Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 111

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[111] τὸν μὲν δὴ
τρόπον τοῦτον τὰ τῆς ἀγρίας ὕλης τιθασεύεται, τῶν δ’ ἡμέρων καὶ καρποτόκων ἀρετῶν τὰ φυτὰ πάντα βλαστὰ μὲν ἔχει τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, καρπὸν δὲ τὰς καλὰς πράξεις· ὧν ἕκαστον ἡ γεωργικὴ ψυχῆς τέχνη συναύξει καὶ τό γε ἐφ’ ἑαυτὴν ἧκον μέρος ἀπαθανατίζει ταῖς ἐπιμελείαις.

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 111 focus

[111] In this manner then the trees of the wild wood are brought into a state of tameness, but all the plants of the cultivated and fruit-bearing virtues have for their shoots studies, and for their fruits virtuous actions, of each of which the farming skill of the soul promotes the growth, and as far as depends upon it, it makes them immortal by its industry.

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