Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 122

ed. Paul Wendland

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[122] παιδευτικώτατα οὖν εἴρηται τὸ „πεσεῖται ὁ ἱππεύς“, ἵν’ εἴ τις ἀποπίπτοι [μὲν] κακῶν, ἐγείρηται [δὲ] ἀγαθοῖς ἐπερειδόμενος καὶ συνορθιάζηται. διδασκαλικώτατον δὲ κἀκεῖνο, μὴ πρόσω φάναι, κατόπιν δὲ πίπτειν, ἐπειδὴ κακίας
καὶ πάθους ὑστερίζειν ἀεὶ λυσιτελέστατον·

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 122 focus

[122] Therefore it is said in a way to convey much instruction, "The horseman will fall," that if any one falls from vice, he may be raised up by leaning on good things, and so may stand upright again. And in a still more instructive manner is that other expression used, which bids one not leap off in front, but "fall backwards," since it is always advantageous to be behind-hand in vice and passion;

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