Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 241

[241] And of these imaginations those which take the upward course belong to the better class, since virtue, which conducts the mind towards heaven and the divine country, travels with them. But those which take the downward course belong to the worse class, since wickedness guides them and drags them in the contrary direction by force. And their very names do, to a great extent, show the opposite character of the places. For virtue ( ἀρετή) has derived its name not only from the word ( αἵρεσις) choice, but also from the fact of its being lifted up ( παρὰ τὸ αἴρεσθαι), for it is lifted up ( αἴρεται) and borne on high because it always loves heavenly things; but wickedness ( κακία) is so called from its tendency to go downwards ( ἀπὸ του̃ κάτω κεχωρηκέναι), and also because it compels those who practise it to fall down to the bottom ( καταπίπτειν).