# De congressu eruditionis gratia 179

Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, Section 179. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-congressu-eruditionis-gratia/179

φήσει δὲ πάντως· οἶδα καὶ ὑπὸ ἀρετῆς ἐλεγχόμενον καὶ ὑπὸ φρονήσεως παιδευόμενον. διόπερ οὐ πᾶσαν κάκωσιν ἐν αἰτίᾳ τίθεμαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν δικαιοσύνης καὶ νομοθετικῆς ἔργον οὖσαν — ἐπιπλήξει γὰρ σωφρονίζει — μάλιστα θαυμάζω, τὴν δὲ ἀφροσύνης καὶ κακίας, βλαβερὰν ὑπάρχουσαν, ἀποστρέφομαι καὶ κακίζω δεόντως.

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Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, 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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