# De fuga et inventione 121

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 121. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/121

οἱ μὲν οὖν μήτε εὑρέσεως μήτε ζητήσεως ἐφιέμενοι τὸν λογισμὸν ἀπαιδευσίᾳ καὶ ἀμελετησίᾳ χαλεπῶς ᾐκίσαντο καὶ δυνάμενοι ὀξὺ καθορᾶν ἐπηρώθησαν. οὕτως φησὶ „τὴν γυναῖκα Λὼτ στραφεῖσαν εἰς τοὐπίσω γενέσθαι στήλην“ (Gen. 19,26), οὐ μυθοπλαστῶν, ἀλλὰ πράγματος ἰδιότητα μηνύων.

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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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