# De decalogo 49

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/49

ἐπειδὴ τοῦ πυρὸς τὸ μὲν φωτίζειν τὸ δὲ καίειν πέφυκεν, οἱ μὲν τοῖς χρησμοῖς ἀξιοῦντες εἶναι καταπειθεῖς ὡς ἐν ἀσκίῳ φωτὶ τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον βιώσονται τοὺς νόμους αὐτοὺς ἀστέρας ἔχοντες ἐν ψυχῇ φωσφοροῦντας, ὅσοι δ’ ἀφηνιασταί, καιόμενοι καὶ κατακαιόμενοι διατελοῦσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἔνδον ἐπιθυμιῶν, αἳ φλογὸς τρόπον πορθήσουσι τὸν σύμπαντα τῶν ἐχόντων βίον.

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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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