Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 137

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[137] νόμος δὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐγράφη πάνυ καλῶς καὶ συμφερόντως τεθεὶς οὗτος· „ἐὰν μαχομένων ἀνδρῶν
δύο πατάξῃ τις γυναῖκα ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαν καὶ ἐξέλθῃ τὸ παιδίον αὐτῆς μὴ ἐξεικονισμένον, ἐπιζήμιον ζημιωθήσεται· καθ’ ὅ τι ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς γυναικός, δώσει μετὰ ἀξιώματος· ἐὰν δὲ ἐξεικονισμένον ᾖ, δώσει ψυχὴν ἀντὶ ψυχῆς“ (Exod. 21,22.23). οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὅμοιον, τέλειόν τε καὶ ἀτελὲς διανοίας ἔργον διαφθεῖραι, οὐδὲ εἰκαζόμενον καὶ
καταλαμβανόμενον, οὐδὲ ἐλπιζόμενον καὶ ἤδη ὑπάρχον.

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.) — 137 focus

[137] And with respect to these matters the following law has been enacted with great beauty and propriety: "If while two men are fighting one should strike a woman who is great with child, and her child should come from her before it is completely formed, he shall be muleted in a fine, according to what the husband of the woman shall impose upon him, and he shall pay the fine deservedly. But if the child be fully formed, he shall pay life for life." ¹ For it was not the same thing, to destroy a perfect and an imperfect work of the mind, nor is what is only likened by a figure similar to what is really comprehended, nor is what is only hoped for similar to what really exists.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 137

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