# De fuga et inventione 154

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 154. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/154

ταῦτα ὁ διαπεμψάμενος ἀκούσας, φθόνον ἠλλοτριωκὼς ἀφ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ἵλεως γέγηθεν οὐ μετρίως καί φησι· μὴ γὰρ οὐ δι’ εὐχῆς ἐστί μοι τὴν διάνοιαν ἀστείαν τε καὶ ἀστὴν ὡς ἀληθῶς εἶναι, κοσμιότητι καὶ σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις διαπρέπουσαν ἀρεταῖς, ἑνὶ προσέχουσαν ἀνδρὶ καὶ τὴν ἑνὸς οἰκουρίαν ἀγαπῶσαν καὶ μοναρχίᾳ χαίρουσαν. εἰ δὴ τοιαύτη τίς ἐστιν, ἐχέτω τὰ δεδομένα, καὶ τὴν παιδείαν καὶ τὸν εἱρμὸν λόγου πρὸς βίον καὶ βίου πρὸς λόγον καὶ τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον, βεβαιότητα καὶ πίστιν.

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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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