Philo Judaeus De Sobrietate 62

ed. Paul Wendland

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[62] p. 402 M. 13 περὶ μὲν τοῦ πλάτους ταύτα. τίνα δὲ ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις εὔχεται τοῦ Σὴμ κατοικήσαι, σκεπτέον· σαφῶς γὰρ οὐ μεμήνυκεν. ἔνεστι μὲν δὴ φάναι, ὅτι τὸν ἡγεμόν τοῦ παντός. τίς γὰρ οἶκος παρὰ γενέσει δύναιτ’ ἂν ἀξιοπρεπέστερος εὑρεθῆναι θεῷ
πλὴν ψυχῆς τελείως κεκαθαρμένης καὶ μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἡγουμένης ἀγαθόν, τὰ δὲ ἅγλα ὅσα νενόμισται ἐν δορυφόρων καὶ ὑπηκόων λόί̀ῳ ταττούσης;

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.) — 62 focus

Thus much we may say concerning breadth. We must now consider who it is who Noah prays may dwell in the tents of Shem, for he does not say very clearly. One may affirm that he means the Lord of the universe; for what more suitable and beautiful abode in all creation could be found for God beyond a soul completely purified, and ¹ thinking nothing beautiful but what is good, and looking upon all things, which are usually held in estimation among men, in the light of subjects and body-guards of that one thing, good?

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