Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 51

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[51] δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι, εἴ τις τὸν ἀνδρείας λόγον κτείνει, ἑαυτὸν
ἐναντίᾳ νόσῳ τιτρώσκει δειλίας, καὶ εἴ τις τὴν ἀνηβῶσαν ἰσχὺν ἐν ἀσκήσει τῶν καλῶν ἀναιρεῖ, πληγὰς καὶ μεγάλας αἰκίας μετ’ οὐ μετρίας αἰσχύνης ἐπιφέρει ἑαυτῷ. λέγει μέντοι καὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ ὅτι, ἐὰν ἄσκησις ἀναιρεθῇ καὶ προκοπή, οὐχ ἓν μόνον ἔκγονον ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα

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.) — 51 focus

[51] For it is evident that if any one slays the principle of courage, he wounds himself with the opposite disease of cowardice; and if any one in the practise of honourable studies slays his vigorous strength, he is inflicting on himself wounds and great injuries with no moderate degree of disgrace. Therefore, indeed, perseverance says that if practise and improvement be destroyed she will lose not only one child but also her others also, and be an instance of complete childlessness. ¹

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