Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 105

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[105] μίαν γὰρ ἀμήχανον ψυχὴν κατοικεῖν
δύο τὰς ἐχθρὰς φύσεις, κακίαν καὶ ἀρετήν· οὗ χάριν, ἐπειδὰν συνενεχθῶσιν, ἀσύμβατοι καὶ ἀκατάλλακτοι στάσεις καὶ πόλεμοι συγκροτοῦνται, καίτοι τῆς ἀρετῆς εἰρηνικωτάτην φύσιν ἐχούσης, ᾗ φασιν ἐπιμελὲς εἶναι, ὅταν εἰς χειρῶν ἅμιλλαν ἰέναι μέλλῃ, τῆς ἰδίας δυνάμεως ἀποπειρᾶσθαι ¹ πρότερον, ἵν’, εἰ μὲν ἰσχύοι καταγωνίσασθαι, συνιστῆται, εἰ δ’ ἀσθενεστέρᾳ χρῷτο τῇ δυνάμει, μηδὲ συγκαταβῆναι τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα θαρρήσῃ·

De Abrahamo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Abrahamo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 105 focus

[105] for it is impossible for two hostile natures to inhabit one soul, namely, for wickedness and virtue, for which reason, when they do come together, endless and irreconcilable seditions and wars are kindled between them; and yet this is the case though virtue is of a most peaceful disposition, and, as they say, is anxious whenever it is about to come to a contest of strength to make trial of its own powers first, so as only to contend if it has a prospect of being able to gain the victory; but if it finds its power unequal to the conflict, then it will never dare to descend into the arena at all,

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De Abrahamo

1.
1 ἐπειδήπερ BEK: ἐπείπερ ceteri
2 τι F ἐπισκευαζούσας CG ἀπαμφιάσας Η: ἀναπαμφιάσας Α, ἀπαμφιέσας ε corr. ex α) E, ἀπαμφιέσας BKP, ἐναπαμφιέσας CFGM
3 διότι] ὅτι vel δὴ ὅτι conicio 4.
5 καὶ καλὰς—ὑπηχεῖ om. Arm
5 ὑφηχεῖ Ε, ὑφηγεῖται (γεῖται in ras.) Β δὲ ΒΕΚ: δ’ ccteri καὶ παιδευόμενος om.
7 αὐτῶ τοῦτο μόνον ἐστὶ BEK, τοῦτο αὐτῷ μόνον ἐστὶ Arm: ἐστὶν post πάθος (6) transp. ceteri
9 αὐτῆς] αὐτοῖς ’P πράγμασιν Κ
10 συμβουλικῶς E νοῦς φιλοσώματος BEK Arm: ὁ νοῦς ὁ φιλοσώματος ceteri ·καθυποκρινάμενος C II ἐπιμορφάζειν Κ
12 ἀκροατὴς ’P’
13 καὶ om. Κ
14 θεῶ BEK: τῶ θεῶ ceteri
15 ἐμίσησε BEK: ἐμίσησέ τε ceteri ἀπεβάλετο ΒΕ, ἀπεβάλλετο Κ
16 διά τινων ΜΑ ἢ codd.: ἦ v
17 ἐπεξιόντα coni. Mang. τιτρώσκει ΒΕΚ Arm: πικρῶς ceteri
18 ὀλιγοδέεια BEMP, ὀλιγόδειαν v
19 δὲ om. ΒΕ
20 μίαν . . . ψυχὴν ABE Arm: μιᾷ . . . ψυχὴ ceteri
21 φύσει CFG 21.
22 συναχθῶσιν Κ
23 ᾖ] ἡ Α
24 ὅταν ΒΕΚ: ἐπὰν ceteri χειρῶν Κ (Mang.): χεῖρον BE, χείρονα ceteri ἄμιλλα BE τὰς ἰδίας δυνάμεις ΒΕ

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 105

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