# De aeternitate mundi 77

Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, Section 77. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-aeternitate-mundi/77

λέγεται δὲ καὶ Διογένης ἡνίκα νέος ἦν συνεπιγραψάμενος τῷ δόγματι τῆς ἐκπυρώσεως ὀψὲ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐνδοιάσας ἐπισχεῖν· οὐ γὰρ νεότητος ἀλλὰ γήρως τὰ σεμνὰ καὶ περιμάχητα διιδεῖν, καὶ μάλισθ’ ὅσα μὴ δικάζει ἡ ἄλογος καὶ ἀπατηλὸς αἴσθησις ἀλλ’ ὁ καθαρώτατος καὶ ἀκραιφνέστατος νοῦς.

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Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi, ed. Siegfried Reiter, 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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