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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 194

[194] But when, as if it were some country, he wishes to divide out virtue among its inhabitants, he then allows the more numerous body to have more, and the less numerous to have less, thinking it reasonable not to allot a larger share to a [129] [130] smaller number, nor a smaller share to a larger number; for in such a case they would neither of them be suited to their respective portions.