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Philo Of Alexandria, On Husbandry, 10
nan By means of this husbandry, all the trees of the passions and vices, which soot forth and grow up to a height, bringing forth pernicious fruits, are rooted up, and cut down, and cleared away, so that not even the smallest fragment of them is left, from which any new shoots of evil actions can subsequently spring up.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 2.18-2.21 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 2.18. וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־רְעוּאֵל אֲבִיהֶן וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ מִהַרְתֶּן בֹּא הַיּוֹם׃ 2.19. וַתֹּאמַרְןָ אִישׁ מִצְרִי הִצִּילָנוּ מִיַּד הָרֹעִים וְגַם־דָּלֹה דָלָה לָנוּ וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּאן׃ 2.21. וַיּוֹאֶל מֹשֶׁה לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת־הָאִישׁ וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־צִפֹּרָה בִתּוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה׃ 2.18. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: ‘How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?’" 2.19. And they said: ‘An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.’" 2.20. And he said unto his daughters: ‘And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.’" 2.21. And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter."
2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 6.12, 9.21, 16.3-16.4, 23.2-23.4, 37.15 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 6.12. וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה נִשְׁחָתָה כִּי־הִשְׁחִית כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֶת־דַּרְכּוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 9.21. וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה׃ 16.3. וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה׃ 16.4. וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָגָר וַתַּהַר וַתֵּרֶא כִּי הָרָתָה וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶיהָ׃ 23.2. וַיָּקָם הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ לְאַבְרָהָם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָבֶר מֵאֵת בְּנֵי־חֵת׃ 23.2. וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָהּ׃ 23.3. וַיָּקָם אַבְרָהָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי מֵתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־חֵת לֵאמֹר׃ 23.4. גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי׃ 37.15. וַיִּמְצָאֵהוּ אִישׁ וְהִנֵּה תֹעֶה בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר מַה־תְּבַקֵּשׁ׃ 6.12. And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. ." 9.21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent." 16.3. And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife." 16.4. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes." 23.2. And Sarah died in Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her." 23.3. And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke unto the children of Heth, saying:" 23.4. ’I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’" 37.15. And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: ‘What seekest thou?’"
3. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 19.23 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 19.23. וְכִי־תָבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם כָּל־עֵץ מַאֲכָל וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ אֶת־פִּרְיוֹ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים יִהְיֶה לָכֶם עֲרֵלִים לֹא יֵאָכֵל׃ 19.23. And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten."
4. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 20.17 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 20.17. נַעְבְּרָה־נָּא בְאַרְצֶךָ לֹא נַעֲבֹר בְּשָׂדֶה וּבְכֶרֶם וְלֹא נִשְׁתֶּה מֵי בְאֵר דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ לֹא נִטֶּה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול עַד אֲשֶׁר־נַעֲבֹר גְּבוּלֶךָ׃ 20.17. Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.’"
5. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Abraham, 257 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 257. And the advice was this; not to afflict himself beyond all measure, as if he were stricken down with a novel and unprecedented calamity; nor, on the other hand, to give way to indifference, as if nothing had happened calculated to give him sorrow. But rather to choose the middle way in preference to either extreme; and to endeavour to grieve in a moderate degree; not being indigt at nature for having reclaimed what belonged to her as her due; and bearing what had befallen him with a mild and gentle spirit.
6. Philo of Alexandria, On Husbandry, 11-16, 2, 20, 6, 8-9, 1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 1. And Noah began to be a husbandman; and he planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine, and he was drunk in his House." The generality of men not understanding the nature of things, do also of necessity err with respect to the composition of names; for those who consider affairs anatomically, as it were, are easily able to affix appropriate names to things, but those who look at them in a confused and irregular way are incapable of such accuracy.
7. Philo of Alexandria, On The Cherubim, 3-10 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 10. Why then do we wonder if God once for all banished Adam, that is to say, the mind out of the district of the virtues, after he had once contracted folly, that incurable disease, and if he never permitted him again to return, when he also drives out and banishes from wisdom and from the wise man every sophist, and the mother of sophists, the teaching that is of elementary instruction, while he calls the names of wisdom and of the wise man Abraham, and Sarah. IV. 10. He also considered this point, in the second place, that it is indispensable that the soul of the man who is about to receive sacred laws should be thoroughly cleansed and purified from all stains, however difficult to be washed out, which the promiscuous multitude of mixed men from all quarters has impregnated cities with;
8. Philo of Alexandria, On Flight And Finding, 69-71, 68 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 68. On this account, I imagine it is, that when Moses was speaking philosophically of the creation of the world, while he described everything else as having been created by God alone, he mentions man alone as having been made by him in conjunction with other assistants; for, says Moses, "God said, Let us make man in our Image." The expression, "let us make," indicating a plurality of makers.
