# De confusione linguarum 59

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/59

ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ παντὸς ἡγεμόνι θεῷ, δι’ ὃν πρὸς τὰ ἔργα φθάνουσι μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς λόγους ἀπαντῶντες· τῶν γὰρ ἄλλων ἐπειδὰν ἀκούσωσι πραττόντων οὗτοι, τὸ παραδοξότατον, ὑπὸ κατοκωχῆς ἐνθέου πράξειν φασὶ πρότερον, εἶτα ἀκούσεσθαι, ἵνα μὴ διδασκαλίᾳ καὶ ὑφηγήσει δοκῶσιν, ἀλλὰ ἐθελουργῷ καὶ αὐτοκελεύστῳ διανοίᾳ πρὸς τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἔργων ὑπαντᾶν· ἐργασάμενοι δὲ ἀκούσεσθαί φασιν, ὅπως ἐπικρίνωσι τὰ πραχθέντα, εἰ λόγοις θείοις καὶ ἱεραῖς παραινέσεσι συνᾴδει.

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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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