Philo Judaeus De Sobrietate 23

ed. Paul Wendland

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[23] ὅτι τῶν γυναικῶν τὴν μὲν στεργομένην ἡδονῆς, τὴν δὲ στυγουμένην φρονήσεως εἶναί φαμεν σύμβολον· τῆς μὲν γὰρ ὁ
πολὺς ὅμιλος ἀνθρώπων τὴν συνουσίαν ὑπερφυῶς ἀγαπᾷ δελέατα καὶ φίλτρα ἐξ ἑαυτῆς ἐπαγωγότατα ἐνδιδούσης ἀπὸ γενέσεως ἀρχῆς ἄχρι πανυστάτου γήρως, τῆς δὲ ἐκτόπως τὸ αὐστηρὸν καὶ περίσεμνον διαμεμίσηκε καθάπερ οἱ ἄφρονες παῖδες τὰς τῶν γονέων καὶ τρεφόντων ὠφελιμωτάτας μὲν ἀτερπεστάτας δὲ ὑφηγήσεις.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Sobriety First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 23 focus

[23] Why so? because we say that she who is beloved is the symbol of pleasure, and she who is hated is the emblem of prudence. For the chief multitude of men love the company of the one to excess, inasmuch as she, from her own treasures, proffers them most seductive charms and allurements, from the very first moment of their birth to the extremity of old age; but of the other they detest excessively the austere and very dignified look, just as silly children dislike the profitable but unpleasant reproofs of their parents and guardians.

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