Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 243

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[243] ἔστι δ’ οὐ πλάσμα μύθου τὸ λεχθέν, ἀλλὰ πρᾶγμα τῶν ἀψευδεστάτων ἐν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς θεωρούμενον· πολλάκις μὲν γὰρ ὁμόνοιαν τὴν πρὸς τὰ ¹ πάθη διατηροῦσιν αἱ αἰσθήσεις χορηγοῦσαι τὰ αἰσθητὰ αὐτοῖς, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ στασιάζουσι μηκέτ’ ἀξιοῦσαι τὰ ἴσα τελεῖν ἢ μὴ δυνάμεναι διὰ τὸ παρεῖναι τὸν σωφρονιστὴν λόγον· ὃς ἐπειδὰν ἀναλάβῃ τὴν αὑτοῦ παντευχίαν, τὰς ἀρετὰς καὶ τὰ τούτων δόγματα καὶ θεωρήματα, δύναμιν ἀνανταγώνιστον, ἐρρωμενέστατα κρατεῖ· φθαρτὰ γὰρ ἀφθάρτῳ συνοικεῖν
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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.) — 243 focus

[243] And what is here said is not a cunningly devised fable, but is rather one of the most completely true facts, which may be seen to be true in our own selves. For it very often happens that the outward senses observe a sort of confederacy which they have formed with the passions, supplying them with objects perceptible by the outward senses; and very often also, they raise contentions, no longer choosing to pay the tribute fairly due from them, or else being unable to do so, by reason of the presence of corrective reason; which when it has taken up its complete armour, namely, the virtues, and their doctrines and contemplations, which form an irresistible power, conquers all things in the most vigorous manner. For it is not lawful for perishable things to dwell with what is immortal.

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De Abrahamo

1.
2 πόροι FG
3 συντελοῦνται H1P; ἴσα τελῶνται coni. Mang.
4 ἀφίκηται BE γέρας H1P
6 δὲ BEK: δέ τε HP2 (Mang.), τε ceteri
7 ἀμβλυωτέρα MAG ἕκαστα ἀκριβοῦν BEK: ἀκριβοῦν ἕκαστα ceteri 7.
8 καὶ δικάζειν om. Arm
8 δικάζειν BEKP mg. H: εἰκάζειν ceteri μηδ’ ἴσα] μηδ’ εἰς ἃ CG, μηδεὶς ἁ F τῷ πλήθει] αὐτῶ πλήθη Α; τῷ πάθει vel τοῖς πάθεσι coni. Mang. ὑποτελεῖν] ὑπετίθετο CFGA 8.
9 συνεξασθενήσασαι BE Arm, συνεξασθενήσασα Κ
9 κλιθεῖσα K, κλεισθεῖσαι CFGA αὑτῶν H: αὐτῶν ceteri ὑπὸ BE Arm: καὶ ὑπὸ ceteri
10 ἀνατρέπονται ῥαδίως transp. C, ῥᾳδίως om. Arm φυσικώταται BE (sed ι eras. Β) τῶν—τρεῖς (11) om. BE
11 φρέατα KHP: τὰ φρέατα ceteri δὲ] δὴ BE
13 παρεμπεσοῦσαι CFG
14 βαίνουσιν HP, μένουσαι F
15 post ἀποδιδράσκουσι add. δὲ HP
16 τὸν σύμμαχον καὶ φίλον P νοσοῦντα] οὐχ ὁμονοοῦντα coni. Mang.
17 ἀντ’ ΒΕΚ: ἀντὶ ceteri
18 τεσσάρων ΒΕΚ
19 φιλοτιμούμενος om. F τὴν—δυναστειῶν (20) ora. BE
20 ἐν τῆ ψυχῇ post φιλοτιμούμενος (19) transp. Κ καταστήσασθαι post πολιτειῶν (19) transp. Κ
21 εὔνομον BE καὶ pr. om. G τὸ om. ΒΚ αἲ τέως ἐπεκράτουν] ὡς ἐπικρατοῦν FG, ἐπικρατοῦν C
22 πραγμάτων ἀψευδέστατον BE Arm
23 τὴν om. CA

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 243

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