Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 65

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[65] ἡ μὲν οὖν ἄσκησις μέσον, οὐ τέλειον, γίνεται γὰρ ἐν οὐ τελείαις μὲν ἀκρότητος δὲ ἐφιεμέναις ψυχαῖς· ἡ δὲ
φυλακὴ παντελές, μνήμῃ τὰ ἀσκητὰ παραδοῦναι θεωρήματα τῶν ἁγίων, ἐπιστήμης καλὴν παρακαταθήκην φύλακι πιστῇ, ἣ μόνη τῶν λήθης πολυμηχάνων δικτύων ἀλογεῖ· ὥστε τὸν μνήμονα ὧν ἔμαθεν ὑγιῶς καὶ εὐθυβόλως καλεῖ φύλακα.

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.) — 65 focus

[65] subsequently practise therefore is mediocrity not perfection, for it takes place not in perfect souls, but in such as are seeking after perfection. But it is the perfect duty of guardianship to deliver to memory the well-practised contemplations of holy things, the excellent deposit of knowledge to a faithful guardian, who is the only one who disregards the ingenious and manifold nets of forgetfulness; so that the Scripture, with great propriety and felicity, calls him who is mindful of what he has learnt, the guardian of it.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 65

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