Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 53

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[53] τιμὴ δὲ τοῦ μὲν νοῦ τὸ διὰ τῶν συμφερόντων ἀλλὰ μὴ διὰ τῶν ἡδέων θεραπεύεσθαι—πάντα δὲ τὰ ἀπ’ ἀρετῆς συμφέροντα —, τῆς δὲ αἰσθήσεως τὸ μὴ ἀφεθῆναι
ῥύμῃ μιᾷ φέρεσθαι πρὸς τὰ ἐκτὸς αἰσθητά, ἐγχαλινωθῆναι δὲ ὑπὸ νοῦ κυβερνᾶν καὶ ἡνιοχεῖν τὰς ἀλόγους ἐν ἡμῖν δυνάμεις ἐπισταμένου.

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.) — 53 focus

[53] But the proper honour to be paid to the mind is first to be honoured on account of what is useful, and not on account of what is pleasant; but all things proceeding from virtue are useful. And the honour proper to be paid to the outward sense is when we do not allow ourselves to be carried away by its impetuosity towards the external objects of the outward senses, but compel it to be curved by the mind, which knows how to govern and guide the irrational powers in us.

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