# De Cherubim 75

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 75. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/75

πρὸς ὃν εἴποιμ’ ἄν· λέληθέ σε, ὦ μωρέ, ὅτι πᾶς ὁ δοκῶν ἐν γενέσει διώκειν διώκεται· νόσοι γὰρ καὶ γῆρας καὶ θάνατος μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης τῶν ἑκουσίων καὶ ἀκουσίων κακῶν πληθύος ἕκαστον ἡμῶν ἐλαύνουσι καὶ στροβοῦσι καὶ διώκουσι, καὶ ὁ νομίζων καταλαμβάνειν ἢ κρατεῖν καταλαμβάνεται καὶ κρατεῖται, καί τις λαφυραγωγήσειν ἐλπίσας καὶ μοίρας λείας διατιθεὶς ἡττηθεὶς ὑπὸ κεκρατηκόσιν ἐχθροῖς ἐγένετο, κένωσιν ἀντὶ πλησμονῆς καὶ δουλείαν ἀντὶ δεσποτείας ψυχῇ δεξάμενος τῇ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνελεῖν ἀναιρεθεὶς καὶ πάνθ’ ὅσα δράσειν ἐνενόησε παθὼν ἀνὰ κράτος.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg003.local001/.