Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 183

ed. Paul Wendland

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[183] πολλὴ δὲ ἄγνοια νομίζειν, τὰς θεοῦ ἀρετὰς τὰς ἀρρεπεῖς καὶ παγιωτάτας χωρῆσαι ψυχὴν ἀνθρώπου
δύνασθαι· ἀγαπητὸν γὰρ εἰκόνας αὐτῶν κτήσασθαι δυνηθῆναι, πολλοῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ἀριθμοῖς τῶν ἀρχετύπων ἐλαττουμένας· καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως·

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.) — 183 focus

[183] And it is great folly to fancy that the soul of man is able to contain the virtues of God, which never vary and which are established on the most solid footing; for it is sufficient, and one must be content to have been able to acquire the images of them, though they are inferior to the archetypal patterns by many and large numbers.

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