Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 160

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[160] εἰ γὰρ εἰς τοῦτον ἀφίξονται τὸν ἀγῶνα πρὸς ἐμπειροπολέμους ἰδιῶται, παντελῶς ἁλώσονται· ὁ μὲν ἀρχόμενος, ὅτι ἄπειρος, ὁ δὲ προκόπτων, ὅτι
ἀτελής, ὁ δὲ τέλειος, ὅτι οὔπω ἄτριβος ἀρετῆς· δεῖ δ’ ὥσπερ τὰ κονιάματα στηριχθῆναι βεβαίως καὶ λαβεῖν πῆξιν, οὕτως τὰς τῶν τελειωθέντων ψυχὰς κραταιωθείσας παγιώτερον ἱδρυθῆναι μελέτῃ συνεχεῖ καὶ γυμνάσμασιν ἐπαλλήλοις.

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.) — 160 focus

[160] For if they come to this contest, being private individuals engaging in a struggle against men experienced in warfare, they will by all means be defeated; the one who is only beginning, because he is destitute of experience; the one who is in a state of progress, because he is still imperfect; and the one who is perfect, because he is not yet thoroughly practised in virtue. But just as it is necessary that plaster, after it has been applied to a wall, must become solid and acquire firmness, so also it is indispensable that the souls of those who have attained to perfection, must become strengthened, and be established on firmer foundations by continual study and incessant practise.

Philo Judaeus De Agricultura 160

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