# De ebrietate 157

Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, Section 157. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-ebrietate/157

τὸ παραπλήσιον οὖν ἐν ψυχῇ πάντως ἄγνοια ἐργάζεται τὰ βλέποντα καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῆς λυμαινομένη καὶ μήτε φῶς μήτε λόγον παρεισελθεῖν ἐῶσα, τὸν μέν, ἵνα μὴ διδάξῃ, τὸ δέ, ἵνα μὴ δείξῃ τὰ ὄντα, βαθὺ δὲ σκότος καὶ πολλὴν ἀλογίαν καταχέασα κωφὴν λίθον τὸ περικαλλέστατον εἶδος ψυχῆς εἰργάσατο.

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Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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