Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 63

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[63] ἐδιδάχθην δ’ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ μηδ’ ἄλλον τινὰ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων εἶναι
δοκούντων εἰς ἀρχὴν δοκιμάσαι. τὴν γοῦν ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ προστασίαν τῶν κοινῶν οὔτ’ αὐτὸς ἐθελοντὴς εἱλόμην οὔθ’ ὑπ’ ἄλλου τινὸς ἀνθρώπων χειροτονηθεὶς ἔλαβον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ χρησμοῖς ἐναργέσι καὶ λογίοις ἀριδήλοις ἐμφανῶς θεσπίζοντος καὶ προστάττοντος ἄρχειν ἀνεδυόμην ἱκετεύων καὶ ποτνιώμενος, εἰς τὸ μέγεθος ἀφορῶν τοῦ πράγματος, ἕως,
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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.) — 63 focus

[63] and I have learnt by myself not to approve of, as fit for dominion, any one of those men who appear to be suitable. "I, indeed, myself, did neither undertake the charge of caring for and providing for the common prosperity of my own accord, nor because I was appointed to the office by any human being; but I undertook to govern this people because God manifestly declared his will by visible oracles and distinct commandments, and commanded me to rule them; and I, after having besought and supplicated him to excuse me, because I had a respect unto the greatness of the business, at last, after he had repeated his commandments many times, I with fear obeyed.

Philo Judaeus De Virtutibus 63

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