Philo Judaeus De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus 33

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[33] καθάπερ γὰρ ἰατρὸς μὲν ἐν ταῖς μεγάλαις καὶ ἐπισφαλέσι νόσοις ἔστιν ὅτε μέρη σωμάτων ἀφαιρεῖ στοχαζόμενος τῆς τοῦ λοιποῦ σώματος ὑγείας, κυβερνήτης
δὲ χειμώνων ἐπιγινομένων ἀποφορτίζεται προνοίᾳ τῆς τῶν ἐμπλεόντων σωτηρίας, καὶ μέμψις οὔτε τῷ ἰατρῷ τῆς πηρώσεως οὔτε τῷ κυβερνήτῃ τῆς ἀποβολῆς ἕπεται, τοὐναντίον δὲ ἔπαινος ἑκατέρῳ τὸ συμφέρον πρὸ τοῦ ἡδέος ἰδόντι καὶ κατορθώσαντι,

De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Rewards and Punishments First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 33 focus

[33] For as in great and dangerous sicknesses a physician sometimes actually takes away parts of the body, aiming at ensuring the sound health of the rest, and as when storms arise the pilot often throws overboard the cargo, out of a prudent regard to the safety of the men sailing in the ship; and yet the physician is not blamed for the mutilation of the body, nor the pilot for the loss of the cargo, but on the contrary both of them are praised as having seen and ensured what was advantageous in preference to what was pleasant;

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