Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 164

ed. Paul Wendland

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[164] ἡ γὰρ ἄδηλος ἀπόπειρα καὶ δοκιμασία τῆς ψυχῆς ἐστιν ἐν τῷ πονεῖν καὶ πικραίνεσθαι· ὅπῃ γὰρ ταλαντεύσει, χαλεπὸν διαγνῶναι. οἱ μὲν
γὰρ προκαμόντες ἀνέπεσον, βαρὺν ἀντίπαλον ἡγησάμενοι τὸν πόνον, καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ὑπ’ ἀσθενείας ὥσπερ ἀπειρηκότες ἀθληταὶ καθῆκαν, παλινδρομεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐπὶ τὴν ἀπόλαυσιν τοῦ πάθους ἐγνωκότες.

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.) — 164 focus

[164] and then he tempted him." ¹ For the invisible trial and proofs of the soul are in labouring and in enduring bitterness; for then it is hard to know which way it will incline; for many men are very speedily fatigued and fall away, thinking labour a terrible adversary, and they let their hands fall out of weakness, like tired wrestlers, determining to return to Egypt to the indulgence of their passions.

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