Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 154

ed. Paul Wendland

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[154] καὶ γὰρ ὁ παιδίσκην εἰπὼν ἀμφότερα ὁμολογεῖ, τό τε
δούλην καὶ τὸ νηπίαν εἶναι — τὸ γὰρ τῆς παιδίσκης ὄνομα ἑκατέρῳ τούτων ἐφαρμόζει —, συνομολογεῖ δὲ πάντως εὐθὺς καὶ τἀναντία, τῇ μὲν νηπίᾳ τὴν τελείαν, τῇ δὲ δούλῃ τὴν κυρίαν, μονονοὺ βοῶν ἄντικρυς, ὅτι τὴν μὲν ἐγκύκλιον παιδείαν καὶ ὡς νεωτέραν καὶ ὡς θεραπαινίδα ἀσπάζομαι, τὴν δὲ ἐπιστήμην καὶ φρόνησιν ὡς τελείαν καὶ δέσποιναν
ἐκτετίμηκα.

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.) — 154 focus

[154] For also, when he calls her her handmaiden, he confesses both facts, both that she is a slave and also that she is a child; for the name of the handmaiden ( παιδίσκη) suits both these circumstances. At the same time also, he confesses the contrary things, opposing the child to the full-grown woman, and the mistress to her slave, all but crying out in plain words: I embrace indeed encyclical instruction as a younger maiden and as a handmaiden, but I honour knowledge and prudence as full-grown and a mistress.

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