Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 80

ed. Paul Wendland

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[80] ὃς ἂν οὖν καταφύγῃ, τὸ δ’ ἐστὶν ὃς ἂν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων μὴ ἑαυτὸν ἀλλὰ θεὸν αἰτιᾶται, κολαζέσθω, τῆς μόνοις ἱκέταις πρὸς σωτηρίαν καὶ ἀσφάλειαν καταφυγῆς, τοῦ βωμοῦ, στερούμενος, καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως· ἀμώμων γὰρ ἱερείων, λέγω δὲ ψυχῶν ἀσινῶν καὶ κεκαθαρμένων, τὸ p. 558 M. θυσιαστήριον ἀνάπλεών ἐστι· δυσίατος δὲ ἢ παντελῶς ἀνίατος μῶμος τὸ φάσκειν καὶ κακῶν αἴτιον εἶναι τὸ
θεῖον.

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.) — 80 focus

[80] Whosoever therefore flees for refuge, that is to say, whosoever accuses not himself, but God as the cause of his offence, let him be punished, being deprived of that refuge to the altar which tends to salvation and security, and which is meant for suppliants alone. And is not this proper? For the altar is full of victims, in which there is no spot, I mean of innocent and thoroughly purified souls. But to pronounce the Deity the cause of evil is a spot which it is hard to cure, or rather which is altogether incurable.

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