Philo Judaeus, De Confusione Linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland, 198

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[198] ὥστε τὴν μὲν ἀρετῶν συμφωνίαν ἐμπρεπὲς ἁρμόζεσθαι θεῷ, τὴν δὲ κακιῶν διαλύειν τε καὶ φθείρειν. οἰκειότατον δὲ κακίας ὄνομα σύγχυσις· οὗ πίστις ἐναργὴς πᾶς ἄφρων, λόγοις καὶ βουλαῖς καὶ πράξεσιν ἀδοκίμοις καὶ πεφορημέναις χρώμενος.

De Confusione Linguarum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Confusion of Languages First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 198 focus

[198] So that it is proper that the harmony of the virtues should be arranged and cherished by God, and that he should dissolve ¹ and destroy wickedness; and confusion is a name most appropriate to wickedness, of which every foolish man is a visible proof, having all his words, and intentions, and actions, incapable of standing an examination and destitute of steadiness.

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De confusione linguarum

1.
1 δτιτὸ G: ὅτι F, τὸ HP
2 δ’ FHP: δ’ αὖ G
5 τὴν scripsi: τῆς codd.
8 θεοῦ add. Marig.
9 διείρηται Turn.: διήρηται HP, δὲ εἴρηται GF ὅτι om. G 9.
10 ἕως—οὐρανοῦ om. G
10 ἀνάξει F
11 κακιῶν Maug. : κακίν codd.
12 διαφθείρειν G
13 συμπεφοργͅρ-ένἁς coui. Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Confusione Linguarum 198

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