Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 128

ed. Paul Wendland

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[128] ἀγαπητὸν γάρ, εἴ τῳ ἐξεγένετο εὐλογιστίᾳ χρῆσθαι, τὸ δέ γε καὶ ἑτέροις περιποιεῖν τὸ ἀγαθόν, τοῦτο μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας ψυχῆς καὶ ὡς
ἀληθῶς θειαζούσης p. 598 M. ἦν ἐπάγγελμα, ἧς ὁ τυχὼν εἰκότως θεὸς κεκλήσεται. θεὸς δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς οὗτος ἅτε σοφὸς ὢν καὶ διὰ τοῦτ’ ἄρχων παντὸς ἄφρονος, κἂν εἰ τοῖς βασιλείοις σκήπτροις ἐκεῖνος ἐφιδρύοιτο μεγαλαυχῶν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐχ ἥκιστα.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 128 focus

[128] And any one must be content to whom it has been allowed to use the privilege of blessing. And to be able also to procure good for others belongs to a greater and more perfect soul, and is the profession of one who is really inspired by God, which he who has attained to may reasonably be called God.

But, also, this same person is God, inasmuch as he is wise, and as on this account he rules over every foolish person, even if such foolish person be established and strengthened by a haughty sceptre, and be ever so proud on this account;

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