Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 143

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[143] τί δ’ ἐστὶν ὃ λέγω; τοῦ παρόντος καὶ νομισθέντος ἀγαθοῦ φαντασία διεγείρει καὶ
διανίστησι τὴν ψυχὴν ἠρεμοῦσαν καὶ σφόδρα μετέωρον ἐξαίρει καθάπερ ὀφθαλμοὺς φῶς ἀναστράψαν· καλεῖται δὲ τουτὶ τὸ πάθος αὐτῆς ἡδονή.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 143 focus

[143] But what is it that I am saying? The appearance and idea of a present good, or of one that is accounted such, rouses up and excites the soul which was previously in a state of tranquillity, and raises it to a high degree of elation, like a light suddenly flashing before the eyes; and this passion of the soul is called pleasure.

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