Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 213

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[213] τούτου δὲ τί ἂν εἴη χαλεπώτερον ἢ μᾶλλον ἀπελέγξαι τὴν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ δυσγένειαν δυνάμενον δι’ ἐπιστήμης τῶν πολλῶν καὶ δευτέρων καὶ γενητῶν εἰς ἀνεπιστημοσύνην ἰούσῃ τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ πρεσβυτάτου καὶ
ἀγενήτου καὶ ποιητοῦ τῶν ὅλων καὶ διά τε ταῦτα ἀρίστου καὶ διὰ μυρία ἄλλα, ἃ διὰ μέγεθος ἀνθρώπινος λογισμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ;

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.) — 213 focus

[213] Now what can be more horrible than this? What can more clearly show the innate ignobleness of the soul, which, by consequence of its knowledge of the generality of things, of secondary causes, and of things created, proceeds onwards to ignorance of the one most ancient uncreated Being, the Creator of the universe, and who is most excellent on this account, and for many other reasons also, which the human reason is unable to comprehend by reason of their magnitude?

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