Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 62

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[62] 10 Ἐπεὶ δέ τινες τῶν p. 455 M. ἥκιστα κεχορευκότων Μούσαις λόγων ἀποδεικτικῶν οὐ συνιέντες, οἳ τὰς καθόλου τῶν πραγμάτων ἐμφάσεις παριστᾶσιν, εἰώθασιν ἐρωτᾶν· τίνες οὖν ἢ πρότερον γεγόνασιν ἄνδρες ἢ
νῦν εἰσιν, ὁποίους ἀναπλάττετε; καλόν γε ἀποκρίνασθαι, ὅτι καὶ πάλαι τινὲς ἦσαν οἳ τῶν καθ’ ἑαυτοὺς ἀρετῇ διέφερον, ἡγεμόνι μόνῳ θεῷ χρώμενοι καὶ κατὰ νόμον, τὸν ὀρθὸν φύσεως λόγον, ζῶντες, οὐκ ἐλεύθεροι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς πλησιάζοντας ἐλευθέρου φρονήματος ἀναπιμπλάντες, καὶ ἐφ’ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ἔτ’ εἰσὶν ὥσπερ εἰκόνες ἀπὸ ἀρχετύπου
¹² γραφῆς, σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν καλοκἀγαθίας, τυπωθέντες.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 62 focus

But since some persons, who have paid but very little attention to literary pursuits, not understanding demonstrative arguments, which establish only general principles of action, are accustomed to ask us, "Who then are the men, whether previously existing or now alive, whom you thus represent to us?" it is well to make answer, that in former times there were some persons who surpassed all their contemporaries in virtue, taking God alone for their guide, and living in strict accordance with the law, that is to say, with the right reason of nature, and who were not only free themselves, but who also filled all who came near to them with a spirit of freedom. And now also, in our own time, there are some who are, as it were, images of them, bearing on themselves the stamp of the virtue of those wise men as their archetypal model;

Notes on the current edition

Quod omnis probus liber sit

1. 1.
2 καὶ ἀδιάφορα—αἱρετὰ γὰρ om. F διάφορα T ἀπ’] ἐπ’ H1P οὐ om. Η1, ss. H2
2 αἱρετὰ] ἀρεταὶ ΗΡ1 (Turn.) ante ἐστιν add. καὶ F ἐστιν] εἰσιν Η (v) αὐτῶ ἐστὶ transp. M πάνθ’ ἃ FGA: πάντα M, πάνθ’ ὅσα HP (v), πάνθ’ ὅσα ἄν QT ἀπὸ] ὑπὸ T
4 ἰσορρεπεῖ M μήθ’ ὡς Α, μὴ τέως F
5 ἐνδιδόναι] εἰδέναι QT μήθ’] μήδ’ FH2 μήτ᾿ v) ἀποστροφῆς—δῆλον] ἀποστραφῆναι, ὡς δῆλον M (cf. 1. 8)
6 ποιεῖ MFG: om. ceteri δ’] τ’ QT
7 ἠναγκάζετο (om. ἄν) M ὥστε M ἐλεύθερος] ἐκτὸς M
8 ἐπεὶ δέ GAQT: ἐπειδή MFH1P, ἐπειδὴ δέ Η2 (v) post τινες add. ἀξιοῦσι δυσχεραίνειν ἐξ ὧν ἐστι M (cf. I. 5) κεχορευκότων codd.: συγκεχορευκότων v; cf. de aetern. mundi § 55. de post. Caini § 137 8.
9 post λόγων ἐπιδεικτικῶν deesse δύναμιν coni. Mang.; sed cf. e. gr. Herod. I 47. IV 113. Thuc. I 3,
4 9 οἲ] οὐ MQT τὰς] τά Η1Ρ
10 παριστῶσιν G, ἱστῶσιν AQT, παριστᾶσιν om. M ἢ ante πρότερον om. M
11 ἀναπλάττετε GAQTH2: ἀναπράττετε M, ἀναπλάττεται FH1P, ἀναπλάττεσθαι L ἀναπλάττεσθε v) γε om. M ὅτι ΜΗ2: διότι ceteri
12 οἲ om. F οἲ τῶν καθ’ ἑαυτοὺς M: τῶν καθ’ αὑτοὺς οἲ ceteri (v) ἀρετῇ διέφερον] ἀρετῶν διαφέροντες F
13 τὸν ὀρθῶς M, τῶν ὀρθῶν G λόγων G
14 φρονήματος ἐλευθέρου τοὺς πλησιάζοντας transp. M 14.
15 ἀναπιμπλῶντες MAQT
15 ἔτ᾿ M: ἔτι ceteri (v) εἰσὶν ἔτι transp. F ἀπ’ Α, ἀπὸ om. M

2.
15 sqq. Seneca de const. sap. 7,
1 Non est quod dicas, ita ut soles, hunc sapientem nostrum nusquam inveniri. non fingimus istud humani ingenii vanum decus nec ingentem imaginem falsae rei concipimus, sed qualem conformamus, exhibuimus, exhibebimus, raro forsitan magnisque aetatium intervallis unum; neque enim magna et excedentia solitum ac vulgarem modum crebro gignuntur. Epist. 42,
1 nec est mirum ex intervallo magna generari: mediocria et in turbam nascentia saepe fortuna producit, eximia vero ipsa raritate commendat.

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