# De virtutibus 168

Philo Judaeus, De virtutibus, Section 168. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-virtutibus/168

ἄλλως τε καὶ μάθημα ἀναδιδάσκει τῇ λογικῇ φύσει πρεπωδέστατον, μιμεῖσθαι θεὸν καθ’ ὅσον οἷόν τε, μηδὲν παραλιπόντα τῶν εἰς τὴν ἐνδεχομένην ἐξομοίωσιν. ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν, φησίν, ἔλαβες ἰσχὺν παρὰ τοῦ δυνατωτάτου, μετάδος ἄλλοις ἰσχύος διαθεὶς ὃ ἔπαθες, ἵνα μιμήσῃ θεὸν τῷ παραπλήσια χαρίζεσθαι.

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Philo Judaeus, De virtutibus, 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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