Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 75

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[75] 12 Ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἡ Παλαιστίνη Συρία καλοκἀγαθίας οὐκ ἄγονος, ¹² ἣν πολυανθρωποτάτου ἔθνους τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὐκ ὀλίγη μοῖρα νέμεται. λέγονταί τινες παρ’ αὐτοῖς ὄνομα Ἐσσαῖοι, πλῆθος ὑπερτετρακισχίλιοι, κατ’ ἐμὴν δόξαν—οὐκ ἀκριβεῖ τύπῳ διαλέκτου ‘Eλληνικῆς—παρώνυμοι ὁσιότητος, ἐπειδὴ κἀν τοῖς μάλιστα θεραπευταὶ θεοῦ γεγόνασιν, οὐ ζῷα καταθύοντες, ἀλλ’ ἱεροπρεπεῖς τὰς ἑαυτῶν διανοίας κατασκευάζειν
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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.) — 75 focus

Moreover Palestine and Syria too are not barren of exemplary wisdom and virtue, which countries no slight portion of that most populous nation of the Jews inhabits. There is a portion of those people called Essenes, in number something more than four thousand in my opinion, who derive their name from their piety, though not according to any accurate form of the Grecian dialect, because they are above all men devoted to the service of God, not sacrificing living animals, but studying rather to preserve their own minds in a state of holiness and purity.

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Quod omnis probus liber sit

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1 παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς M: πρὸς αὑτοῖς G, πρὸς αὐτοῖς FH1P, πρὸς αὐτῆς H2 (v), πρὸς αὐτοὺς AQT; πρὸς αὐτὴν coni. Mang. ἔνδειαν] ἐν διανοία M ἀνθρώπων γένη M, γένει ἀνθρώπων transp. F
2 ἐκφυσήσαντα Η (Turn.)
3 τυφώμενον MT
4 ὄκνος M: ὁ ὄκνος ceteri (v)
5 διαφθείρονται M δ’ M ἣν om. L (Turn.)
7 καὶ ante ἀστείων om. FG
8 δ’ MA, δὲ om. QT
9 δ’ M ἐν τῆ M: ἐν ἧ ceteri (praeter G) ; ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῆ ἑλλάδι G οἱ ἐτύμως Α, ἑτοίμως QT 9.
10 ἑπτὰ σοφοὶ προσονομασθέντες M: προονομασθέντες ἑπτὰ σοφοὶ ceteri (v) 10.
11 ὡς εἰκὸς om. M
11 μήκει χρόνων] μικροῖς ἄν M
12 ἠφανίσθη M: οὐκ ἠφανίσθη (ἡφανήθη F) ceteri (v) κραζόντων F δ’ M
13 πρεσβευταὶ λόγων καὶ ἔργων FH2: πρεσβευταὶ λόγων ἔργων GH1P, πρεσβευταὶ λόγων ἔργω AQT, προσέταξε λόγων ἔργα M
14 πολυανθρωπότατα AQT: πολυανθρωπότερα ceteri (Turn.) ἐστιν ἀνδρῶν] ἐστι παρ’ ὧν M 14.
15 ἐν πέρσιδι M
15 οἱ] καὶ GH1P, οἲ om. F
16 τῆς ἀληθείας MAQT: τῆς om. ceteri (v) καθ’ ἡσυχίαν τἀς θείας om. AT καθ’] μεθ’ G τρανοτέρας GT τρανωτέραις v)
17 ἐν ἰνδοῖς M: ἐπ’ ἰνδοῖς ceteri (Turn.)
18 ἠθικὴν] ὑλικὴν AQ
20 παλαιστίνης AQT, ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ Eus Συρία] καὶ συρία Η2 (v) ; cf. de virt. (de nobil.) § 221 ἄγονος] ἄμοιρος HP

2. 20—26
8 Euseb. Praep. Evang. VIII 12, 1—19 ἀπό δὲ τοῦ Περὶ τοῦ ἐλεύθερον εἶναι τὰ οὕτως ἔχοντα παραθήσομαι· ἔστι δέ καὶ—σαφέστατον δεῖγμα·

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