# De decalogo 146

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 146. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/146

ἐπειδὰν δὲ λαβών τις ἔννοιαν ἀγαθοῦ μὴ παρόντος ὀρέγηται τυχεῖν αὐτοῦ, πρὸς μήκιστον τὴν ψυχὴν ἐλαύνων καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐκτείνων, ψαῦσαι τοῦ ποθουμένου γλιχόμενος, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τροχοῦ κατατείνεται, σπεύδων μὲν συλλαβεῖν, ἐφικνεῖσθαι δ’ ἀδυνατῶν καὶ ταὐτὸν πεπονθὼς τοῖς τοὺς ἐξαναχωροῦντα διώκουσιν ἐλάττονι μὲν τάχει προθυμίᾳ δ’ ἀνανταγωνίστῳ.

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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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