Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 39

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[39] καὶ οὐ βαδιεῖται πρότερον εἰς Αἴγυπτον οὐδ’ εἰς ἅμιλλαν ἀφίξεται τοῖς αὐτῆς σοφισταῖς, πρὶν ἢ τὸν
προφορικὸν ἄκρως ἀσκηθῆναι λόγον, τὰς πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν ἁπάσας ἰδέας ἀναδείξαντος καὶ τελειώσαντος θεοῦ διὰ τῆς Ἀαρὼν χειροτονίας, ὃν ἀδελφὸν Μωυσέως ὄντα „στόμα“ καὶ ἑρμηνέα καὶ „προφήτην“ (Exod. 4, 16. 7, 1) εἴωθε καλεῖν· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τῷ λόγῳ συμβέβηκεν, ὃς

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.) — 39 focus

[39] And he will not go to Egypt, nor will he descend into the arena to strive against the sophists who contend in it, till he has thoroughly studied and practised the art of argumentative reasoning; God himself showing to him all the ideas which belong to such elocution, and making him perfect in them by the election of Aaron who was the brother of Moses, and whom he was accustomed to call his mouth-piece, and interpreter, and prophet. ¹

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