Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 150

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[150] ἡμίφωνον δὲ ἢ φωνῆεν ἢ παντελῶς ἄφωνον στοιχεῖον ἰδεῖν, καὶ πῶς ἕκαστον τούτων
εἴωθε λέγεσθαι, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περὶ φωνῆς καὶ στοιχείων καὶ τῶν τοῦ λόγου μερῶν ἰδέα οὐ φιλοσοφίᾳ πεπόνηται καὶ κατήνυσται; βραχείας δ’ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ χειμάρρου σπάσαντες λιβάδας καὶ βραχυτέραις ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ψυχαῖς ἐναποθλίψαντες τὸ κλαπὲν οἱ φῶρες οὐκ ἐρυθριῶσι προφέροντες ὡς ἴδιον.

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.) — 150 focus

[150] But, moreover, has not the whole question of semi-vowels, or vowels, or such elements as are completely mute, and the consideration of the sense in which each of these expressions is ordinarily used, and in short every notion connected with the voice, and the elements, and the parts of speech, been thoroughly worked out and brought to an accurate system by philosophy? And those thieves, after having as it were carried off a few drops from her torrent, and having sought to impregnate their own shallow souls with what they have stolen, are not ashamed to bring forth her resources as their own.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 150

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