Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat
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Philo Judaeus

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat

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An allegorical commentary on Cain's attack on Abel, reading it as the soul's vulnerability to the assaults of vice. Philo explores how the worse part of the soul (appetite and passion) seeks to overpower the better part (reason and virtue).

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~11,460 words
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