# De congressu eruditionis gratia 81

Philo Judaeus, De congressu eruditionis gratia, Section 81. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-congressu-eruditionis-gratia/81

Δίδωσι δ’ οὐκ εὐθὺς εἰς τὴν Χαναναίων γῆν ἀφικομένῳ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ δεκαετίαν τῆς ἐκεῖ διατριβῆς. τί δὲ τοῦτ’ ἐστίν, οὐκ ἀμελῶς ἐπισκεπτέον· ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν τῆς γενέσεως ἡμῶν ἡ ψυχὴ συντρόφοις τοῖς πάθεσι μόνοις χρῆται, λύπαις, ἀλγηδόσι, πτόαις, ἐπιθυμίαις, ἡδοναῖς, ἃ διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἔρχεται, μήπω τοῦ λογισμοῦ βλέπειν δυναμένου τά τε ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακὰ καὶ ᾗ διαφέρει ταῦτα ἀλλήλων ἀκριβοῦν, ἀλλ’ ἔτι νυστάζοντος καὶ ὡς ἐν ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ καταμεμυκότος.

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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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