Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 28

ed. Paul Wendland

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[28] 5 ἐὰν οὖν θέλῃς διελέγξαι τὸν πολυχρήματον φαῦλον, μὴ ἀποστραφῇς τὴν ἐν χρήμασι περιουσίαν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἢ ἀνελεύθερος καὶ δουλοπρεπὴς ὀβολοστάτης καὶ τοκογλύφος, βαρυδαίμων ἀνήρ, ἀναφανεῖται ἢ
ἔμπαλιν ἄσωτος πεφορημένος, λαφύττειν καὶ σπαθᾶν ἑτοιμότατος, ἑταιρῶν καὶ πορνοτρόφων καὶ μαστροπῶν καὶ παντὸς ἀκολάστου θιάσου χορηγὸς φιλοτιμότατος.

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.) — 28 focus

If therefore, you wish to convict a wicked man, who is also possessed of great wealth, do not disdain an abundance of money; for the unhappy man will soon show himself in his true colours, either as an illiberal and slavish-minded skin-flint, and parer of people by usury, or else as a profligate and intemperate spendthrift, very ready to devour and to squander, and a most zealous companion of harlots and brothel-keepers, and pimps, and of every kind of profligate company.

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