Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 169

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[169] ἔδει μὲν οὖν τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος, εἰ τὴν ἁρμόττουσαν ἔμελλε δίκην ὑπομένειν, ἠφανίσθαι διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν
εὐεργέτην καὶ σωτῆρα θεὸν ἀχαριστίαν· ὁ δ’ ἅτε τὴν φύσιν ἵλεως οἶκτον λαβὼν ἐμετρίασε τὴν τιμωρίαν, τὸ μὲν γένος ἐάσας διαμένειν, τὰς δὲ τροφὰς οὐκέθ’ ὁμοίως ἐξ ἑτοίμου παρασχών, ἵνα μὴ δυσὶ κακοῖς ἀργίᾳ καὶ κόρῳ χρώμενοι πλημμελῶσι καὶ ὑβρίζωσι.

De Opificio Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Opificio Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera que supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Creation of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 169 focus

[169] Therefore, the race of mankind, if it had met with strict and befitting justice, must have been utterly destroyed, because of its ingratitude to God its benefactor and its Saviour. But God, being merciful by nature, took pity upon them, and moderated their punishment. And he permitted the race to continue to exist, but he no longer gave them food as he had done before from ready prepared stores, lest if they were under the dominion of his evils, satiety and idleness, they should become unruly and insolent.

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