Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 36

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[36] τούτοις μὲν οὖν πρὸς τὰς ἐριστικὰς ἐνίων ἁμίλλας ἀπαντᾶν ἐμπρεπές, οἷς τοὺς ἐναντίους ἀμύνονται πεπορισμένοις ἐξ ἑτοίμου, τοῖς
δὲ προτέροις οὐδεμία ἀσφάλεια· γυμνοὶ γὰρ πρὸς ὡπλισμένους τίνες ἂν ἰσοκρατῶς ἀπομάχεσθαι δυνηθεῖεν, ὁπότε καὶ παρεσκευασμένοις ἀγὼν ἄνισος;

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.) — 36 focus

[36] they had a good right to oppose the contentious behaviour of some others, having means at hand by which to repel their enemies. But the former sort had no safety whatever. For what men could fight naked against armed enemies on equal terms, when, even if they had been both equally armed, the contest would still have been unequal?

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