Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 188

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[188] βουληθεὶς γὰρ ὁ θεὸς δι’ ἡμερότητα καὶ
φιλανθρωπίαν καὶ παρ’ ἡμῖν τοῦθ’ ἱδρύσασθαι, νεὼν ἀξιοπρεπέστερον οὐχ εὗρεν ἐπὶ γῆς λογισμοῦ· κρείττων γὰρ ὢν μόνος ἀγαλματοφορεῖ τἀγαθόν, κἂν ἀπιστῶσί τινες τῶν ἢ μὴ γευσαμένων σοφίας ἢ χείλεσιν ἄκροις — ἄργυρος γὰρ καὶ χρυσὸς τιμαί τε καὶ ἀρχαὶ καὶ σώματος p. 438 M. εὐεξία μετ’ εὐμορφίας ἐξαρκεῖν ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐν ταῖς ἡγεμονίαις
ἐπὶ χρειῶν τεταγμένοις πρὸς τὴν οἷα βασιλίδος ἀρετῆς ὑπηρεσίαν — * * * αὐγοειδέστατον φῶς μὴ ἰδόντες.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Virtutibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 188 focus

[188] For when God determined to establish this in us out of his own exceeding mercy and love for the human race, he could not find any temple upon earth more beautiful or more suited for its abode than reason: for the mind makes, as it were, an image of the good and consecrates it within itself, and if any persons disbelieve in it of those who have either never tasted wisdom at all, or else have done so only with the edges of their lips (for silver and gold, and honours, and offices, and vigour and beauty of body, resemble those men who are appointed to situations of authority and power, in order to serve virtue as if she were their queen), never having obtained a sight of the most brilliant of all lights.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 188

ed. Leopold Cohn

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