# De decalogo 18

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/18

Αἵδ’ εἰσὶν ἐν στοχασμοῖς εἰκόσιν αἰτίαι λεγόμεναι περὶ τοῦ διαπορηθέντος· τὰς γὰρ ἀληθεῖς οἶδεν ὁ θεὸς μόνος. εἰπὼν δ’ ἅπερ ἥρμοττε περὶ τούτων ἑξῆς αὐτοὺς ἀκριβώσω τοὺς νόμους, ἐκεῖνο κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον προμηνύσας, ὅτι τῶν νόμων οὓς μὲν αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς οὐ προσχρησάμενος ἄλλῳ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ μόνου θεσπίζειν ἠξίωσεν, οὓς δὲ διὰ προφήτου Μωυσέως, ὃν ἀριστίνδην ἐκ πάντων ὡς ἐπιτηδειότατον ἱεροφάντην ἐπελέξατο.

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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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