Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 178

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[178] ἀλλ’ ἵνα μὴ λόγον ἐκ λόγου συνείροντες μηκύνειν δοκῶμεν, ἐναργεστάτην δίχα τῶν εἰρημένων πίστιν
παρεξόμεθα τοῦ τὴν ποιὰν κάκωσιν ἀρετῆς ἔργον εἶναι· νόμος γάρ ἐστι τοιοῦτος· „πᾶσαν χήραν καὶ ὀρφανὸν οὐ κακώσετε· ἐὰν δὲ κακίᾳ κακώσητε αὐτούς“ (Exod. 22,22). τί λέγει; ἆρ’ ὑπό τινος ἔστιν ἄλλου κακοῦσθαι; εἰ γὰρ κακίας ἔργα μόνης αἱ κακώσεις, περιττὸν τὸ ὁμολογούμενον γράφειν, ὃ καὶ δίχα προσθήκης ἀνομολογηθήσεται.

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

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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.) — 178 focus

[178] But, that we may not seem to be too prolix connecting one argument with another, we will, besides what we have already said, just add one most evident proof that a certain description of affliction is the work of virtue. For there is such a law as this, "Thou shalt not afflict any widow or orphan, but if thou dost afflict them with wickedness." What does this mean? Is it then possible to be afflicted by something else? For if afflictions were the work of wickedness alone, then it would be superfluous to add what would be admitted by all, and which would be understood without any such addition.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 178

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