Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 4

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[4] „ὁρῶ ¹ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν“ ἔφη „ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς ἐμὲ ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν· ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ἦν μετ’ ἐμοῦ“ (Gen. 31, 5). διὰ τοῦτο γάρ, εἴποιμ’ ἄν, ὁ Λάβαν οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς σοῦ, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ ὁ θεός· ἐν ᾗ μὲν γὰρ ψυχῇ τὸ ἐκτὸς αἰσθητὸν ὡς μέγιστον
ἀγαθὸν τετίμηται, ἐν ταύτῃ λόγος ἀστεῖος οὐχ εὑρίσκεται· ᾗ δ’ ἐμπεριπατεῖ ὁ θεός, τὸ ἐκτὸς αἰσθητὸν ἀγαθὸν οὐχ ὑπείληπται, καθ’ ὃ νενόηται καὶ προσηγόρευται Λάβαν.

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.) — 4 focus

[4] showing here clearly, that the plain is the symbol of revolt and contention. And he calls them and says, "I see ¹² the face of your father, that it is not to me as it was yesterday and the day before yesterday, ³ but the God of my father was with me." And on this account I should be inclined to say, Laban is not favourable to you because God is on your side; for in the soul, by which the external object of the outward senses is honoured as the greatest good, perfect reason is not found to exist; but in the soul, in which God walks, the external object of the outward senses is not looked upon as the greatest good, according to which object the name of Laban is given and understood.

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1. περὶ τοῦ τὸ χεῖρον τῶ κρείττονι φιλεῖν ἐπιτίθεσθαι: codd.
1 αὐτοῦ codd.: αὑτοῦ V
3 αὐτοῦ codd.: αὑτοῦ v
4 ὁ Κάιν UH: ὁ om. FL τοιοῦτον] τοῦτο H προβλήσεως U
5 ἀνακράτος F
6 παραγίνεσθαι coni. Mang.
8 πλείστους HL: πλείους F, τελείους U
10 μεταδιώκουσιν U
11 καὶ ἱππομαχίας om. Η ποιῆσαι Turn.
12 χώρων codd. (χώρων Laur. Conv. 59)
13 γένοιτ’ ἄν V
14 ἐπιστήμης codd.: τῆς ἐπιστήμης v
15 νουθετῶν] νομοθετῶν U
16 ἐκάλη (sic) U
18 διὰ τί addidi: καλέσας δὲ αὐτὰς coni. Benzelius, λαλεῖ δὲ οὕτως coni. Markland

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