# De confusione linguarum 162

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 162. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/162

δίκην δ’ ὑπερβάλλουσαν κατὰ τῶν ἐπ’ ἀθεότητι λόγους οἰκοδομουμένων καὶ συγκροτούντων ὁρίζει, ἣν ἴσως τινὲς τῶν ἀφρόνων οὐ βλάβην, ἀλλ’ ὠφέλειαν ὑποτοπήσουσιν· „οὐ γὰρ ἐκλείψει“ φησίν „ἀπ’ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν“ (Gen. 11,6). ὢ τῆς ἀπεριγράφου καὶ ἀμέτρου κακοδαιμονίας, πάνθ’ οἷς ἂν ὁ φρενοβλαβέστατος ἐπιθῆται νοῦς, ὑποχείρια εἶναι καὶ ὑπήκοα, καὶ μηδέν, μὴ μέγα μὴ μικρόν, ὑστερίζειν τὸ παράπαν, ἀλλ’

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Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, 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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