Philo Judaeus De Vita Contemplativa 36

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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[36]
τὴν δὲ ἑβδόμην πανίερόν τινα καὶ πανέορτον εἶναι νομίζοντες ἐξαιρέτου γέρως ἠξιώκασιν, ἐν ᾗ μετὰ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ τὸ σῶμα λιπαίνουσιν, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τὰ θρέμματα, τῶν συνεχῶν πόνων ἀνιέντες.

De Vita Contemplativa. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Vita Contemplativa (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 6. Cohn, Leonard; Reiter, Siegfried, editors. Berlin: Reimer, 1915.)

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On the Contemplative Life, or on the Virtues of Suppliants First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 36 focus

[36] And they, looking upon the seventh day as one of perfect holiness and a most complete festival, have thought it worthy of a most especial honour, and on it, after taking due care of their soul, they tend their bodies also, giving them, just as they do to their cattle, a complete rest from their continual labours;

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