Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 84

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[84] ἄνθρωπος γάρ, ὡς ἔφην, ἅμα μὲν τῇ γενέσει τὸ Αἰγύπτιον πάθος ἔλαχεν οἰκεῖν ἡδοναῖς καὶ ἀλγηδόσι προσερριζωμένος, αὖθις δ’ ἀποικίαν στέλλεται τὴν πρὸς κακίαν, ἤδη τοῦ λογισμοῦ πρὸς τὸ ὀξυωπέστερον
ἐπιδεδωκότος καὶ καταλαμβάνοντος μὲν ἀμφότερα, ἀγαθόν τε αὖ καὶ κακόν, τὸ δὲ χεῖρον αἱρουμένου διὰ τὸ πολὺ μετέχειν τοῦ θνητοῦ, ᾧ τὸ κακὸν οἰκεῖον, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοὐναντίον τῷ θείῳ, τὸ ἀγαθόν.

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.) — 84 focus

[84] for the man, as I have said before, at his very earliest birth had the Egyptian passions assigned him to dwell among, being deeply rooted in pleasures and in pains; and at a subsequent time he departs as if to found a colony, and migrates towards wickedness. His reason now being inclined to a more acute sight, and comprehending accurately both the opposite extremes of good and of evil, but nevertheless choosing the worse part, because it has a great share in mortal nature, to which what is evil is in some degree akin, as also the contrary, namely, good, is akin to the divine nature.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 84

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