[SECTION XII.]
LAMED.
The Council of the Seven Sages of the World.
CHAPTER 56.
The seven sages of the world meet in Alexandria. The purposes of the meeting. The opening addresses.
In every age since time began have seven sages lived.
2 At first of every age these sages meet to note the course of nations, peoples, tribes and tongues;
3 To note how far toward justice, love and righteousness the race has gone;
4 To formulate the code of laws, religious postulates and plans of rule best suited to the coming age.
5 An age had passed, and, lo, another age had come; the sages must convene.
6 Now, Alexandria was the center of the world’s best thought, and here in Philo’s home the sages met.