Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 92

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[92] μοχθηροῦ θεὸς ὁ πάντων ἄριστος. 19 εἰσὶ δ’ οἳ μηδὲ κερδαίνειν τι μέλλοντες ἔθει πονηρῷ κατακόρως καὶ ἀνεξετάστως ὀμνύουσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς
τυχοῦσιν, οὐδενὸς ἀμφισβητουμένου τὸ παράπαν, τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ λόγῳ προσαναπληροῦντες ὅρκοις, ὡς οὐκ ἄμεινον ὂν ἀποκοπὴν ῥημάτων μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἀφωνίαν ὑποστῆναι παντελῆ· φύεται γὰρ ἐκ πολυορκίας ψευδορκία καὶ ἀσέβεια.

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.) — 92 focus

But there are also some people who, without any idea of acquiring gain, do from a bad habit incessantly and inconsiderately swear upon every occasion, even when there is nothing at all about which any doubt is raised, as if they were desirous to fill up the deficiency of their argument with oaths, as if it would not be better to cut their conversation short, or I might rather say to utter nothing at all, but to preserve entire silence, for from a frequency of oaths arises a habit of perjury and impiety.

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