Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 256

ed. Paul Wendland

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[256] εἰκότως καὶ Ἰακὼβ τεθαύμακεν, εἰ ἔτι ὁ ἐν σώματι νοῦς, Ἰωσήφ, ζῇ πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ ἄρχει (Gen. 45,26) τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἄρχεται πρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ τἄλλα ἐπιὼν ἄν τις ὑποδείγματα τἀληθὲς ἰχνεύειν δυνηθείη. πρόκειται δ’ οὐ
περὶ τούτων νῦν ἀκριβολογεῖσθαι, διὸ ἐπὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τρεπτέον), τῆς δὲ τρίτης ἐν οἷς τὰ περὶ τὴν τῆς γυναικὸς γένεσιν φιλοσοφεῖ —

Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 256 focus

[256] And very naturally did Jacob wonder whether the mind was still in the body; that is to say, whether Joseph was alive to virtue and ruling over the body, and not being ruled over by it. And any one who chooses to go through all the other instances, would be able to trace out the truth. But our present subject does not require any accurate discussion of these matters; on which account we had better return to the point from which we set out.

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