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On Fugitives

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 58

[58] She also confirmed her statement by another passage in scripture of the following purport: "Behold, I have set before thy face life and death, good and evil." [21] Therefore, O all-wise man, good and virtue mean life, and evil and wickedness mean death. And in another passage we read, "This is thy life, and thy length of days, to love the Lord thy God." [22] This is the most admirable definition of immortal life, to be occupied by a love and affection for God unembarrassed by any connection with the flesh or with the body.