Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 212

ed. Paul Wendland

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[212]
τὰς δὲ τῶν εὐφυῶν ψυχὰς ἔστιν ἰδεῖν κηροῦ τρόπον λελειασμένου μήτε ἄγαν στερεοῦ μήτε ἄγαν ἁπαλοῦ κεκερασμένας μετρίως, παραδεχομένας τὰ ἀκούσματα καὶ θεάματα ῥᾳδίως πάντα καὶ ἐναποματτομένας ἄκρως αὐτὰς τὰ εἴδη, μνήμης ἐναργεῖς τινας εἰκόνας.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Mutatione Nominum (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 212 focus

[212] But on the other hand, we may see the souls of those who are well endowed by nature, like a well-smoothed waxen tablet, neither too solid nor too tender, moderately tempered, and easily receiving all admonitions and all lessons, and themselves giving an accurate representation of any impression which has been stamped upon them, being a sort of distinct image of memory.

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