Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 37

ed. Paul Wendland

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[37] ταῦτα δ’ εἰ μὲν ὀρθῶς p. 584 M. λέγεται, σκεψόμεθα ἐν καιρῷ· νυνὶ δ’ ἀκολουθήσαντες τῷ λογίῳ φήσομεν, ὅτι ἔστι μὲν ὑπαρκτὸν πρᾶγμα σοφία,
ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐραστὴς αὐτῆς, σοφός, ὑπάρχων δὲ ὅμως ἡμᾶς τοὺς φαύλους διαλέληθεν· ἀγαθὸν γὰρ οὐκ ἐθέλει κακῷ συνέρχεσθαι.

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.) — 37 focus

[37] Now whether these things are said correctly we will consider at the proper time: but at present let us stick to the subject before us, and follow the scripture, and say that there is such a thing as wisdom existing, and that he who loves wisdom is wise. But though the wise man has thus an actual existence he has escaped the notice of us who are wicked: for what is good will not unite with what is bad.

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