιλέων βασιλῆες ceteri (v)

2.
1 sqq. Ambros. Epist. 37,
13 . . . plerique emptores leonum sunt, et tamen non dominantur leonibus, sed ita subiciuntur vice versa, ut si exasperatos eos excutere cervice toros viderint, fugiant et delitescant. cf. Diog. La. VI
75 (de Diogene Cynico) οὐδὲ γὰρ τοὺς λέοντας δούλους εἶναι τῶν τρεφόντων, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τρέφοντας τῶν λεόντων δούλου γὰρ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι, τὰ δέ θηρία φοβερὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εἶναι.
9 Cic. Parad. II ὅτι αὐτάρκης ἡ ἀρετὴ πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν. cf. Diog. La. VII 128.
15 sqq. cf. Diog. La. VI
37 et
72 (de Diogene Cynico) πάντα τῶν σοφῶν εἶναι λέγων . . .· πάντα θεῶν ἐστι· φίλοι δὲ τοῖς σοφοῖς οἱ θεοί· κοινὰ δὲ τὰ τῶν φίλων· πάντα ἄρα τῶν σοφῶν.

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