Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 63

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[63] τοῦτό τις καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ θαυμασθέντων ἀνὴρ δόκιμος ἐφώνησε μεγαλειότερον ἐν Θεαιτήτῳ φάσκων· „ἀλλ’ οὔτ’ ἀπολέσθαι τὰ κακὰ δυνατόν — ὑπεναντίον γάρ τι
τῷ ἀγαθῷ αἰεὶ εἶναι ἀνάγκη — οὔτε ἐν θείοις αὐτὰ ἱδρῦσθαι, τὴν δὲ θνητὴν φύσιν καὶ τόνδε τὸν τόπον περιπολεῖν· διὸ καὶ πειρᾶσθαι χρὴ ¹² ἐνθένθε ἐκεῖσε φεύγειν ὅτι τάχιστα. φυγὴ δὲ ὁμοίωσις θεῷ κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν· ὁμοίωσις δὲ δίκαιον καὶ ὅσιον μετὰ φρονήσεως γενέσθαι.“

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.) — 63 focus

[63] This, too, one of the most eminent among the men who have been admired for their wisdom has asserted, speaking in a magnificent strain in the Theaetetus, where he says, "But it is impossible for evils to come to an end. For it is indispensable that there should always be something in opposition to God. And it is equally impossible that it should have its place in the divine regions; but it must of necessity hover around mortal nature and this place where we live; on which account we ought to endeavour to flee from this place as speedily as possible. And our flight will be a likening of ourselves to God, to the best of our power. And such a likening consists of being just and holy in conjunction with prudence." ¹

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De fuga et inventione

1.
1 Ναδὰμ H, Δὰβ L Ἀβίου G
2 ἀντικαταλλόμενοι Η τἀγένητον Η, τὰ γενητὰ G
3 ὧν Mang. : ὧ codd. ὅτι scripsi: ὅτε G2, τότε G1H
8 ἐναγὴς G: ἀναιδὴς Β
9 αὐτοῦ coni. Mang.
10 σημεῖον τῷ Κάιν conicio; v. LXX et vol. I p. 297,
22 12 μηδέποτε scripsi: μηδέπω codd.
19 ἔλθῃ v
20 post σπουδάζει add. δὲ, sed rursus del. Η
21 περιπολλῦν L1, περὶ πολλὺν Turn.
22 ἀποδραμεῖν conicio 22.
23 τῶν—ἐφώνησε s. s. H2 24.
25 γάρ τι τῷ ἀγαθῷ e Platone scripsi: γὰρ τῴ θεῶ codd.
25 θεοῖς Platonis textus αὐτὰ G (Plato): ταῦτα H
26 περιπολεῖ Platonis textus

2.
14 Od. μ 118.
16 Heracliti fragra.
85 Byw. 20.
21 cf. Platonis Phaedr. p. 247 Α
24 Platouis Theaet. p. 176 AB.

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