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‹ The Works of Philo Judaeus Appendix 2 · The words of Philo.

Philo of Alexandria · 1641 of 1726

Appendix 2 · The words of Philo.

Perfection and an absence of deficiency are found in God alone. But deficiency and imperfection exist in every man. For man is taught, even if he be the wisest of his race, by some other man, and he knows nothing without being taught by his own nature. And if one man has more knowledge than another, still he has it not naturally, but because of instruction which he has received.