# De decalogo 147

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 147. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/147

ὅμοιον δέ τι καὶ περὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἔοικε συμβαίνειν· ὀφθαλμοί τε γὰρ πολλάκις ὁρατοῦ τινος πάνυ μακρὰν ἀφεστῶτος εἰς κατάληψιν ἐλθεῖν ἐπειγόμενοι τείνοντες αὑτούς, εὖ μάλα καὶ πλέον τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνεχθέντες, ὤλισθον κατὰ κενοῦ περὶ τὴν ἀκριβῆ τοῦ ὑποκειμένου γνῶσιν σφαλέντες καὶ προσέτι τὴν ὄψιν τῷ βιαίῳ καὶ συντόνῳ τῆς ἀτενοῦς προσβολῆς ἀσθενήσαντες ἀμαυροῦνται.

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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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