The Works of Philo Judaeus, Vol. 4: The Contemporary of Josephus, Translated from the Greek (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Works of Philo Judæus, Vol. 4: The Contemporary of Josephus, Translated From the Greek But these names are the inventions of so hists: but the elements are inanimate matter, and immovab s by any power of their own, being. Subjected to the operator on them to receive from him every kind of shape or distinctive quality which he. Chooses to give them. But what shall we say of those men who worship the perfect things made of them, the sun, the moon, and the other stars, planets, or haed-stars, or the whole heaven, or the universal world And yet even they do not owe their existence to themselves, but to some creator whose knowledge has been most perfect, both in mind and degree. What. Again, shall we say of the demi-gode This is a matter which is perfectly ridiculous: for how can the same man be both mortal and immortal, even if we leave out of the question the fact that the origin of the birth of all these beings is liable to reproach, as being full of youthful intempe rance, which its authors endeavour with great profanity to impute to blessed and divine natures, as if they, being madly in love with mortal women, had connected themselves with them, while we know gods to be free from all participation in and from all in¿uence of passion, and complete y happy. Again, what shall we say of those who worship carved works and images? The substances of which, stone and wood, were only a little while before perfectly destitute of shape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.