Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 73

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[73] καὶ ὅμως τὰ ἐναντία τοῖς
λεγομένοις φρονοῦντες οὐ παύονται, ἀλλ’ ὅταν φρόνησιν καὶ σωφροσύνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ εὐσέβειαν ὑμνῶσι, τότε δὴ μάλιστα ἀφραίνοντες ἀκολασταίνοντες ἀδικοῦντες ἀσεβοῦντες πάνθ’ ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν ἀνθρώπεια καὶ θεῖα συγχέοντές τε καὶ ἀνατρέποντες εὑρίσκονται.

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.) — 73 focus

[73] And, nevertheless, they never cease showing by their conduct that their real opinion is the reverse of their language. But, when they extol prudence and temperance and ¹ justice and piety, they then show that they are, above all measure, foolish, and intemperate, and unjust, and impious; in short, that they are throwing into confusion and overturning all divine and human regulations and principles.

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