# De Abrahamo 57

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 57. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/57

προσονομάζεται γὰρ Ἑβραίων γλώττῃ τὸ ἔθνος Ἰσραήλ, ὅπερ ἑρμηνευθέν ἐστιν „ὁρῶν θεόν.“ ὅρασις δ’ ἡ μὲν δι’ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐν ἁπάσαις καλλιστεύει ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ διὰ μόνης καταλαμβάνεται τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ὄντων, ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη καὶ ὁ σύμπας οὐρανός τε καὶ κόσμος, ἡ δὲ διὰ τοῦ τῆς ψυχῆς ἡγεμονικοῦ προφέρει τὰς ἄλλας ὅσαι περὶ αὐτὸ δυνάμεις· αὕτη δέ ἐστι φρόνησις ὄψις οὖσα διανοίας.

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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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