Philo Judaeus De Plantatione 87

ed. Paul Wendland

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[87] καθὸ μὲν οὖν ἄρχων ἐστίν, ἄμφω δύναται, καὶ εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιεῖν, συμμεταβαλλόμενος
πρὸς τὴν τοῦ δράσαντος ἀπόδοσιν· καθὸ δὲ εὐεργέτης, θάτερον μόνον βούλεται, τὸ εὐεργετεῖν.

De Plantatione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Plantatione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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About the Planting of Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 87 focus

[87] Inasmuch, therefore, as he is a ruler, he has both powers, that, namely, of doing good, and that of doing harm; regulating his conduct on the principle of requiting him who has done anything. But inasmuch as he is a benefactor, he is inclined only to one of these two courses, namely, to do good.

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