Philo Judaeus In Flaccum 184

ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter

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[184] μετετίθει δὲ καὶ τὴν κλῆσιν ἀποδημίαν προσαγορεύων· "ἀποδημία γάρ τίς ἐστιν" ἔφασκεν "ἡ τῶν τοιούτων ἔλασις ἐχόντων ἄφθονα τὰ ἐπιτήδεια
καὶ σὺν ἀπραγμοσύνῃ καὶ εὐσταθείᾳ ζῆν δυναμένων· οὓς ἄτοπον εἶναι τρυφᾶν ἀπολαύοντας εἰρήνης, βίον καρπουμένους φιλόσοφον.“

In Flaccum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn, ed. Siegfried Reiter. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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Against Flaccus First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 4. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 184 focus

[184] And he gave a new name to this banishment, calling it an emigration, "For," said he, "it is only a kind of emigration the banishment of these men, inasmuch as they have all the necessaries of life in abundance, and are able to live in tranquillity, and stability, and peace. But it is an absurdity for them to be living in luxury, enjoying peace, and indulging in all the pleasures of a philosophical life."

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