Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 73

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[73] ἀλλὰ τί τούτων, εἴποι τις ἄν, ὄφελος ἦν, εἰ μὴ νοῦς ἀόρατος καθάπερ θαυματοποιὸς ἔνδοθεν ὑπήχει ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ
δυνάμεσιν, ἃς τοτὲ μὲν ἀνιεὶς καὶ ἐπιχαλῶν τοτὲ δὲ ἀντισπῶν καὶ ἀνθέλκων βίᾳ κίνησιν ἐμμελῆ καὶ πάλιν ἡσυχίαν ἐμπαρεῖχε τοῖς θαυμασίοις; τοῦτο ἔχων παρὰ σεαυτῷ τὸ παράδειγμα ῥᾳδίως οὗ σφόδρα ποθεῖς λαβεῖν τὴν ἐπιστήμην κατανοήσεις.

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.) — 73 focus

[73] But, some one may say, what is the use of these holes, unless the invisible mind, like the exhibition of a puppet show, does from within prompt its own powers, which at one time losing and allowing to roam, and at another time holding back and restraining by force? He gives sometimes an harmonious motion, and sometimes perfect quiet to his puppets. And having this example at home, you will easily comprehend that being, the understanding of whom you are so anxious to arrive at;

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