# De agricultura 43

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/43

καὶ Μωυσεῖ τῷ πανσόφῳ τὴν αὐτὴν τέχνην ἀνατίθησι· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ποιμὴν ἀποδείκνυται διανοίας τῦφον πρὸ ἀληθείας ἀσπαζομένης καὶ πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι τὸ δοκεῖν ἀποδεχομένης· περισσὸς γὰρ Ἰοθὸρ ἑρμηνεύεται, περιττὸν δὲ καὶ ἐπεισηγμένον ἀπλανεῖ βίῳ πρὸς ἀπάτην τῦφος, ᾧ καὶ τὰ κατὰ πόλεις ἕτερα παρ’ ἑτέροις, οὐ τὰ αὐτὰ δίκαια παρὰ πᾶσιν, ἔθος εἰσηγεῖσθαι τὰ κοινὰ τῆς φύσεως καὶ ἀκίνητα νόμιμα οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἰδόντι· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „Μωυσῆς ἦν ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα Ἰοθὸρ τοῦ ἱερέως Μαδιάμ" (Exod. 3,1).

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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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