Philo Judaeus, De Migratione Abrahami, ed. Paul Wendland, 155

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[155] οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μὴ μόνον ὀλίγοις εἴδεσιν ἐπιθυμίας χαίρων, ἀλλὰ μηδὲν τὸ παράπαν ἀπολιπεῖν δικαιῶν, ἵνα ὅλον δι’ ὅλων τὸ γένος, ᾧ πᾶν εἶδος ἐμφέρεται, μετέρχηται· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „ὁ ἐπίμικτος ὁ ἐν αὐτοῖς
ἐπεθύμησεν ἐπιθυμίαν“ αὐτοῦ τοῦ γένους, οὐχ ἑνός τινος τῶν εἰδῶν, „καὶ καθίσαντες ἔκλαιον“ (Num. 11,4). συνίησι γὰρ ὀλιγοδρανοῦσα ¹ ἡ διάνοια καί, ὁπότε μὴ δύναται τυχεῖν ὧν ὀρέγεται, δακρύει καὶ στενάζει· καίτοι ὤφειλε χαίρειν παθῶν καὶ νοσημάτων ἀτυχοῦσα καὶ μεγάλην εὐπραγίαν νομίζειν τὴν ἔνδειαν καὶ ἀπουσίαν αὐτῶν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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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.) — 155 focus

[155] This is he who not only rejoiced in a few species of desire, but who also chose to pass by none whatever entirely, so that he might obtain the whole entire genus in which every species is included; for it is said that, "the mixed multitude that was among them desired all kinds of concupiscence," ¹ that is to say, the very genus of concupiscence itself, and not some one species; and sitting down they wept. For the mind is conscious that it is possessed of but slight power, and when it is not able to obtain what it desires, it weeps and groans; and yet it ought to rejoice when it fails to be able to indulge its passions, or to become infected with diseases, and it ought to think their want and absence a very great piece of good fortune.

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De migratione Abrahami

1.
1 ἀπελείπομεν scripsi: ἀπολείπομεν HP, ἀπολιπομένην M, ἀπολειπομένων Α
2 τὰς scripsi: τοὺς codci. τοῦ om. H λόγου P: λόγους ceteri Μωυσέος AHP post Μωυσέως add. καὶ Η2
3 ἐνλαμβανόμενον MA
4 ἀπολήψεως Α
9 συμπεφυρμένη Α
11 τῶ A: τὸ MHP ι πολὺς coni. Cohn
12 ὄντως] οὗτος Α
13 μιγάς H2: μέγας
15 Ἡσαῦ AHP: om. M δασὺν om. A διὸ P
16 συγκλιδῶν συμπεφυρμένων Α
19 ἐναργείᾳ Mang.: ἐνεργεία codd.
21 τρίβεται Η2: οὐ τρίβεται ceteri ἁλλόμενος Α
22 ἀληθείας L δέον ι
23 μηδὲ H1P
25 ἐκφέρεται H2 ut vid., v μετέρχηται om. A
26 ἐπιθυμίαν Α: ἐπιθυμίας MHP αὐτοῦ H2: αὐτῆς ceteri
27 συνίησι Mang.: σύνεισι codd.

Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 155

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