Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 160

ed. Paul Wendland

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[160] μαρτυρεῖ δὲ καὶ Μωυσῆς ἐν οἷς φησιν· „ἐλιπάνθη, ἐπαχύνθη, ἐπλατύνθη καὶ
ἐγκατέλιπε θεὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν“ (Deut. 32,15)· ὥστε εἰ ἡ ἐπὶ πλέον ἄνεσις τὸ μέγιστον κακόν, ἀσέβειαν, ὠδίνει, τοὐναντίον ἡ μετὰ νόμου κάκωσις ἀγαθὸν τέλειον ἀποτίκτει, τὴν ἀοίδιμον νουθεσίαν.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 160 focus

[160] And Moses testifies to this view of the matter when he says, "He got fat, he became stout, he became swollen, and forsook God who had created him." ¹ So that if excessive relaxation begets the greatest of all evils, impiety, its contrary, affliction, in accordance with the law produces that perfect good, much praised correction;

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