Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 100

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[100] ἆρ’ οὐ παγκάλη παραίνεσις καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν ἱκανωτάτη προτρέψασθαι καὶ διαφερόντως εἰς εὐσέβειαν; „ἕπου" φησίν „αἰεὶ θεῷ· παράδειγμα προθεσμίας ἔστω σοι πράξεων ἓν ἑξαήμερον αὐταρκέστατον, ἐν ᾧ τὸν κόσμον ἐδημιούργει· παράδειγμα καὶ τοῦ δεῖν φιλοσοφεῖν ἡ ἑβδόμη, καθ’ ἣν ἐπιδεῖν λέγεται ἃ εἰργάσατο, ὅπως καὶ
αὐτὸς ἐπιθεωρῇς τὰ φύσεως καὶ τὰ ἴδια ὅσα συντείνει πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν".

De Decalogo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Decalogo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor.Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 100 focus

[100] Is it not a most beautiful recommendation, and one most admirably adapted to the perfecting of, and leading man to, every virtue, and above all to piety? The commandment, in effect says: Always imitate God; let that one period of seven days in which God created the world, be to you a complete example of the way in which you are to obey the law, and an all-sufficient model for your actions.

Moreover, the seventh day is also an example from which you may learn the propriety of studying philosophy; as on that day, it is said, God beheld the works which he had made; so that you also may yourself contemplate the works of nature, and all the separate circumstances which contribute towards happiness.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 100

ed. Leopold Cohn

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