Philo Judaeus, De Migratione Abrahami, ed. Paul Wendland, 104

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[104] ἄγαν δ’ ἐξητασμένως ἐπιφέρει ὅτι „ἔσται ἀκουστὴ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰσόντος εἰς τὰ ἅγια“ (Exod. 28,31), ἵνα πρὸς τὰ νοητὰ καὶ θεῖα καὶ ὄντως ἅγια εἰσιούσης τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ αἱ αἰσθήσεις ὠφελούμεναι κατ’ ἀρετὴν συνηχῶσι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σύστημα
ἡμῶν, ὥσπερ ἐμμελὴς καὶ πολυάνθρωπος χορός, ἐκ διαφερόντων φθόγγων ἀνακεκραμένων ἓν μέλος ἐναρμόνιον συνᾴδῃ, τὰ μὲν ἐνδόσιμα τῶν νοημάτων ἐμπνεόντων — ἡγεμόνες γὰρ τοῦ χοροῦ τούτου τὰ νοητά —, τὰ δ’ ἑπόμενα τῶν αἰσθητῶν συναναμελπόντων, ἃ τοῖς κατὰ μέρος χορευταῖς ἀπεικάζεται.

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 104 focus

[104] And he adds, with exceeding accuracy of investigation, "The voice of him shall be heard as he enters into the holy place," in order that when the soul enters into the places appreciable by the intellect, and divine, and truly holy, the very outward senses may likewise be benefited, and may sound in unison, in accordance with virtue; and our whole system, like a melodious chorus of many men, may sing in concert one well-harmonised melody composed of different sounds well combined, the thoughts inspiring the leading notes (for the objects of intellect are the leaders of the chorus); and the objects of the external senses, singing in melodies, accord the symphonies which follow, which are compared to individual members of the chorus.

Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 104

ed. Paul Wendland

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition First1KGreek

Stable identifiers