Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 82

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[82] ἕκαστον ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς προσεχεῖς τομὰς ἀριθμῷ δύο εἶναι συμβέβηκε, ζῷόν τε καὶ ¹ ἄνθρωπον· ἑκατέρῳ δὲ τούτων συγγενὴς δύναμις τῶν κατὰ ψυχὴν ἀποκεκλήρωται, τῷ μὲν ἡ ζωτική, καθ’ ἣν ζῶμεν, τῷ δ’ ἡ λογική, καθ’ ἣν λογικοὶ γεγόναμεν· τῆς μὲν οὖν ζωτικῆς μετέχει καὶ τὰ ἄλογα, τῆς δὲ λογικῆς οὐ μετέχει μέν, ἄρχει δὲ ὁ θεός, ἡ τοῦ πρεσβυτάτου λόγου
πηγή.

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.) — 82 focus

[82] What then are we to say? The truth is, that every one of us according to the nearest estimation of numbers, is two persons, the animal and the man. And each of these two has a cognate power in the faculties, the seat of which is the soul assigned to it. To the one portion is assigned the vivifying faculty according to which we live; and to the other, the reasoning faculty in accordance with which we are capable of reasoning. Therefore, even the irrational animals partake of the vivifying power; but of the rational faculty, God—I will not say partakes, but—is the ruler, and that is the fountain of the most ancient Word.

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Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat

1.
1 τῶν om. F
3 διαφθορὰς U
5 φύρουσι UF: φέρουσι HL
6 τοῦ om U ἀνείρηκε U
7 οὐ τὸ μέρος U οὐ τὴν] αὐτὴν U
8 φθαρτὰ voluit Mang.
9 αὐτὸν U: αὐτῶ ceteri κἀπιχλευάζων U: κἀν πη χλευάζων F, καὶ ἐπιχλευάζων HL
11 ὧ HL: τῶ UF ἐδύνασο HL
13 πάνυ δὲ προσφυῶς coni. Mang.
14 τὰ λεγόμενα Η
17 ἐπισκεψόμεθα HL
18 οὐσία UF
19 λέγον UF
20 τὴν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ U
21 μεταξὺ] μετὰ ταῦτα coni. Mang. τὸν adflidi
22 εἰς] εἰ U
23 ὁ om. F, ὁ ἄνθρωπος om. HL ζῶσαν U: ζωῆς ceteri πάλιν Wendl.: πάλαι codd.
27 διαφέρων UII σῶμά τι scripsi: σώματι codd.; πνεύματος coni. Markland
29 τομὰς UF: τιμὰς liL ἀριθμῶ UF: ἀριθμῶν HL συμβέβηκεν U

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