---
title: On God
title_greek: Περὶ Θεοῦ
author: Philo of Alexandria
eul_wid: lgi-bn
eul_aid: lgi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/philo-alexandria-on-god-lgi-bn"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Philosophical Koine
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On God

*Περὶ Θεοῦ*

**Author:** Philo of Alexandria

**eul_wid:** `lgi-bn` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/philo-alexandria-on-god-lgi-bn)

## Text

### 1

Περὶ Θεοῦ· [Ἐν μ]ὲν τοῖς γενικοῖς, ὦ Τ[ ...... , βιβλίοις] [πολλά]κις εἰρήκαμεν νοῦ[ν τὸν θεὸν εἶναι·] [Νυνὶ] δ[ὲ] τηλαυγέσ[τερ]ον π[ερὶ τούτων ἐροῦ] [μεν· [ 10 ]αθής, μέτοχος τῆς παθητ[ῆς δυ] [νάμεως οὐδ’ ὡς ἔοικ]ε τῆς ἀπαθοῦς ἐνεργ[είας·] [ 13 ἀν]θρω[π ... ]υσ[ . ]ουτ[ ....... ] τὴν] ἀνθρώπου φύσιν[ [ ]ντο δευτερεύει[ν [ ]ν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ... π[ []ἐστὶ τῶν ἄλλων [ζώων []κατὰ μετουσίαν[ [] . οὐδὲ τ[ο]ῖς ζώοι[ς [ 30 ]καὶ [ 30 ]ετε [ 29 ]ι παν– [ 24 ]τος αὐτοῖς [ 23 ]πῶς οἱ ἄνθρω [ποι 21 ]αι, μὴ ἐῶσιν [ 23 ]δε, τίς γε ... ου[ 31 ] παν[ 30 ] παντὸ[ς 27 ] τὸν θάνατο[ν 23 ] ἀπουσία τοῦ· [ 22 ] στερήσει κα[ 23 ] [ 26 ]μόνον γυ– [ 23 ] . νατο ....

### Deo.(50)

[ 25 ] . ει . [ .... ] διαλύσας· ἀ[λλὰ 10 ἀρετή τε καὶ] κ[α]κία γι[γνώσκεται 17 ] [ 27 ] . εὖ ὀνο[μάζων 23 ἰ]δὲ, πῶς [ 28 ]ος ἀπὸ [ 29 ]εται καὶ [ 29 ]οτου λ .... [ 29 ] ἡ ψυχὴ[ 28 ] γνῶσις [ 27 ] καὶ αὐτὴ [ 26 ] [ 25 ]ετο τοῦτο [ 24 ] . θέα γε τοῦ [ἀγενήτου 21 ]τοῦ ὑπουρ– [ 27 ]αὐτοῦ η [ 30 ]ηυ[ . ] λον[ 30 ] πλα[ 30 ] μεν[ 30 ] .

### Deo.(50)

ξαν[ 30 ] θε[ 31 ] [ .... ]σαι τὰς ἄλλας ψυχάς [ ............. ] [περιτ]ελλόμεναι γὰρ ὥσπ[ερ οἱ ἀστέρες .. ] [ἐν κ]ύκλωι τὸ χάσμα περ[ιπολοῦσιν ...... ] [ .... ]χμῶν, ’ΐσως δὲ ὀφθῆ[ναι ............ ] [τὰς μὲν γ]ελάσαι, τὰς δὲ θορυ[βεῖσθαι .... ] [ ..... ἐσ]ήμαινον ὡς ε . [ 15 ] [ ....... ]σαι προςϊέμενον[ 12 ] [ ... ἵνα τ]οῦτον διαψ[ύ]χῃ τὸν [κόσμον .... ]

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