Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 154

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[154] ταῦτα ὁ διαπεμψάμενος ἀκούσας, φθόνον ἠλλοτριωκὼς ἀφ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ἵλεως γέγηθεν οὐ μετρίως p. 569 M. καί φησι· μὴ γὰρ οὐ δι’ εὐχῆς ἐστί μοι τὴν διάνοιαν ἀστείαν τε καὶ ἀστὴν ὡς ἀληθῶς εἶναι, κοσμιότητι καὶ σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις διαπρέπουσαν ἀρεταῖς, ἑνὶ προσέχουσαν ἀνδρὶ καὶ
τὴν ἑνὸς οἰκουρίαν ἀγαπῶσαν καὶ μοναρχίᾳ χαίρουσαν. εἰ δὴ τοιαύτη τίς ἐστιν, ἐχέτω τὰ δεδομένα, καὶ τὴν παιδείαν καὶ τὸν εἱρμὸν λόγου πρὸς βίον καὶ βίου πρὸς λόγον καὶ τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον, βεβαιότητα καὶ πίστιν.

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.) — 154 focus

[154] He, then, who sent the messenger to inquire, hearing this, having removed envy to a distance from himself, and being gentle in his nature, rejoices in no moderate degree, and says, "Perhaps, then, according to my prayer, she is truly a virtuous mind, a citizen wife, excelling in modesty, and chastity, and all other virtues, cleaving to one husband alone, being content with the administration of one household, and rejoicing in the authority of one husband; and if she is such an one, let her keep what I have given her—the instruction and the connection of reason with life and of life with reason, and, what is the most necessary of all things, surety and faith.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 154

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