# De Abrahamo 37

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/37

ἤδη γὰρ οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν ἐπιμνησθήσεται σοφῶν ἑτέρων, οἳ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἀνανταγώνιστον ἔσχον, οὐ πονηροῖς ἀντεξετασθέντες οὐδ’ ὅτι βελτίους ἐγένοντο τῶν κατ’ αὐτοὺς ἀποδοχῆς καὶ προνομίας ἀξιωθέντες, ἀλλ’ ὅτι φύσιν εὔμοιρον κτησάμενοι διετήρησαν αὐτὴν ἀδιάστροφον, οὐ φυγόντες μοχθηρὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῖς περιπεσόντες, προηγουμένως δὲ καλῶν ἔργων καὶ λόγων ἀσκηταὶ γενόμενοι τὸν βίον ἐπεκόσμουν.

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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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