Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 129

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[129] ὅσαι μὲν οὖν ψυχαὶ μετὰ φρονήσεως κυοφοροῦσι
πραγμάτων τίκτουσιν ὅμως, τὰ συγκεχυμένα διακρίνουσαι καὶ p. 538 M. διαστέλλουσαι, καθάπερ ἡ Ῥεβέκκα — λαβοῦσα γὰρ ἐν γαστρὶ τῶν διττῶν διανοίας ἐθνῶν ἐπιστήμην, ἀρετῆς τε καὶ κακίας, εὐτοκίᾳ χρωμένη τὴν ἑκατέρου φύσιν διαστέλλει τε καὶ διακρίνει (Gen. 25,23) —· ὅσαι δὲ ἄνευ φρονήσεως, ἢ ἀμβλίσκουσιν ἢ δύσεριν καὶ σοφιστὴν βάλλοντα καὶ τοξεύοντα
(Gen. 21,20) ἢ βαλλόμενον καὶ τοξευόμενον ἀποκύουσι.

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

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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.) — 129 focus

[129] All the souls, therefore, which, in connection with prudence, are pregnant of real things, do nevertheless bring forth, separating and distinguishing between things previously in confusion, like Rebekkah; for she having conceived in her womb ideas of two nations, the knowledge of virtue and the knowledge of wickedness, having a fortunate labour separated and distinguished between the nature of each; but those which have conceived without prudence either miscarry or else bring forth an offspring inclined to evil contention and sophistry, always either aiming darts and arrows at others, or having darts and arrows aimed at themselves.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 129

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