# De decalogo 142

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 142. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/142

τελευταῖον δ’ ἐπιθυμεῖν ἀπαγορεύει νεωτεροποιὸν καὶ ἐπίβουλον τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν εἰδώς. πάντα μὲν γὰρ τὰ ψυχῆς πάθη χαλεπά, κινοῦντα καὶ σείοντα αὐτὴν παρὰ φύσιν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν οὐκ ἐῶντα, χαλεπώτατον δ’ ἐπιθυμία· διὸ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἕκαστον θύραθεν ἐπεισιὸν καὶ προσπῖπτον ἔξωθεν ἀκούσιον εἶναι δοκεῖ, μόνη δ’ ἐπιθυμία τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐξ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ ἔστιν ἑκούσιος.

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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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