Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 50

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[50] ὅτι τὴν ψυχὴν οὐχὶ τῶν διεστηκότων ἀλλὰ τῶν ἡνωμένων οὖσαν ἀνάγκη ¹ πάσχειν ὃ ποιεῖν δοκεῖ, καθάπερ ἀμέλει καὶ νῦν· δόξασα γὰρ ἀνελεῖν τὸ θεοφιλέστατον δόγμα ἑαυτὴν ἀνῄρηκε. μάρτυς δὲ Λάμεχ ὁ τῆς Κάιν ἀσεβείας ἔκγονος, ὅς φησι γυναιξὶ ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ, δυσὶ γνώμαις ἀγνώμοσιν· „ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοί, καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί“ (Gen. 4, 23).

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.) — 50 focus

[50] Why, then, do I say this? Because it appears inevitable that the soul, inasmuch as it consists not of particles which are separated but of those which are united, should suffer what it appears to do, as in real truth it did in this instance; for, when it appeared to be destroying the God-loving doctrine, it destroyed itself. And Lamech is a witness to this, the descendant of the impiety of Cain, who says to his wives, who are the representatives of two inconsiderate opinions, "I have slain a man to my hurt, and a young man to be a scar to me." ¹

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
1 ἡ λύπης] εἰ λύπης U τρωθῇ scripsi: τρωθήσεται H, τρωθήσηται UFL δῆλον UH
2 καὶ προκοπῆ UH
4 ἀτρώτου γένους] ἄτρωτον ἐν γενέσει coni. Mang. γένους om. ΗL1 εἴδους ΗL1
5 φρονῶν τι U καὶ δαιμονῶντί om. U
6 αὐτοῦ F: αὐ‘τοῦ UH, αὐτοῦ L
8 ἀκριβεστέραν U: ἀκραιφνεστάτην καὶ ἀκριβεστέραν F, ἀκριβεστάτην HL
9 ἀλλ’] καὶ U
10 αὐτῆς codd.
11 ἀρετῆς UF: τῆς ἀρετῆς HL ὥσθ’ ὁ] ὡς τὸ U
12 ἄφρενος H
15 συνδέτου UF: συνθέτου HL
16 δυνατὸς διαλέγεσθαι transp. U
19 κοινῶς Mang.: κοινῶν codd.
22 ἕτερος om. FHL δὲ om. F
25 γυμνάσθαι (sic) F ἀνατριβείη UF
26 ἡ τιτρώσκει—ἑαυτὸν (27) om. HL ἡ τιτρώσκει om. v τε om. V
27 ἡ κτείνων UF: καὶ κτείνων v
28 οὐχὶ UP: οὐ HL

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 50

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