# De decalogo 12

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/12

τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καὶ οἱ τὴν ἰατρικὴν ἀγαθοὶ σῴζουσι τοὺς κάμνοντας· οὐ γὰρ πρότερον σιτία καὶ ποτὰ παρέχειν ἀξιοῦσι, πρὶν ἢ τὰ τῶν νόσων αἴτια ὑπεξελέσθαι· μενόντων γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς αἱ τροφαί, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπιζήμιοι, ὗλαι γινόμεναι τοῦ πάθους.

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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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