Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 216

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[216] διὸ καὶ πιστεῦσαι λέγεται τῷ θεῷ
πρῶτος, ἐπειδὴ καὶ πρῶτος ἀκλινῆ καὶ βεβαίαν ἔσχεν ὑπόληψιν, ὡς ἔστιν ἓν αἴτιον τὸ ἀνωτάτω καὶ προνοεῖ τοῦ τε κόσμου καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ. κτησάμενος δὲ πίστιν, τὴν τῶν ἀρετῶν βεβαιοτάτην, συνεκτᾶτο καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἁπάσας, ὡς παρὰ τοῖς ὑποδεξαμένοις νομίζεσθαι βασιλεύς, οὐχὶ ταῖς παρασκευαῖς — ἰδιώτης γὰρ ἦν —, ἀλλὰ τῷ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν
μεγέθει, φρονήματος ὢν βασιλικοῦ.

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.) — 216 focus

[216] for which reason he is the first person who is said to have believed in God, ¹ since he was the first who had an unswerving and firm comprehension of him, apprehending that there is one supreme cause, and that he it is which governs the world by his providence, and all the things that are therein. And having attained to a most firm comprehension of the virtues, he acquired at the same time all the other virtues and excellencies also, so that he was looked upon as a king by those who received him, ² not indeed in respect of his appointments, for he was only a private individual, but in his magnanimity and greatness of soul, inasmuch as he was of a royal spirit.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 216

ed. Leopold Cohn

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