# De agricultura 77

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 77. Ancient Greek.

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

τοῦτον οὖν ἔοικε τὸν τρόπον αὐτοῖς ἐπιβάταις τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄχημα σύμπαν διαφθείρεσθαι πλημμελῆσαν τὴν ἡνιόχησιν. τοὺς δὴ τοιούτους ἵππους καὶ τοὺς ἐποχουμένους ἄνευ τέχνης αὐτοῖς λυσιτελὲς καθαιρεῖσθαι, ἵνα τὰ ἀρετῆς ἐγείρηται· πιπτούσης γὰρ ἀφροσύνης ἀνάγκη φρόνησιν ὑπανίστασθαι.

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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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