Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 71

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[71] τὸ δικαιοσύνης, τὸ ἀνδρείας, τὸ σωφροσύνης. 11 ἔχοντες οὖν τοιαύτας ¹² παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς ἀφορμὰς οὐκ ἐρυθριῶμεν ἔνδειαν σοφίας ἀνθρώπων γένει καταγγέλλοντες, ἣν δυνατὸν ἦν ἐκφυσήσαντας καθάπερ ἐν ὕλῃ σπινθῆρα τυφόμενον ζωπυρῆσαι; ἀλλὰ γὰρ πρὸς ἃ μὲν σπεύδειν ἐχρῆν ὡς συγγενέστατα καὶ οἰκειότατα, πολὺς ὄκνος καὶ ῥᾳθυμία συνεχής, ὑφ’ ὧν τὰ
καλοκἀγαθίας σπέρματα διαφθείρεται, ὧν δὲ εἰκὸς ἦν ὑστερίζειν, ἵμερος καὶ πόθος ἄπληστος.

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.) — 71 focus

Since, then, we have such great assistance towards arriving at virtue, must we not blush to assert that there is any necessary deficiency of wisdom in the human race, when we might, by following it up, like a spark smouldering among wood, kindle it into a flame? But the fact is, that we do display great hesitation and incessant slackness in the pursuit of those objects towards which we ought to hasten eagerly as most closely connected with and nearly akin to us, and by this hesitation and indolence the seeds of virtue are destroyed; while, on the contrary, those things which we ought to neglect we show an insatiable desire and longing for.

Notes on the current edition

Quod omnis probus liber sit

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1 καλῶν QT ποικίλων καὶ Μ: om. ceteri (v)
2 δὲ Μ ὀστρέοις] ἀλλοτροις (sic) M 2.
3 αἳ καὶ τιμαλφέστεραι] καὶ μὴ ἀσφαλέστεραι Μ (γρ. κἂν mg M)
3 ἀπάτην om. M ἐξετίμησαν FHP (Turn.) δὲ ἢ] δὴ Μ ει
4 ἀνδρίας Α, ἀνδρίας FG (v) γῆς Η ἡ] εἰ QT
5 πελάγους Η (Turn.) δ’ F
6 ἐμπλεόμενα] ἐκπλεόμενα Η (v) ἐστὶ] ἔνεστι Μ
8 οὑτωσὶ] οὕτω σοι Η2 (Turn.) ἐβάλετο Α: ἐβ . . . . . (lac. 5—6 litt.) G, ἐβούλετο F, ἐβάλλετο ceteri (v)
9 σου post καρδίᾳ om. M ἐν ante ταῖς om. M 10.
11 καὶ βουλάς καὶ πράξεις Μ (βουλάς, πράξεις scripsi): πράξεις, βουλάς ceteri (v)
11 δὴ πάντα] διὰ παντὸς AQT post πάντα ss. οὐ F2
13 ἀφαυάναντες] ἀφρύναντες Μ βλαβερὸν codd.: βλαβερὰν Η2 (v)
14 θέλοντες Μ
16 εὐδαιμονίαν MAQT: εὐδαιμονίας FGHP (v) οὔτε ποτέ Μ
17 εὐδαιμμονίαν MGQT: εὐδαιμονία FAHP (Τurn.) εἴωθε καλεῖν ὀνόματι συνθέτω transp. AQT καλεῖν εἴωθεν] καλεῖ Μ
18 γὰρ om. FGHP (Turn.) οὔθ᾿ ὁ Μ: οὐ et ras.
2 litt. G, οὐδ’ ὁ ceteri
19 ἐστι δένδρα οὔτε τὰ δένδρα καρπός Μ: om. ceteri (Turn.) ἐκ ψυχῆς F
20 δι’ ὅλων Μ: δι’ ὅλου ceteri (Turn.)
21 τὸ σωφροσύνης, τὸ ἀνδρίας, τὸ δικαιοσύνης transp. F ει ἀνδρίας Α, ἀνδρίας FG (v)

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17 cf. de Cherubim § 84. Quaest. in Genes. II § 52.

Philo Judaeus Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit 71

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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