Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 223

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[223] ἄχρι μὲν οὖν τινος ἐπολεμεῖτο ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὴν στάσιν ταύτην ἐχώρει μήπω κεκαθαρμένη
παντελῶς, ἀλλ’ ἔτι τῶν παθῶν καὶ νοσημάτων παρευημερούντων τοὺς ὑγιαίνοντας λόγους· ἀφ’ οὗ δὲ ἤρξατο δυνατωτέρα γίνεσθαι καὶ ῥώμῃ κραταιοτέρᾳ τὸν ἐπιτειχισμὸν τῶν ἐναντίων δοξῶν καθαιρεῖν, πτερυξαμένη καὶ φρονήματος ὑποπλησθεῖσα τὸν τὰς ἐκτὸς ὕλας τεθαυμακότα τρόπον ἐν αὑτῇ διατειχίζει καὶ διαζεύγνυσι καὶ ὡς ἀνθρώπῳ
διαλεγομένη φησίν·

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.) — 223 focus

[223] Now, for some time the soul was warred against by some enemy, and was full of this quarrelsome principle, inasmuch as it had not yet been completely pacified, but was still troubled by some passions and diseases which prevailed over sound reason. But from the time when it began to be more powerful, and with its superior force, to destroy the fortification of the opposite opinions, becoming elated and puffed up with pride, it in a most marvellous manner began to separate and detach the disposition in itself, which admires the external materials, and as if conversing with man, says to him, Thou art unable to dwell with—

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 223

ed. Leopold Cohn

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