# De ebrietate 166

Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, Section 166. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-ebrietate/166

ταῦτα δὲ νήφων μὲν λογισμὸς οὐκ ἀνέχεται, μέθῃ δὲ κατεσχημένος καὶ ὥσπερ ἔξοινος ὤν· διὸ λέγεται· „ἐπότισαν τὸν πατέρα οἶνον“ (Gen. 19,33). ἀναισθησία παντελής, ἱκανὸν δοκεῖν εἶναι βουλεύεσθαι τὸν νοῦν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τὰ συμφέροντα ἢ τοῖς ὁπωσοῦν φανεῖσιν, ὡς τὸ ἀληθὲς πάγιον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχουσι, συναινέσαι, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως μηδαμῇ μηδαμῶς ἱκανῆς οὔσης ἢ ἐκ περισκέψεως τὸ σαφὲς εὑρεῖν ἢ τὰ μὲν ὡς ἀληθῆ καὶ συμφέροντα ἑλέσθαι, τὰ δ’ ὡς ψευδῆ καὶ βλάβης αἴτια ἀποστραφῆναι.

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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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