Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 31

ed. Paul Wendland

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[31] (Deut. 5, 31), ἵνα ἐνδοιασμὸν καὶ ἐπαμφοτερισμόν, ἀβεβαίου ψυχῆς διαθέσεις, ἀποδυσάμενος τὴν ὀχυρωτάτην καὶ βεβαιοτάτην διάθεσιν, πίστιν, ἐνδύσηται. ἔπειτα δὲ ἑστώς, τὸ
παραδοξότατον, ὑπαντᾷ· „στήσῃ„ γάρ φησιν „ὑπαντιάζων„· καίτοι τὸ μὲν ὑπαντᾶν ἐν κινήσει, κατὰ δ’ ἠρεμίαν τὸ ἵστασθαι θεωρεῖται.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 31 focus

[31] "But do thou stand here with me, " ¹ that having laid aside doubt and vacillation, the dispositions of an infirm soul, he may put on that most steadfast and trustworthy disposition, faith. In the next place, even while standing still, he (which seems a most extraordinary thing) goes forward to meet him; for it is said to him, "Thou shalt stand meeting him," and yet to go to meet is a part of motion, while to stand still is regarded as characteristic of tranquillity.

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