Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 207

ed. Paul Wendland

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[207] τε καὶ ἀναγκαῖον. 38 ἀποδεξάμενος οὖν τῆς πειθαρχίας αὐτὴν ὁ ἔλεγχος „ἀποστάφηθι πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν σου“ φησί· λυσιτελὲς γὰρ τῇ μανθανούσῃ ἡ τῆς διδασκούσης ἐπιστασία καὶ τῇ ἀτελεῖ ἡ παρὰ φρονήσει δουλεία. ὅταν δ’ ὑποστρέψῃς, „ταπεινώθητι ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖρας
αὐτῆς“ (ibid. 9) καλὴν ταπείνωσιν φρονήματος ἀλόγου καθαίρεσιν περιέχουσαν.

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.) — 207 focus

Therefore the convicter of the soul approving of her in respect of her obedience says, Return unto thy mistress; for the government of the teacher is profitable to the disciple, and servitude in subjection to wisdom is advantageous to her who is imperfect; and when thou returnest, "be thou humbled under her hands:"—a very beautiful humiliation, comprehending the destruction of irrational pride.

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