# De ebrietate 71

Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, Section 71. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-ebrietate/71

διὰ τί οὖν οὐχὶ καὶ τοῦτον σοφιστὴν ὄντα καὶ μιαρὸν ἀμυνούμεθα τὸν ἁρμόττοντα αὐτῷ καταψηφισάμενοι θάνατον, ἡσυχίαν—λόγου γὰρ ἡσυχία θάνατος —, ἵνα μηκέτ’ ἐνσοφιστεύοντος ὁ νοῦς μεθέλκηται, δύνηται δ’ ἀπηλλαγμένος πάντως τῶν κατὰ τὸ „ἀδελφὸν“ σῶμα ἡδονῶν, τῶν κατὰ τὰς „πλησίον“ καὶ ἀγχιθύρους αἰσθήσεις γοητειῶν, τῶν κατὰ τὸν „ἔγγιστα“ λόγον σοφιστειῶν ἐλεύθερος καὶ ἄφετος ἐαθεὶς καθαρῶς τοῖς νοητοῖς ἅπασιν ἐπιβάλλειν;

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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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