Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 164

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[164] καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ πᾶς „ὁ εὑρίσκων σε ἀποκτενεῖ“, καθάπερ σοφιζόμενος διεξῄεις (Gen. 4, 14)· τὸ γὰρ εὑρισκόμενον ὑπὸ δυοῖν, ἢ ὁμοίου ἢ ἀνομοίου, πάντως εὑρίσκεται,
ὑπὸ μὲν [οὖν] τοῦ ὁμοίου καὶ συγγενοῦς διὰ τὴν ἐν ἅπασιν οἰκειότητα καὶ κοινωνίαν, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀνομοίου διὰ τὴν ἀντίπαλον ἀλλοτριότητα· τὸ μὲν οὖν ὅμοιόν ἐστι καὶ φυλακτικὸν τοῦ παραπλησίου, τὸ δ’ ἀνόμοιον καὶ φθαρτικὸν τοῦ διαλλάττοντος.

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.) — 164 focus

[164] And indeed it will not be the case, that every one who findeth thee will hide thee, as thou sayest, speaking sophistically. For that which is found, is found in every case by two people, by one who resembles itself, or by one who is dissimilar. By one who resembles itself according to the kindred and relationship which exists in all things, and by him who is not like, according to the contrary unlikeness. The one, therefore, that is like, endeavours to preserve that which resembles itself, and that which is dissimilar endeavours to destroy that which differs from it.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 164

ed. Leopold Cohn

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