Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 191

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[191] ἢ ὅταν ἄστεγος μὲν ὅρασις κεχυμένη πρὸς τὰ ὁρατά, ἄστεγος δὲ ἀκοὴ φωναῖς
ἁπάσαις ἐπαντλουμένη, ἄστεγοι δὲ ὀσμαὶ καὶ αἱ συγγενεῖς δυνάμεις καταλειφθῶσι, πρὸς ὅ τι ἂν οἱ κατατρέχοντες βούλωνται διαθεῖναι παθεῖν ἑτοιμόταται, ἄστεγος δὲ καὶ ὁ προφορικὸς λόγος, ὃς μυρία τῶν ἀπορρήτων, ἅτε μηδενὸς τὴν p. 575 M. φορὰν ἀνωθοῦντος, ἀκαίρως ἐξελάλησε; ῥυεὶς γοῦν ἀκωλύτως μεγάλας βίων ὑποθέσεις ὀρθὰς οἷα ἐν γαλήνῃ
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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.) — 191 focus

[191] When, then, is it without a guardian? Is it not when the sight is without any covering, being poured forth upon the objects of sight; and when the hearing is without a covering, being occupied in drinking in all kinds of sounds; and when the sense of smell is uncovered, and the kindred powers are left to themselves, and so are most ready to suffer whatever the invading enemy may be disposed to inflict? And that speech is uncovered and uttered which speaks ten thousand things in an unseasonable manner, without any thing to restrain its impetuosity; therefore flowing on unrestrainedly, it overturns many noble purposes and plans of life which were previously sailing on erect as though in calm weather.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 191

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