9. Philo of Alexandria, On Giants, 63-64, 62 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 62. Accordingly, Abraham, as long as he was abiding in the land of the Chaldaeans, that is to say, in opinion, before he received his new name, and while he was still called Abram, was a man born of heaven, investigating the sublime nature of things on high, and all that took place in these regions, and the causes of them, and studying everything of that kind in the true spirit of philosophy; on which account he received an appellation corresponding to the pursuits to which he devoted himself: for the name Abram, being interpreted, signifies the sublime father, and is a name very fitting for the paternal mind, which in every direction contemplates sublime and heavenly things: for the mind is the father of our composite being, reaching as high as the sky and even farther.
10. Philo of Alexandria, On Dreams, 1.73, 1.109 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 1.73. And do not wonder if, according to the rules of allegorical description, the sun is likened to the Father and Governor of the universe; for in reality nothing is like unto God; but those things which by the vain opinion of men are thought to be so, are only two things, one invisible and the other visible; the soul being the invisible thing, and the sun the visible one. 1.109. On which account the scripture adds, "This is the only covering of his nakedness;" for what can so becomingly overshadow and conceal the reproaches and disgraces of life, as speech? For ignorance is a disgrace akin to irrational nature, but education is the brother of speech, and an ornament properly belonging to man.
11. Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation, 1.49, 2.99, 3.131 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 1.49. But the selfish and atheistical mind, thinking itself equal with God while it appears to be doing something, is found in reality to be rather suffering. And though God sows and plants good things in the soul, the mind which says, "I plant," is acting impiously. You shall not plant therefore where God is planting: but if, O mind, you fix plants in the soul, take care to plant only such trees as bear fruit, and not a grove; for in a grove there are trees of a character to bear cultivation, and also wild trees. But to plant vice, which is unproductive in the soul, along with cultivated and fertile virtue, is the act of a doublenatured and confused leprosy.
12. Philo of Alexandria, That God Is Unchangeable, 141-145, 140 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 140. Very properly, therefore, the most sacred Moses says that, the earth was corrupted at that time when the virtues of the just Noah were made manifest: "And the whole earth," says he, "was corrupted, because all flesh had corrupted his (autou) way upon the earth."40
13. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 7.124 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) 7.124. He will, however, submit to training to augment his powers of bodily endurance.And the wise man, they say, will offer prayers, and ask for good things from the gods: so Posidonius in the first book of his treatise On Duties, and Hecato in his third book On Paradoxes. Friendship, they declare, exists only between the wise and good, by reason of their likeness to one another. And by friendship they mean a common use of all that has to do with life, wherein we treat our friends as we should ourselves. They argue that a friend is worth having for his own sake and that it is a good thing to have many friends. But among the bad there is, they hold, no such thing as friendship, and thus no bad man has a friend. Another of their tenets is that the unwise are all mad, inasmuch as they are not wise but do what they do from that madness which is the equivalent of their folly.
14. Heraclitus, Allegoriae, 70
15. Stoic School, Stoicor. Veter. Fragm., 3.682

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aaron	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
abraham, humanity of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
abraham, moderation of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
abraham, wise	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
abram/abraham, change of name	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
allegorical commentary	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
allegory/allegoresis	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
ambrose	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
athletics imagery	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
cherubim, chet, sons of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
consolatory literature	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
covenant	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
diogenes laertius	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
excellence, (moral)	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214, 215
flesh	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
god, master	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
god, ruler	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
grief and mourning	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
heraclitus, allegorist	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
homer	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
humanity of abraham	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
imagery, bearing fruit	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214, 215
imagery, nautical	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
imagery, sowing/planting	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
inebriation	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
inheritance of god/the lord	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
invisible, purified	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
israel	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214
jethro	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 342
joseph	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
leprosy	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
levites	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
manner of life	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 342
many-named, prophet	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
marriage, reproduction as purpose of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
metaphorical language, use of	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
mind, purified	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
moderation	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
moses, gods human being	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 342
moses	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267, 342
names, change of	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267, 342
noah, drunken	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
odysseus	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
passions, freedom from	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
passions, freedom of/impassibility	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214, 215
passions, struggle against	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
passions, trees of	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214, 215
portion of god/the lord	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
procopius	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
progress, moral	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
purification	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183
quarrelsome exegetes	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
reason, moderation and	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
reproduction, as marriages purpose	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
road of moral insight/virtue/wisdom	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214
sage/wise person	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
sarah, abraham mourning	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
sarah, burial of, omitted	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
sarah, death of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
sarah, virtues of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
sarah, wifely love of	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
senses, five	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
soul, rational and irrational	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 342
stoa/stoic/stoicism, apatheia	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 215
stobaeus	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 261
the sage, as stoic ideal	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
the sage, passions and	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
vices, trees of'	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 214
vices	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2019) 183, 215
virtue	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 267
wisdom, as a virtue	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
μετριοπάθεια	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
ἀπάθεια	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386
ἐγκώμιον	Birnbaum and Dillon, Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (2020) 386