# De decalogo 43

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/43

ἄνθρωπος γὰρ ὢν ὄγκον καὶ σεμνότητα τετραγῳδημένην οὐ δικαιώσω προσίεσθαι, μενῶ δ’ ἐντὸς τῆς φύσεως τοὺς ὅρους αὐτῆς μὴ ὑπερβαίνων, ἀλλ’ ἐθίζων τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ διάνοιαν ἀνθρωποπαθεῖν, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὰς ἀδήλους πρὸς τἀναντία μεταβολὰς καὶ τῶν εὖ πραττόντων καὶ τῶν ἐν κακοπραγίαις, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὸ ἁρμόττειν, κἂν ἀτρέπτως καὶ βεβαίως παραμένῃ τὸ εὐτυχεῖν, μὴ ἐπιλανθάνεσθαί τινα ἑαυτοῦ. διὰ ταῦτά μοι δοκεῖ τοὺς χρησμοὺς ἑνικῶς ἀποτεινάμενος ὡς πρὸς ἕνα θεσπίζειν ἐθελῆσαι.

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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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