# De decalogo 112

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 112. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/112

τίνα γὰρ ἕτερον εὖ ποιήσουσιν οἱ τῶν συγγενεστάτων καὶ τὰς μεγίστας παρασχομένων δωρεὰς ὀλιγωροῦντες, ὧν ἔνιαι δι’ ὑπερβολὴν οὐδ’ ἀμοιβὰς ἐνδέχονται; πῶς γὰρ ἂν ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἀντιγεννῆσαι δύναιτο τοὺς σπείραντας, κλῆρον ἐξαίρετον τῆς φύσεως χαρισαμένης πρὸς παῖδας γονεῦσιν εἰς ἀντίδοσιν ἐλθεῖν οὐ δυνάμενον; ὅθεν καὶ σφόδρα προσῆκεν ἀγανακτεῖν, εἰ μὴ πάντα ἔχοντες ἀντιχαρίζεσθαι μηδὲ τὰ κουφότατα ἐθελήσουσιν.

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Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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