Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 35

ed. Paul Wendland

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[35] μὴ πρὸς πάντα οὖν τὰ τῇ σαρκὶ φίλα αἱ ὀρέξεις ἀνηρεθίσθωσαν· ἡδοναὶ γὰρ αἱ ἀτίθασοι πολλάκις, ὅταν κυνῶν τρόπον προσσαίνωσιν, ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς ἀνίατα ἔδακον. ὥστε τὴν ἀρετῆς
φίλην ὀλιγοδεΐαν πρὸ τῶν σώματος οἰκείων ἀσπαζόμενοι τὸν πολὺν καὶ ἀνήνυτον ὄχλον ἀσπόνδων ἐχθρῶν καταλύωμεν. ἐὰν δέ πού τις καιρὸς βιάζηται πλείω τῶν μετρίων καὶ ἱκανῶν λαμβάνειν, αὐτοὶ μὴ προσερχώμεθα· λέγει γάρ· „οὐ προσελεύσεται αὐτὸς ἀποκαλύψαι ἀσχημοσύνην“.

De Gigantibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Gigantibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Giants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 35 focus

[35] Let not then our appetites rush eagerly in pursuit of all the things that are pleasant to the flesh, for the pleasures are often untameable, when like dogs they fawn upon us, and all of a sudden, change and bite us, inflicting incurable wounds. So that by cleaving to frugality, which is a friend to virtue, in preference to the pleasures akin to the body, we shall defeat the numerous and infinite multitude of irreconcilable enemies. And if any occasion should seek to compel us to take more than what is moderate or sufficient, let us not yield; for the scripture saith, "He shall come near to him to uncover his nakedness."

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