# De agricultura 17

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/17

δοκίμους χαρακτῆρας. ταῦτ’ οὖν ἡ ψυχῆς ἐπαγγελλομένη γεωργικὴ προκηρύττει· τὰ ἀφροσύνης δένδρα καὶ ἀκολασίας ἀδικίας τε καὶ δειλίας πάντ’ ἐκκόψω, ἐκτεμῶ καὶ τὰ ἡδονῆς καὶ ἐπιθυμίας ὀργῆς τε καὶ θυμοῦ καὶ τῶν παραπλησίων παθῶν, κἂν ἄχρις οὐρανοῦ μηκύνηται, τὰ φυτά, ἐπικαύσω καὶ τὰς ῥίζας αὐτῶν ἐφιεῖς’ ἄχρι τῶν ὑστάτων τῆς γῆς φλογὸς ῥιπήν, ὡς μηδὲν μέρος ἀλλὰ μηδ’ ἴχνος ἢ σκιὰν ὑπολειφθῆναι τὸ παράπαν.

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Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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