Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 59

ed. Paul Wendland

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[59] γίνεται οὖν τῷ φαύλῳ ἐξ ἀστῆς μὲν κακία, τὸ δὲ πάθος ἐκ παλλακῆς. λογισμοῦ γὰρ ἡ μὲν ὅλη ψυχὴ καθάπερ ἀστὴ σύμβιος p. 528 M. — ψυχὴ δὲ ἐπίληπτος τίκτει κακίας —, ἡ δὲ τοῦ σώματος φύσις παλλακή, δι’
ἧς ἡ γένεσις τοῦ πάθους θεωρεῖται· ἡδονῶν γὰρ καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν χώρα τὸ σῶμα.

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.) — 59 focus

[59] Therefore the wicked man has for his children, wickedness, by his wife who is a citizen, and passion by his concubine; for the whole soul, like a free citizen, is a companion of reason, but that which is open to reproach brings forth wickedness. But the nature of the body is a concubine, by means of whom the birth of the passion is beheld; and the body is the region of the pleasures and passions, and it is called Thamnah,

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