Philo Judaeus, De Vita Contemplativa, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 34

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De Vita Contemplativa. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Vita Contemplativa (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Contemplative Life, or on the Virtues of Suppliants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 34 focus

And these expounders of the law, having first of all laid down temperance as a sort of foundation for the soul to rest upon, proceed to build up other virtues on this foundation, and no one of them may take any meat or drink before the setting of the sun, since they judge that the work of philosophising is one which is worthy of the light, but that the care for the necessities of the body is suitable only to darkness, on which account they appropriate the day to the one occupation, and a brief portion of the night to the other;

Notes on the current edition

De vita contemplativa

1.
1 εἰς τὸν θεὸν codd. Eus (Turn. Mang.): τὸν om. Richt. Tauchn. (errat Conyb.) παντοίων] τοιούτων F 1.
2 ἃ ῥυθμοῖς codd.: ἀριθμοῖς vel ῥυθμοῖς (om. ἃ) Eus codd.
2 ἀναγκαίως] εὐαγῶς coni. Mang. χαράττουσιν C, χαράσσοντες Eus
3 χωρὶς om. Arm
4 αὔλιον C1A οὐδ’ FA
5 δ’ Α οε ταῖς ἑβδόμαις F (δὲ ss. F2)
6 ἑξῆς om. Arm
7 δ’ Α
8 τῇ] τῶ Α παρελθὼν] προελθὼν HP
6 πρεσβύτερος A, πρεσβύτερός τις Arm, unus senior Lat
9 τῶν om. Α μὲν] γε μὴν F
10 δεινότητι A, δεινότητος F
11 post ῥήτορες add. ἐνδεικνύμενος M παρεπιδεικνύμενος om. M τὴν ex τὸν corr. Η
12 νοήμασι] μνήμασι P διηρευνηκὼς] διηρμηνευκὼς in textu Η, corr. mg Η
14 6 FG
15 παραδηλοῦντες] παραδεικνῦντες F αὐτῶ Α, αὐτῶ ex αὐτό corr. Η
19 οἴκων C (cellularum Lat): οἰκιῶν ceteri (v) τέπαρας FA εἰς τὰ ἄνω F
20 συνῳκοδόμητο Α, εὑ ᾠκοδόμηται Arm θωρακίου CA: θωρακείου ceteri (ν) τὸ ἄχρι δὲ στέγους Α ἀνάγειον] ἀνώγεον Α (Mang.) ἀχανὲς] τάχ’ ἂν Α
21 ἀνεῖται codd.: ἀνίεται Mang. δυεῖν G
23 μηδενὸς CFG Arm: ὡς μηδενὸς ceteri (v)

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