# De decalogo 5

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/5

πρὸ τοῦ σώματος δι’ ὑπερβολὴν ὕβρεως πιεζόμενοι. τῦφος καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων κακῶν δημιουργός ἐστιν, ἀλαζονείας, ὑπεροψίας, ἀνισότητος· αἱ δ’ εἰσὶν ἀρχαὶ ξενικῶν καὶ ἐμφυλίων πολέμων οὐδὲν μέρος, οὐ κοινόν, οὐκ ἴδιον, οὐ κατὰ γῆν, οὐ κατὰ θάλατταν, ἡσυχάζειν ἐῶσαι. τί δὲ δεῖ τῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἁμαρτημάτων μεμνῆσθαι;

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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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