# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 32

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), Περὶ περιτομῆς.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/32

Δυστόπαστος μὲν οὖν καὶ δυσκατάληπτος ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἡγεμὼν τῶν συμπάντων ἐστίν, ἀλλ’ οὐ διὰ τοῦτ’ ἀποκνητέον τὴν ζήτησιν αὐτοῦ. δύο δ’ ἐν ταῖς περὶ θεοῦ ζητήσεσι τὰ ἀνωτάτω ταῦτ’ ἐπαπορεῖ ἡ διάνοια τοῦ φιλοσοφοῦντος ἀνόθως· ἓν μὲν εἰ ἔστι τὸ θεῖον, ἕνεκα τῶν ἐπιτηδευσάντων ἀθεότητα, κακιῶν τὴν μεγίστην· ἕτερον δὲ τὸ τί ἐστι κατὰ τὴν οὐσίαν. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρότερον οὐ πολὺς πόνος ἰδεῖν, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον οὐ χαλεπὸν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἴσως ἀδύνατον. ἐπισκεπτέον δ’ ἑκάτερον.

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Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), ed. Leopold Cohn, Paul Wendland. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg024.local001/.