# De fuga et inventione 115

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 115. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/115

ὑπερβολή τις περὶ τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον τελειότητος ἐνορᾶται. τὸν μέν γε τὴν μεγάλην εὐξάμενον εὐχὴν οἶδέ που καὶ ἀκουσίως σφαλλόμενον, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἑκουσίῳ γνώμῃ· λέγει γάρ· „ἐὰν δέ τις ἀποθάνῃ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐξάπινα, παραχρῆμα μιανθήσεται“ (Num. 6, 9)· τὰ γὰρ ἀβούλητα ἔξωθεν αἰφνίδιον κατασκήπτοντα παραχρῆμα τὴν ψυχὴν οὐ πρὸς αἰῶνα μήκιστον μιαίνει, ἅτε ὄντα ἀκούσια. τούτων δ’ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καθάπερ καὶ τῶν ἑκουσίων ὑπεράνω στὰς ἀλογεῖ.

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Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, 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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