Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 19

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[19] καθάπερ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα φυσικῶς τὰ βέβηλα παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοις ἱερὰ παρὰ τοῖς ὀξὺ καθορῶσι λέγεται καὶ πάντα θύεται, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον
καὶ ὧν ἐστέρηται καὶ ἀφῄρηται πᾶς ἄφρων, τούτων κληρονόμος ἔσται ὁ καλοκἀγαθίας ἑταῖρος· ταῦτα p. 549 M. δέ ἐστι δόξα ἀληθὴς ἐπιστήμης ἀδιαφοροῦσα καὶ πλοῦτος οὐχ ὁ τυφλός, ἀλλ’ ὁ τῶν ὄντων ὀξυδερκέστατος, ὃς οὐδὲν παραδέχεται νόμισμα κίβδηλον, ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἄψυχον τὸ παράπαν, εἰ καὶ δόκιμον εἴη.

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.) — 19 focus

[19] for, as in this passage, those things which, according to the principles of natural philosophy, are reckoned profane among the Egyptians are called sacred by the Israelites who see acutely, and are all offered as sacrifices; so, in the same manner, the man who is the companion of virtue will be the heir of those things of which every foolish man is deprived and destitute. And these things are true glory, which in fact differs in no ¹² respect from knowledge, and wealth, not blind wealth, but that which is the most sharp-sighted of all existing things, which never receives any base money, not even anything whatever devoid of life unless it be thoroughly tried and approved.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 19

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