Philo Judaeus, De Vita Contemplativa, ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 6

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[6]
ἦ τοῦτό γε καὶ χλεύης ἄξιον· πῶς γὰρ ἂν ὁ αὐτὸς ἀθάνατός τε καὶ θνητὸς εἴη; δίχα τοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς τούτων γενέσεως ἐπίληπτον εἶναι, μειρακιώδους ἀκρασίας ἀνάπλεων, ἣν τολμῶσιν οὐκ εὐαγῶς ¹² προσάπτειν ταῖς μακαρίαις καὶ θείαις δυνάμεσιν, εἰ γυναιξὶ θνηταῖς ἐπιμανέντες ὡμίλησαν οἱ παντὸς πάθους ἀμέτοχοι καὶ τρισευδαίμονες.

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

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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.) — 6 focus

[6] What, again, shall we say of the demi-gods? This is a matter which is perfectly ridiculous: for how can the same man be both mortal and immortal, even if we leave out of the question the fact that the origin of the birth of all these beings is liable to reproach, as being full of youthful intemperance, which its authors endeavour with great profanity to impute to blessed and divine natures, as if they, being madly in love with mortal women, had connected themselves with them; while we know gods to be free from all participation in and from all influence of passion, and completely happy.

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De vita contemplativa

1.
1 κρείττονα Α
2 ἐκείνη δὲ] ἡ δέ M
3 τε om. CF (v) ἅς] αἷς C 3.
4 ἐγκατέσκηψαν scripsi (coni. etiam Wendl.): κατέσκηψαν codd. (v) ; cf. quod det. pot. insid. sol. § 178
4 ἡδοναί τε καὶ Mang. καὶ ante λῦπαι om. HP (Turn.)
5 ἀνήνυτον] ἀνηκέστων A
7 τὸ ὂν ὄντως Arm ἐστὶν C
8 οἷς τίνας] οὓς τίνι vel οὗς τίσιν Arm τινάς ΜΑ
9 ἄρα] οὐκ ἄρα CMAP τολμῶντας Α (τιμ ss. man. rec.)
10 ἕτεροι] ἕτερος A μέν τὸ πῦρ transp.
12 διὰ τό ποτὸν εἶναι Arm
13 δήμητρα G πάντων δοκεῖ εἶναι Arm ζώων τε καὶ φυτῶν Arm
14 ἐστιν om. G εὑρέματα Α
15 αὑτῆς Α ὑποβεβλημένα (sed a in ras.) F
16 τοὺς] τὰς F
17 πλανήτας ἀστέρας transp. Α πλάνητας MH1P: πλανήτας ceteri (v) ἢ ante τὸν om. Turn.
18 καὶ post ἀλλὰ om. M γεγόνασιν corr. ex γέγονας F
19 ὑπό] ἀπό M
20 71 τοῦτο Arm: ἢ τοῦτο codd. (Turn.) ; ἦ om. Mang. ἂν om. F
21 δίχα καὶ τοῦ MGHP ἀνεπίληπτον F
22 ἀκρασίας] ἀκοῆς M, διανοίας HP ἀνάπλεων om. in lac. M εὐαγῶς] εὐλόγως Α

2.
10 sqq. cf. Diod. Sic. I 12. Plut. de Is. et Osir.
32 p. 363 d. Cornut. Theol. c. 3. 4. 19. 28.
16 sq. cf. Diod. I 11. Diog. La. I 10.

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