Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 24

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[24] τὸ γὰρ ἑτέρου κακὸν εὖ πως ὁ πλησίον ἀναμάττεσθαι φιλεῖ, καὶ μάλιστ’ ἐν πολέμῳ, τοῦ λογισμοῦ διὰ τὴν ἀγωνίαν συγκεχυμένου
καὶ τὰς τῶν πραγμάτων ἀντιλήψεις ἀκριβοῦν ἀδυνατοῦντος· τότε γὰρ εὐλάβειαν μὲν τὴν δειλίαν, τὸ δὲ φοβεῖσθαι προμηθές, ἀσφάλειαν δὲ τὴν ἀνανδρίαν εἰώθασι καλεῖν, αἴσχιστα ἔργα εὐπρεπέσι καὶ σεμναῖς κλήσεσιν ἐπαμπίσχοντες.

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.) — 24 focus

[24] for a man’s neighbour is very apt to take the impression of any one of his faults, and especially this is the case since men’s reason is confused at that time by reason of the disorder of the contest, and is unable to attain to an accurate notion of the real picture of affairs; for, at such a time, they are wont to call prudent caution timidity, and to look upon fear as a prudent knowledge of the future, and upon a desire for safety as unmanly cowardice, investing most shameful conduct with specious and dignified appellations.

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