Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 177

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[177] οἰκειότατον οὗν ὑπολαβὼν αὑτοῦ τῇ φύσει τὰ σωτήρια κελεύειν ἀμιγῆ καὶ ἀμέτοχα τιμωρίας, ἵνα μή πὼς p. 209 M. φόβῳ τις ἄφρονι συμβούλῳ χρησάμενος ἄκων ἀλλ’ ἔμφρονι
λογισμῷ καθ’ ἑκούσιον γνώμην αἱρῆται τὰ βέλτιστα, μετὰ κολάσεως οὐκ ἠξίωσε θεσπίζειν, οὐκ ἀσυλίαν τοῖς ἀδικοπραγοῦσι διδούς, ἀλλ’ εἰδὼς τὴν πάρεδρον αὑτῷ δίκην καὶ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἔφορον πραγμάτων οὐκ ἠρεμήσουσαν ἅτε φύσει μισοπόνηρον καὶ ὥσπερ τι συγγενὲς ἔργον ἐκδεξομένην τὴν κατὰ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων ἄμυναν.

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.) — 177 focus

[177] therefore, thinking it most appropriate to his own nature to deliver saving commands unalloyed, and partaking of no punishment, so that no one yielding to a foolish counsellor might accidentally choose what is best, but might do so from wise consideration and of his own deliberate purpose, he did not think fit to give his oracles to mankind in connection with any denunciation of punishment; not because he meant to give immunity to transgressors, but because he knew that justice was sitting by him, and surveying all human affairs, and that she would never rest, as being by nature a hater of evil and looking upon the chastisement of sinners as her own most appropriate task. 3

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 177

ed. Leopold Cohn

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