Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 16

ed. Paul Wendland

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[16] μουσικὴ δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄρρυθμον [ἐν] ῥυθμοῖς, τὸ δ’ ἀνάρμοστον ἁρμονίᾳ, τὸ δ’ ἀπῳδὸν καὶ
ἐκμελὲς μέλει κατεπᾴδουσα τὸ ἀσύμφωνον εἰς συμφωνίαν ἄξει. γεωμετρία δ’ ἰσότητος καὶ ἀναλογίας ἐμβαλλομένη τὰ σπέρματα εἰς ψυχὴν φιλομαθῆ γλαφυρότητι συνεχοῦς θεωρίας δικαιοσύνης ζῆλον ἐμποιήσει.

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.) — 16 focus

[16] And music will teach what is inharmonious in the way of rhythm, and what is ill arranged in harmony, and, rejecting all that is out of tune and all that is inconsistent with melody, will guide what was previously discordant to concord. And geometry, sowing the seeds of equality and just proportion in the soul, which is fond of learning, will, by means of the beauty of continued contemplation, implant in you an admiration of justice.

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