Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 291

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[291] τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ καὶ νῦν ἔργοις μᾶλλον ἢ ῥήμασι διασυνίστησι Μωυσῆς· ὃν γὰρ ἀναγράφει γήρᾳ χρησόμενον καλῷ, τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ σχεδὸν ἁπάντων ὀλιγοχρονιώτατον
εἰσήγαγε, φιλοσοφῶν καὶ διδάσκων ἡμᾶς, τίς ὁ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν εὐγήρως ἐστίν, ἵνα μὴ πολὺν τῦφον ἐπὶ τοῦ φανεροῦ σώματός ποτε ἀποδεξώμεθα γέμοντα αἰσχύνης καὶ πολλῶν ὀνειδῶν, ἀλλ’ εὐβουλίαν καὶ σταθερότητα ψυχῆς ἰδόντες τὸ γέρως ἀδελφὸν καὶ παρώνυμον καλὸν γῆρας ἐπιφημίσωμέν τε καὶ μαρτυρήσωμεν.

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.) — 291 focus

[291] And Moses says the very same thing, intimating it by his actions rather than by his words. For the man who he says shall enjoy a glorious old age, he has at the same time represented as more short-lived than almost any one of those who preceded him. Speaking in a philosophical manner, and teaching us who it is who does truly enjoy a happy old age, that we may not conceive pride respecting old age from anything that affects the visible body; as such pride is full of shame and many disgraceful circumstances. But, that keeping our eyes fixed on wisdom of ¹ counsel, and steadiness of soul, we may ascribe to such men and testify in their favour that they have a glorious old age, ( γη̃ρας) akin to, and bearing nearly the same name as honour ( γέρας).

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 291

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