Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 100

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[100] πληθὺς σχεδὸν ἅπασα. 27 τὸν δὲ τρόπον, καθ’ ὃν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς κατάρατος ὁ νοῦς γίνεται, προσυπογράφει λέγων· „ἣ ἔχανε τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς δέξασθαι τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου“ (Gen. 4, 11). ¹ χαλεπὸν γὰρ διοιχθῆναί τε καὶ ἀνευρυνθῆναι τὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων στόμια, ὡς ἀχανέσιν αὐτοῖς τὴν τῶν αἰσθητῶν φορὰν ποταμοῦ πλημμυροῦντος δίκην ἐπιχεῖσθαι, μηδενὸς τὴν βίαιον ὁρμὴν ἀνωθοῦντος· τότε γὰρ ἐγκαταποθεὶς ὁ νοῦς τοσούτῳ κλύδωνι βύθιος εὑρίσκεται, μηδ’ ὅσον
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Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 100 focus

And as to the manner in which the mind becomes accursed upon the earth, he adds further information immediately afterwards, saying: "The earth which opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother." For it is very difficult for the mouths of the outward senses to be opened and widened, as even when they are not open the flood of the objects appreciable only by them rushes in like an overflowing river, nothing being capable of resisting their evident impetuosity; for then the mind is found to be overwhelmed, being wholly absorbed by so vast a wave, and being utterly unable to swim against it, or even to raise its head above it;

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
1 ἐπεζεύξαμεν scripsi: ὑπεζεύξαμεν codd.; θνητῷ βίῳ ἀθάνατον ὑπεζεὑξαμεν coni. Mang.
2 μόνος Mang.: νόμος codd. εὐμενὴς Γ’ (Mang.): εὐμενῶς ceteri
3 Αἰγυπτίων coni. Mang.
5 ἄγους FIIL: ἅγους V
6 ἀρὰς] ἀρετὰς HL πρῶτα F
7 ἀπὸ Mang.: ἐπὶ codd. ὅτι om. L, ὅτι πρῶτον Turn.
8 ἐδολοφώνησεν H
9 τῶ τελείῳ] τῷ τέλει vel τελεῖν coni. Mang., τῇ τελειώσει coni. Wendl.; fortasse τῷ τελειωθέντι
11 οὔκ addidi ὕποχοι] ὑπόδικοι coni. Mang., ἀνυπαίτιοι coni. Wendl.
15 τῆς om. F αὐτοῦ UL: αὐτῶ H, αὐτῶν F
17 αὐτοῦ UF προσβαλὼν ΗL
18 αὐτὸν IIL: ἑαυτὸν UF ἀπολαύσεις U
24 μέμνησαι II
25 γῆς] ἁ IIL
26 ἀπὸ UF: ἐπὶ HL
27 ὁ νῶ κατάρατος transp. U
28 αὐτῆς codd.: αὐτῆς v

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 100

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