Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 128

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[128] ἑρμηνεύεται Δωθαῒν ἔκλειψις ἱκανή, σύμβολον ψυχῆς οὐ μέσως ἀλλὰ τελείως ἀποδεδρακυίας τὰς κενὰς δόξας, αἳ γυναικῶν μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνδρῶν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐοίκασι. διὸ πάνυ καλῶς ἡ ἀρετὴ Σάρρα „τὰ γυναικεῖα ἐκλείπει“ (Gen. 18,11), περὶ ἃ πονούμεθα οἱ τὸν ἄνανδρον καὶ θῆλυν ὄντως βίον μεταδιώκοντες.
ὁ δὲ σοφὸς καὶ „ἐκλείπων προστίθεται“ (Gen. 25, 17) κατὰ Μωυσῆν, φυσικώτατα· τὴν γὰρ τῆς κενῆς δόξης ἀφαίρεσιν πρόσθεσιν ἀληθείας εἶναι συμβέβηκεν.

De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Fuga Et Inventione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On Fugitives First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 128 focus

[128] The name Dothan is interpreted, "a sufficient abandonment," being a symbol of the soul which has in no slight degree but altogether escaped those vain opinions, which resemble the pursuits of women rather than those of men. On which account virtue, that is Sarah, is very beautifully described as having given up "the manner of women," ¹ which is the object of pursuit to those men who live an unmanly and truly feminine life. But the wise man is also "added when leaving," ² according to Moses, speaking most strictly in accordance with nature. For the deprivation of empty opinion must necessarily be the addition of true opinion.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 128

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