Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 162

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[162] „τί, ὅτι ὁ βάτος καίεται καὶ οὐ κατακαίεται“ (Exod. 3,2. 3)· τὸν γὰρ ἄβατον οὐ πολυπραγμονεῖ χῶρον, θείων ἐνδιαίτημα φύσεων, ἀλλ’ ἤδη μέλλων ἀνήνυτον καὶ ἀτελῆ πόνον
διαθλεῖν ἐπικουφίζεται ἐλέῳ καὶ προμηθείᾳ τοῦ πάντων σωτῆρος θεοῦ, ὃς ἔχρησεν ἐκ τῶν ἀδύτων· „μὴ ἐγγίσῃς ὧδε“ (ibid. 5), ἴσον τῷ μὴ πρόσιθι τοιαύτῃ διασκέψει· περιεργίας γὰρ καὶ φιλοπραγμοσύνης μείζονος ἢ κατὰ ἀνθρωπίνην δύναμιν τὸ ἔργον· ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν γεγονότα θαύμαζε, τὰς δὲ αἰτίας, δι’ ἃς ἢ γέγονεν ἢ φθείρεται, μὴ πολυπραγμόνει.

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.) — 162 focus

[162] For he does not trouble his head about the inaccessible ( ἄβατος) country as being the abode of divine natures. But now that he is about to undertake a labour which will have no success and no end, he is relieved by the mercy and providence of God, the Saviour of all men, who has given warning out of his holy shrine, "Do not approach near this place," which is equivalent to, Do not approach this consideration; for it is a business requiring more labour, and more energy, and care, and fondness for investigation than can be suited to human power. But be content with admiring what is created; and do not be over-curious about the causes why each thing is created or destroyed.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 162

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