Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 310

ed. Paul Wendland

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[310] καπνὸς δὲ γίνεται μὲν πρὸ πυρός, p. 518 M. δακρύειν δὲ βιάζεται τοὺς πλησιάζοντας. ἀμφότερα δὲ φιλεῖ συμβαίνειν· ταῖς τε γὰρ ἀρετῆς αὐγαῖς προσχωροῦντες τελειότητα
ἐλπίζομεν, καὶ εἰ μήπω δυναίμεθα τυχεῖν αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἀδακρυτὶ διάγομεν ἀνιώμενοι. πολὺς γὰρ ὅταν ἵμερος ἐντακῇ, πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ποθουμένου θήραν ἐπισπεύδει καὶ ἄχρι τοῦ συλλαβεῖν κατηφεῖν ἀναγκάζει.

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.) — 310 focus

[310] But smoke exists before fire, and compels those who come near it to weep; but both fire and smoke often come together. For, being delighted at the messengers of virtue, we hope to attain perfection therein, and if we are not yet able to arrive at it, then we can scarcely through our grief forbear from tears. For when an excessive desire is implanted in our breasts, they hasten to pursue the desired object, and our faces are full of chagrin until we attain it.

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