Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 121

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[121] 22 Εἰκότως οὖν μετὰ δεκαετίαν τῆς εἰς Χαναναίων γῆν ἀφίξεως ἡ πρὸς τὴν Ἄγαρ κοινωνία γίνεται· οὐ γὰρ εὐθὺς λογικοὶ γενόμενοι πλαδώσης ἔτι τῆς διανοίας ὀρεχθῆναι παιδείας τῆς ἐγκυκλίου δυνάμεθα, ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὰν σύνεσιν καὶ ἀγχίνοιαν κραταιωσάμενοι μηκέτι κούφῃ καὶ ¹ ἐπιπολαίῳ, ἀλλὰ βεβαίᾳ καὶ παγίᾳ γνώμῃ περὶ ἁπάντων χρώμεθα.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 121 focus

Very naturally, therefore, is the connection of Abraham with Hagar, placed at the end of ten years after his ¹² arrival in the land of the Chaldaeans. For it does not follow that the first moment that we become endowed with reason, while our intellect is still in a somewhat fluid state, we are able at once to derive encyclical instruction. But when we have attained to intelligence and acuteness of comprehension, then we no longer have a light and superficial mind, but rather a firm and solid intellect which we can exercise on every subject.

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De congressu eruditionis gratia

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1 δὲ GF ἐπειδὴ v αὐλέας MA ἐκ] ἐκ τῶν GF
2 τεττάρων MA: τεσσάρων HGF σύμβολα στοιχείων GF
3 κόκκου GF 3.
4 τεσσάρων v
4 ἀριθμῷ Mang.
5 δέ ὁ MA: δὲ Η, ἡ GF φύσει γάρ μέλας οὕτος GF
6 δ’ GF θαλάσσης GF
7 κόγχη MA (A ex corr.): κόχλη GF, κογχύλη Η, prius Α
8 Αἰγύπτου F post Αἴγυπτον add. μὲν MAH ἀφηνιάσας, tum ras. G ἀντίθεον Mang.: ἀντίθετον codd.
11 καὶ Ἀβραὰμ τρόπον transpos. GF
12 ἀλλ’ Η αὐτῶ prius G
13 ἐργάσεσθαι scripsi: ἐργάσασθαι codd.
14 δώσειν] δοῦναι Α
15 δεκάδι] δὲ GF
16 καταχρήσασθαι GF(H1 ?) γὰρ om. GH
17 νομοθεσίαν Mang.: ἐκκλησίαν codd. Μωσῆς GF
18 γενικά MAH: γενικαὶ ἀρεταὶ καὶ G, γενικαὶ καὶ ἀρεταὶ καὶ F
19 καὶ add. Mang. et confirmare videtur lectio modo coinmemorata in GF ἀέναοι MG: ἀένναοι AHF καὶ] δὲ καὶ per errorem Mang.
20 χρησομένων conicio
21 χαναναίων G: τὴν Χαναναίων F, χαλδαίων MAH γῆν Fv: γῆς ceteri, quo servato ἐκ Χαλδαίων coni. Mang.
22 γίνεται κοινωνία GF γενόμενοι corr. e γινόμενοι H
24 κρατερωσάμενοι GF κωφὴ MAH

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