# De congressu eruditionis gratia 66

Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, Section 66. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-congressu-eruditionis-gratia/66

εἰ δέ τινες καὶ προσέχουσι, τοσοῦτον χρόνον καθέζονται μόνον ἀκούοντες, ἀπαλλαγέντες δ’ οὐδενὸς τῶν εἰρημένων διαμέμνηνται, καὶ ἧκον τερφθῆναι δι’ ἀκοῆς μᾶλλον ἢ ὠφεληθῆναι· ὥστε οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ἴσχυσεν ἡ ψυχὴ συλλαβεῖν καὶ κυοφορῆσαι, ἀλλ’ ἅμα τὸ κινοῦν τὴν ἡδονὴν αἴτιον ἡσύχασε καὶ ἡ προσοχὴ κατεσβέσθη.

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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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