Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 8

ed. Paul Wendland

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[8] βασιλεὺς ὢν ἄρχειν ἀλλὰ μὴ ἄρχεσθαι πεπαίδευσο, πάντα τὸν αἰῶνα γίνωσκε σεαυτόν, ὡς καὶ Μωυσῆς πολλαχοῦ διδάσκει λέγων „πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ“ (Exod.
34,12)· οὕτως γὰρ ὧν τε ὑπακούειν καὶ οἷς ἐπιτάττειν προσῆκεν αἰσθήσῃ.

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.) — 8 focus

[8] they are your subjects, use them not as your rulers; since you are a king, learn to govern and not to be governed; know yourself all your life, as Moses teaches us in many passages where he says, "Take heed to thyself." ¹ For thus you will perceive what you ought to be obedient to, and what you ought to be the master of.

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