Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 61

ed. Paul Wendland

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[61] ὅτι, οἶμαι, ἡ ἀσέβεια κακόν ἐστιν ἀτελεύτητον, ἐξαπτόμενον καὶ μηδέποτε σβεσθῆναι δυνάμενον, ὡς τὸ ποιητικὸν ἁρμόττειν ἐπὶ κακίας εἰπεῖν·

ἡ δέ τοι οὐ θνητή, ἀλλ’ ἀθάνατον κακόν ἐστιν,

ἀθάνατον δ’ ἐν τῷ παρ’ ἡμῖν βίῳ, ἐπεὶ πρός γε τὴν ἐν θεῷ ζωὴν ἄψυχον καὶ νεκρὸν καὶ „κοπρίων“, ὡς ἔφη τις, „ἐκβλητότερον.“

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.) — 61 focus

[61] Because, I imagine, wickedness is an evil which can never end, but which is kindled and is never able to be ¹²³⁴⁵⁶ extinguished; so that the lines of the poet may well be applied to wickedness— And she is of no mortal race, But an immortal foul disgrace. Immortal, indeed, as to the life among us on earth, since with reference to the life with God it is lifeless and dead, and as some one has said, more worthless and odious than dung.

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