Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 120

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[120] ἀλλ’ ὅ γε μετιὼν ἀρετὴν ἐν εὐπαθείαις ἀναλογούσαις
ἐξετάζεται· ἢ γὰρ περιπεποίηται τἀγαθὸν ἢ περιποιήσεται· τὸ μὲν οὖν ἔχειν ἀποτελεῖ χαράν, κτημάτων τὸ κάλλιστον, τὸ δὲ σχήσειν προσδοκᾶν τὴν τροφὴν φιλαρέτων ψυχῶν ἐλπίδα, δι’ ἣν ὄκνον μεθιέμενοι σὺν αὐτοκελεύστῳ ἑτοιμότητι πρὸς τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἔργων ἀπαντῶμεν.

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.) — 120 focus

[120] On the other hand, he who pursues virtue is found to be in the enjoyment of corresponding blessings; for either he has acquired what is good or he will attain to it. Now the present possession perfects joy, which is the best of all possessions; but the expectation of possessing it brings hope, the food of those souls which love virtue; on account of which, putting away sluggishness, we, with spontaneous readiness, hasten onwards to good actions.

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