Select Works of Porphyry (On Abstinence from Animal Food, etc.)

2: Tlaons πραξεως καὶ WITS ἐργοῦυ καὶ λογου θεος ἐποπτης “-ἀρεστὼ καὶ εῷορος, (p. 24): ἢ, ε. “ Of every action, and of every deed and word, God is present as the scrutator and inspector.” This is evidently derived from the following sentence of Demophilus, . (Opusc. Mythol. p. 621): Ἐὰν aes μνημονευης, ors ὁποῦ ἂν ἢ ἡ Ψψυχη σου, καὶ TO THe epyor ἀπόοτελει, θεος ἐφεστηκχεν εῴορος, ay πάσαις σου dass εὐχαῖς καὶ πράξεσιν, αιδεσθησὴ μὲν τοῦ θεωρου τὸ ἀληστον, εξεις δὲ τὸν θεὸν σύναικον, ὃ. 6. “ If you always remember, that wherever your soul, or your body, performs any deed, God is present as an inspector, in all your prayers and actions, you will reverence the nature of an inspector, from whom nothing can be concealed, and will have God for a cohabitant.” What immediately follows in this paragraph is from Sextus, viz. xa: πάντων ὧν πράττομεν ἀγαθὼν tov θεὸν aitiov ἡγωμεθα : 2.e. ““ OF all the ‘good that we do, we should consider God as the cause.” And Sextus says, p. 648. “ Deus in bonis actibus hominibus dux est.” Porphyry adds: Twy δὲ χακὼν curios ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν οι EAOMEVOS, bcos δὲ ἀναίτιος. And the latter part is evidently from Sextus, who says, Ὁ. 648, ‘‘ Mali nullius autor est Deus.” Porphyry further adds: Odev καὶ εὐκταῖον ta ἀξια θεου" και αἰτωμεθα ἃ μη λαθδοιμεν ἂν παρ᾽ ετερου" καὶ WY ἡγεμόνες οἱ μετ᾽ ἄρετὴς TOVOL, ταυτὰ εὐχόμεθα γενεσθαι μετα τοὺς πονοὺς : ὃ. 6. “ Hence we should ask of God things which are worthy of him, and which we cannot ΧΥ INTRODUCTION. ΧΥ INTRODUCTION. fnus. And for an account of the other entire works and fragments that are extant, and also