# De Abrahamo 164

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 164. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/164

ταῦτα δὲ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀνάκειται τῷ φιλοσοφεῖν· ἐξ οὗ δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι σοφία καὶ φιλοσοφία τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀπ’ οὐδενὸς εἴληφεν ἑτέρου τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἢ τῆς ἡγεμονίδος τῶν αἰσθήσεων ὁράσεως, ἣν καὶ μόνην ἐκ τῆς σωματικῆς χώρας διέσωσεν ὁ θεὸς τὰς τέσσαρας φθείρας, ὅτι αἱ μὲν σαρκὶ καὶ τοῖς σαρκὸς πάθεσιν ἐδούλευσαν, ἡ δὲ ἴσχυσεν ἀνατεῖναι τὸν αὐχένα καὶ βλέψαι καὶ τέρψεις ἑτέρας ἀνευρεῖν πολὺ βελτίους τῶν σωματικῶν ἡδονῶν ἐκ τῆς περὶ τὸν κόσμον θεωρίας καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ.

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Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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