# De agricultura 56

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/56

τεκμήριον δέ· ὁ τὴν περὶ σῶμα καὶ τὰς κενὰς δόξας ὑπόθεσιν ἀεὶ μελετῶν Ἰωσήφ, ἄρχειν μὲν καὶ ἐπιστατεῖν ἀλόγου φύσεως οὐκ ἐπιστάμενος — πρεσβύταις γὰρ ἔθος ἐπὶ τὰς ἀνυπευθύνους ἀρχὰς καλεῖσθαι, νέος δέ ἐστιν οὗτος ἀεί, κἂν τὸ χρόνου μήκει γῆρας ἐπιγινόμενον ἐνέγκηται —, τρέφειν δὲ εἰωθὼς καὶ συναύξειν ὑπολαμβάνει καὶ τοὺς φιλαρέτους πεῖσαι δυνήσεσθαι μεταβάλλειν ὡς αὐτόν, ἵνα τῶν ἀλόγων καὶ ἀψύχων περιεχόμενοι μηκέτ’ ἐνευκαιρεῖν δύνωνται τοῖς λογικῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιτηδεύμασι· φησὶ γάρ·

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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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