# De decalogo 39

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/39

δεύτερον δέ, ὅτι κοινῇ μὲν ὡς πλήθει τις ἐκκλησιάζων οὐκ ἐξ ἀνάγκης διαλέγεται ἑνί, ὅτε δὲ προστάττων ἢ ἀπαγορεύων, ἰδίᾳ ὡς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἐμφερομένων εὐθὺς ἂν δόξαι τὰ πρακτέα καὶ κοινῇ πᾶσιν ἀθρόοις ὑφηγεῖσθαι· εὐπειθέστερος δὲ ὁ τὰς παραινέσεις αὐτοπροσώπως δεχόμενος, ὁ δὲ συλλήβδην μεθ’ ἑτέρων κεκώφωται τὸν ὄχλον ἀφηνιασμοῦ παρακάλυμμα ποιούμενος.

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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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