Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 1

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[1] 1 Having previously said all that appeared to be necessary about justice, and those precepts which are closely connected with it, I now proceed in regular order to speak of courage, not meaning by courage that warlike and frantic delirium, under the influence of passion as its counsellor, which the generality of men take for it, but knowledge; ¹

De Virtutibus. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023.

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.)

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De Virtutibus First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.) — 1 focus

[1] 1 Περὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ τῶν κατ’ αὐτὴν ὅσα καίρια πρότερον ¹ εἰπὼν μέτειμι τῶν ἑξῆς ἐπ’ ἀνδρείαν, οὐχ ἣν οἱ πολλοὶ νομίζουσι τὴν ἀρειμάνιον λύτταν ὀργῇ συμβούλῳ χρωμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐπιστήμην.

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance

1. This seems to be an imitation of what Plato says in the Protagoras. "We must not look upon all bold ( θαρραλέους) men as courageous ( ἀνδρείους), for boldness is derived from human skill, or from anger, or from madness; but courage arises only from nature, and from a good disposition of the soul."—P. 350.

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