Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 65

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[65] ἀλλὰ τί τῶν λεγομένων
ὄφελος; ἀντὶ γὰρ τοῦ προσέχειν ἑτέρωσε τὸν νοῦν ἀποστείλαντες οἱ μὲν πλοῦ καὶ ἐμπορίας, οἱ δὲ προσόδων καὶ γεωργίας, οἱ δὲ τιμῶν καὶ πολιτείας, οἱ δὲ τῶν ἀφ’ ἑκάστης τέχνης καὶ ἐπιτηδεύσεως κερδῶν, ἄλλοι δὲ τιμωρίας ἐχθρῶν, οἱ δὲ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρωτικαῖς ἐπιθυμίαις ἀπολαύσεων καὶ συνόλως ἑτέρων ἕτεροι διαμέμνηνται, ὡς ἕνεκα
τῶν ἐπιδεικνυμένων κεκωφῆσθαι, τοῖς μὲν σώμασι παρεῖναι μόνον, ταῖς δὲ διανοίαις ἀπηλλάχθαι, εἰδώλων καὶ ἀνδριάντων διαφέρειν μηδέν.

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.) — 65 focus

[65] But still what advantage is derived from all that is said? For men, instead of attending, turn their mind in other directions, some to marine and mercantile affairs, others to rents and agriculture; some to public honours and affairs of state, some to the gains to be derived from each different profession and art, others to revenging themselves upon their enemies, others again to the enjoyments to be derived from the indulgence of the amorous appetites, and in short every body is under the influence of some distracting idea or other; so that, as far as the subjects of the discussion are concerned, they are completely deaf, and are present with their bodies only, but are at a distance as to their minds, being in no particular different from images or statues.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 65

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