# De Cherubim 87

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 87. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/87

καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὸ „σάββατον“ — ἑρμηνεύεται δ’ ἀνάπαυσις — „θεοῦ“ φησιν εἶναι Μωυσῆς πολλαχοῦ τῆς νομοθεσίας (Exod. 20, 10 al.), οὐχὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἁπτόμενος φυσιολογίας ἀναγκαίας — τὸ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς οὖσιν ἀναπαυόμενον, εἰ δεῖ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, ἕν ἐστιν ὁ θεός —, ἀνάπαυλαν δὲ οὐ τὴν ἀπραξίαν καλῶν, ἐπειδὴ φύσει δραστήριον τὸ τῶν ὅλων αἴτιον παῦλαν οὐδέποτε ἴσχον τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ κάλλιστα, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἄνευ κακοπαθείας μετὰ πολλῆς εὐμαρείας ἀπονωτάτην ἐνέργειαν·

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Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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