Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 112

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[112] ψυχὴν εὑρεῖν σπανιώτατον. 34 ἀποδοὺς οὖν τὸν περὶ τῶν μερῶν τῆς ψυχῆς λόγον ἡγεμονικοῦ τε καὶ ὑπηκόου καὶ τί ἐστιν ἐν ἑκατέρῳ τὸ ἄρρεν ἢ θῆλυ, μετὰ ταῦτα περὶ τῶν ἀκολούθων ἐκδιδάσκει. σαφῶς γὰρ εἰδὼς ὅτι δίχα πόνου καὶ ἐπιμελείας οὐχ οἷόν τε γενεᾶς τῆς ἄρρενος ἐπιλαχεῖν, φησὶν ἑξῆς· „πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεις
προβάτῳ“ (Exod. 13, 13), ἴσον τῷ πάντα πόνον ἀντικαταλλάττου προκοπῆς· πόνου μὲν γὰρ ὄνος — τλητικὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον —, προκοπῆς δὲ πρόβατον, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸ δηλοῖ τοὔνομα, σύμβολον.

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 112 focus

Having therefore given an account of the dominant and subject divisions of the soul, and having shown what portion in each is male and female, Moses proceeds after this very consistently to explain the divisions of the body. For being well aware that without labour and care it is not possible to obtain a masculine offspring, he proceeds to say, "Every foal of an ass that openeth the womb, thou shalt exchange for the young of a sheep." ¹ Which expression is equivalent to, "Exchange all labour for improvement." For an ass is the symbol of labour, being a much enduring animal, and a sheep is the emblem of improvement, as its very name shows, ²

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 112

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