# De ebrietate 73

Philo Judaeus, De ebrietate, Section 73. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-ebrietate/73

οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ „τὸν σειρομάστην λαβών“, τουτέστιν ὁ μαστεύσας καὶ ἀναζητήσας τὰ τῆς φθαρτῆς γενέσεως, ἧς ἐν σιτίοις καὶ ποτοῖς τὸ εὔδαιμον τεθησαύρισται, καὶ „εἰς τὴν κάμινον“, ὥς φησι Μωυσῆς, „εἰσελθών“, τὸν καιόμενον καὶ φλεγόμενον ὑπερβολαῖς ἀδικημάτων καὶ μηδέποτε σβεσθῆναι δυνάμενον ἀνθρώπων βίον, κἄπειτα ἰσχύσας καὶ τὴν „γυναῖκα διὰ τῆς μήτρας ἀνατεμεῖν“, ὅτι αἰτία τοῦ γεννᾶν ἔδοξεν εἶναι πάσχουσα πρὸς ἀλήθειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δρῶσα, καὶ πάντα „ἄνθρωπον“ καὶ λογισμὸν τὸν ἐπακολουθήσαντα τῇδε τῇ δόξῃ τῇ τὰ τοῦ μόνου τῶν γινομένων αἰτίου θεοῦ περιαπτούσῃ παθηταῖς οὐσίαις (Num. 25, 7. 8).

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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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