Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 121

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[121] ᾗ μὲν οὖν ἀποκεκύηκε δικαιοσύνη ψυχῇ γενεὰν ἄρρενα, τὸν δίκαιον λογισμόν,
ταύτης τὰ λυπηρὰ πάντα ἐξῴκισται. μαρτυρήσει δ’ ἡ Νῶε γένεσις — ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται δίκαιος —, ἐφ’ οὗ λέγεται· „οὗτος διαναπαύσει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ἡμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λυπῶν τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἧς κατηράσατο κύριος ὁ θεός“ (Gen. 5, 29).

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.) — 121 focus

[121] From that soul therefore, in which justice has brought forth a male offspring, that is to say just thoughts, it has also at the same time removed all painful things, and the birth of Noah will bear testimony in confirmation of this, and the interpretation of the name of Noah is just; and of him it is said, "he will make us to rest from our works, and from the labours of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed;" ¹

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