Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 69

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[69] ὅθεν τοῖς μὲν ἔλεος ὡς ἠτυχηκόσι, τοῖς δὲ κόλασις ὡς μοχθηροῖς ἕπεται δικαίως, οἳ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων οὐδὲ τὸ προχειρότατον ἐνενόησαν, ὃ καὶ παῖς „ἔγνω νήπιος“, ὅτι τοῦ τεχνιτευθέντος ὁ τεχνίτης ἀμείνων, καὶ χρόνῳ — πρεσβύτερος γὰρ καὶ τρόπον
τινὰ τοῦ δημιουργηθέντος πατήρ — καὶ δυνάμει· τὸ γὰρ δρῶν τοῦ πάσχοντος ἐπικυδέστερον.

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.) — 69 focus

[69] on which account pity is bestowed on the one class as unfortunate, but the other class are justly punished as being wicked, who in conjunction with others have not chosen to recognize that fact which even an infant child would understand, namely, that the Creator is better than the creature; for he is both more ancient in point of time, and is also in a manner the father of that which he has made.

He is also superior in power, for the agent is more glorious than the patient.

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