Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 14

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[14] the proper name of this healthy state of the soul is moderation, ¹ which produces salvation to the thinking part of the faculties in us; for as it is constantly in danger of being overwhelmed by the impetuosity of the passions, moderation suffers it not to be sunk in the depths, but lifts it up and raises it on high, endowing it with soul and vitality, and in some sense with immortality.

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.) — 14 focus

[14] ὄνομα ταύτης ἴδιον τῆς ὑγείας ἐστὶ σωφροσύνη, σωτηρίαν τῷ p. 378 Μ. φρονοῦντι τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀπεργαζομένη· \κινδυνεῦον γὰρ αὐτὸ πολλάκις ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν παθῶν φορᾶς κατακλύζεσθαι ὑποβρύχιον
οὐκ ἐᾷ χωρεῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀνέλκει καὶ μετέωρον ἐξαίρει ψυχοῦσα καὶ ζῳογονοῦσα καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ἀπαθανατίζουσα.

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

1. The Greek word is σωφροσύνη, from σώζω, "to preserve," and φρήν, "the mind," or as Philo says, from σωτηρία, "salvation," τῷ φρονοῦντι, "to our thinking part."

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 14

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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