Philo Judaeus De Ebrietate 53

ed. Paul Wendland

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[53] ὁ δὲ συντελέσειν μὲν οὐχ ὑπισχνεῖται, „ἀναπληρώσειν“ (Gen. 29, 28) δ’ αὐτὴν
ὁμολογεῖ, τουτέστι μηδέποτε ἐπιλείψειν τὰ πρὸς αὔξησιν καὶ συμπλήρωσιν αὐτῆς ἐπιτηδεύων, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ καὶ πανταχοῦ περιέξεσθαι, κἂν μυρία τὰ ἀντισπῶντα καὶ ἀνθέλκοντα ᾖ.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Drunkenness First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 53 focus

[53] But he does not promise to accomplish them, but only agrees to fulfil them; that is to say, studying never to omit anything which may conduce to its growth and fulness, but in every instance labouring to get the better of all his difficulties, even though there may be innumerable impediments hindering and drawing him in the opposite direction.

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