Philo Judaeus De Josepho 141

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[141] καὶ ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς τὰ πρῶτα παρέρχεται φεύγοντα τὰς ὄψεις κἀν τοῖς χειμάρροις τὸ φερόμενον
ῥεῦμα φθάνει παραδραμὸν ὀξύτητι τάχους τὴν κατάληψιν, οὕτω καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ βίῳ πράγματα φερόμενα καὶ παρεξιόντα φαντάζεται μὲν ὡς ὑπομένοντα, μένει δ’ οὐδ’ ἐπ’ ἀκαρές, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ὑποσύρεται.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Life of a Man occupied with Affairs of State, or on Joseph First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 141 focus

[141] And as in processions, what comes first passes by quickly and escapes the sight; and as in torrents, the stream which is hurried by outruns, by its swiftness and rapidity, the comprehension of man, so likewise do the affairs of life, being rapidly borne onwards, and passing by swiftly, appear indeed, to be stationary, but in fact, do not stand still a moment, but are continually being dragged onwards.

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