ON THE GOOD. Original: "ΠΕΡΙ ΤΑΓΑΘΟΥ"

Book I.

IXa.

A. In respect to this, having spoken and indicated the evidence according to Plato, it will be necessary to retreat and bind these together with the teachings of Pythagoras, and to call upon those nations that are well-regarded, bringing forward their rituals, doctrines, and ideas that harmonize with Plato, such as those that the Brahmins, Jews, Magi, and Egyptians maintained.

IXb.

How much better than Celsus is the Pythagorean Numenius, who has shown through many proofs that he is most learned, having examined more doctrines and gathered from many sources what he imagined to be true? In the first book of his On the Good, speaking of the nations that have understood God as incorporeal, he included the Jews among them, not hesitating in his writing to use prophetic words and to interpret them allegorically.

XIII.

Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, writes outright:
What is Plato but Moses speaking Attic Greek? Original: "τί γάρ ἐστι Πλάτων ἢ Μωσῆς Ἀττικίζων;"