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Philo Of Alexandria, On The Preliminary Studies, 77


nanfor some men, being attracted by the charms of handmaidens, have neglected their true mistress, philosophy, and have grown old, some in poetry, and others in the study of painting, and others in the mixture of colours, and others in ten thousand other pursuits, without ever being able to return to the proper mistress;


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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, a b c d\n0 "17.19" "17.19" "17 19"\n1 16.3 16.3 16 3\n2 21.5 21.5 21 5\n3 3 3 3 None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

2. Philo of Alexandria, On The Cherubim, 3-10 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Why then do we wonder if God once for all banished Adam, that is to say, the mind out of the district of the virtues, after he had once contracted folly, that incurable disease, and if he never permitted him again to return, when he also drives out and banishes from wisdom and from the wise man every sophist, and the mother of sophists, the teaching that is of elementary instruction, while he calls the names of wisdom and of the wise man Abraham, and Sarah. IV. 10. He also considered this point, in the second place, that it is indispensable that the soul of the man who is about to receive sacred laws should be thoroughly cleansed and purified from all stains, however difficult to be washed out, which the promiscuous multitude of mixed men from all quarters has impregnated cities with;
3. Philo of Alexandria, On The Preliminary Studies, 140-142, 144, 15-18, 71-76, 78-88, 14 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

14. Therefore," says she, "go thou in to my handmaiden," that is to say, to the intermediate instruction of the intermediate and encyclical branches of knowledge, "that you may first have children by her;" for hereafter you shall be able to enjoy a connection with her mistress, tending to the procreation of legitimate children.
4. Philo of Alexandria, On The Migration of Abraham, 150 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

150. And a proof of this is, that the one, having fallen back again into his ancient disease, departs, having been taken prisoner by those enemies who are in the soul; but the other, having guarded against all his designs, concealed in ambuscade, took every imaginable care to live at a distance from him. But the separate habitation he will arrange hereafter, but not yet. For at present, his speculations, as would be likely to be the case with a man who has but lately begun to apply himself to divine contemplation, have a want of solidity and steadiness in them. But when they have become more compact, and are established on a firmer footing, then he will be able to separate from himself the alluring and flattering disposition as an irreconcileable enemy, and one difficult to subdue:
5. Philo of Alexandria, On The Creation of The World, 166, 165 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

165. But its juggleries and deceits pleasure does not venture to bring directly to the man, but first offers them to the woman, and by her means to the man; acting in a very natural and sagacious manner. For in human beings the mind occupies the rank of the man, and the sensations that of the woman. And pleasure joins itself to and associates itself with the sensations first of all, and then by their means cajoles also the mind, which is the domit part. For, after each of the senses have been subjected to the charms of pleasure, and has learnt to delight in what is offered to it, the sight being fascinated by varieties of colours and shapes, the hearing by harmonious sounds, the taste by the sweetness of flowers, and the smell by the delicious fragrance of the odours which are brought before it, these all having received these offerings, like handmaids, bring them to the mind as their master, leading with them persuasion as an advocate, to warn it against rejecting any of them whatever. And the mind being immediately caught by the bait, becomes a subject instead of a ruler, and a slave instead of a master, and an exile instead of a citizen, and a mortal instead of an immortal.
6. Philo of Alexandria, On The Special Laws, 4.100 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

4.100. Moreover, Moses has not granted an unlimited possession and use of all other animals to those who partake in his sacred constitution, but he has forbidden with all his might all animals, whether of the land, or of the water, or that fly through the air, which are most fleshy and fat, and calculated to excite treacherous pleasure, well knowing that such, attracting as with a bait that most slavish of all the outward senses, namely, taste, produce insatiability, an incurable evil to both souls and bodies, for insatiability produces indigestion, which is the origin and source of all diseases and weaknesses.
7. Philo of Alexandria, On The Virtues, 40 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

40. And when they came near to them they put forth immodest wanton looks, and sought to entice them with caressing words, and dances, and lascivious movements; and in this way they enticed the shallow-minded company of the young men, youths whose dispositions had no ballast nor steadiness in them. And by the shame of their own bodies they captivated the souls of those who came to them, bringing them over to unholy sacrifices which ought not to have been sacrificed, and to libations which should never have been offered in honour of deities made with hands, and thus they alienated them from the worship of the one only and truly divine God. And when they had accomplished their purpose, they sent the glad tidings to the men of their nation;
8. Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation, 3.39, 3.42-3.43, 3.83-3.84, 3.86-3.87, 3.217-3.219, 3.244-3.245 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

9. Philo of Alexandria, That The Worse Attacks The Better, 125 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

125. If, therefore, any one is worthy to listen to the account of the creative power of God he is of necessity joyful, and rejoices in company with those who have had a longing to hear the same. And in the account of the creative power of God you will find no cunningly devised fable, but only unalloyed laws of truth firmly established. Moreover, you will find no vocal measures or rhythm, no melodies alluring the hearing with musical art; but only most perfect works of virtue, which have all of them a peculiar harmony and fitness. And as the mind rejoices which is eager to hear of the works of God, so also does language, which is in harmony with the conceptions of the mind, and which in a manner is compelled to attend to them, feel exultation. XXXIV.
10. New Testament, James, 1.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.14. But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
abraham Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
abram/abraham, analogue to odysseus Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
abram/abraham, migration Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
abram/abraham Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 400
alexandria Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 400; Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
allegorical commentary Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 570; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
allegory/allegoresis, homeric parallels Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
allegory/allegoresis, platonist parallels Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
allegory Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
arithmology, seven Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 400
body Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
brehier, emile Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
commentary Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
cycle, patriarchal, abrahamic Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
deceit Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
deception Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
eratosthenes Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
feldman, louis h. Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
fiction Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
flesh Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
foot/feet Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
hagar Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 400, 570; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
hands, serpent, of Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
hermeneutics, jewish Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
homer Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
isaac Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 570; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
jacob Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
kingdom Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
moses Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 400; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
myth Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
nature Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
oath, eve, of Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
odysseus Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
penelope Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
pentateuch Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
philo Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
philosophy Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
plato Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
platonic tradition Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
platonism Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 400
pleasure Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
plutarch Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
poetry Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
preliminary studies Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 570; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
promises, divine Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 570
reader, deception of Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
reader, of philo Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
rhetoric Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 570
rule/ruler Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
sandmel, samuel Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
sarah Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 400; Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
style, of moses' Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (2011) 173
technique, rhetorical Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8
temptation Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
terian, abraham Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
tree, value of Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
venom Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
virtue, specific/generic Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 400
wickedness Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696
winston, david Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
wisdom Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 8, 400
wolfson, h. a. Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 1
worship Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 696