Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 140

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[140] λέγεται δ’ οὐδὲν ἧττον κατελθὼν ἰδεῖν, ὁ προλήψει πάντα οὐ γενόμενα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὶν γενέσθαι σαφῶς κατειληφώς, προτροπῆς ἕνεκα καὶ διδασκαλίας,
ἵνα μηδεὶς ἀνθρώπων οἷς οὐ πάρεστιν, ἀβεβαίῳ χρώμενος εἰκασίᾳ, μακρὰν ἀφεστὼς προπιστεύῃ, ἀλλ’ ἄχρι τῶν πραγμάτων ἐλθὼν καὶ διακύψας εἰς ἕκαστα καὶ ἐπιμελῶς αὐτὰ αὐγασάμενος· ὄψιν γὰρ ἀπλανῆ πρὸ ἀκοῆς ἀπατεῶνος ἄξιον μάρτυρα τίθεσθαι.

De Confusione Linguarum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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

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On the Confusion of Languages First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 140 focus

[140] But, nevertheless, he is said to have come down and to have seen, he who by his foreknowledge comprehends everything, not only that has happened, but even before it happens; and this expression is used for the sake of exhortation and instruction, in order that no man, indulging in uncertain conjectures about matters which he is not present to behold may, while standing afar off, be too prompt to believe idle fancies, but that every one may come close to the facts, and examining each one separately, may carefully and thoroughly consider them. For certain sight is more deserving to be looked upon as a ¹² trustworthy witness than fallacious hearing.

Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 140

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