Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 14

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[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.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 14 focus

[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.

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