# De Cherubim 5

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/5

γενικὴ μὲν οὐκ ἔφθη μεταβαλοῦσα ἀρετὴ γενέσθαι — γένος γὰρ πᾶν ἄφθαρτον —, ταῖς δὲ ἐν μέρει καὶ κατ’ εἶδος ἐξητάζετο, ἡ δὲ αὐτὴ φρόνησίς τ’ ἦν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ σωφροσύνη καὶ ἀνδρεία καὶ δικαιοσύνη τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, φθαρταὶ δὲ αὗται, ὅτι καὶ τὸ δεξάμενον αὐτὰς χωρίον ἐγὼ φθαρτός, Ἄγαρ ἡ μέση καὶ ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία,

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Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. 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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