Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 41

ed. Paul Wendland

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[41] ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἀνακύπτειν οὐκ ἔστι τὸ κύπτειν οὐδ’ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν οὐδ’ ἐν μαρσίππῳ ὁ ἵππος, οὕτως οὐδ’
ἐν τῷ καταφιλεῖν τὸ φιλεῖν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μυρίους εἴκοντές τινες ταῖς τοῦ βίου χαλεπαῖς ἀνάγκαις δεξιοῦνται.

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.) — 41 focus

[41] For as the meaning "to stoop" ( κύπτειν) is not contained in ( ἀνακύπτειν) "to lift up the head," nor "to drink" ( πίνω) in, "to absorb" ( καταπίνω), nor "a horse" ( ἵππος) in the word ( μάρσιππος) "a bag," so also "to love" ( φιλεῖν) is not necessarily contained in "to kiss" ( καταφιλεῖν); since men yielding to the bitter necessities of life ¹ offer this salutation to numbers of their enemies.

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