Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 165

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[165] μίαν οὖν ὥσπερ ἐκ πενταπόλεως τῶν πέντε αἰσθήσεων τὴν ὅρασιν ἐξαιρέτου γέρως τυχεῖν ἁρμόττον ἦν
καὶ φθειρομένων τῶν ἄλλων διαμένειν, ὅτι οὐ περὶ τὰ θνητὰ εἱλεῖται μόνον ὡς ἐκεῖναι, μετανίστασθαι δὲ πρὸς τὰς ἀφθάρτους φύσεις ἀξιοῖ χαίρουσα τῇ θέᾳ τούτων.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 165 focus

[165] Therefore it was appropriate for one of the five outward senses, namely, the sight, like one city in the Pentapolis, to receive an especial reward and honour, and to remain while the others were destroyed, because it is not only conversant with mortal objects as they are, but is able also to forsake such, and to depart to the imperishable natures, and to rejoice in the sight of them.

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