Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 157

ed. Paul Wendland

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[157] 28 καὶ τὸν χίμαρον τὸν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ φιλάρετος ζητεῖ μέν, οὐχ εὑρίσκει δέ· ἤδη γὰρ, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ λόγιον, ἐνεπέπρηστο (Lev. 10, 16). τί δ’ αἰνίττεται, σκεπτέον· τὸ μὲν μηδὲν ἁμαρτεῖν ἴδιον θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ μετανοεῖν σοφοῦ· παγχάλεπον δὲ καὶ δυσεύρετον τοῦτό γε.

De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Fuga Et Inventione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On Fugitives First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 157 focus

Also the person who loves virtue seeks a goat by reason of his sins, but does not find one; for, already, as the sacred scripture tells us, "it has been burnt." ¹ Now we must consider what is intimated under this figurative expression—how never to do any thing wrong is the peculiar attribute of God; and to repent is the part of a wise man. But this is very difficult and very hard to attain to.

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