# De fuga et inventione 157

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 157. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/157

καὶ τὸν χίμαρον τὸν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ φιλάρετος ζητεῖ μέν, οὐχ εὑρίσκει δέ· ἤδη γὰρ, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ λόγιον, ἐνεπέπρηστο (Lev. 10, 16). τί δ’ αἰνίττεται, σκεπτέον· τὸ μὲν μηδὲν ἁμαρτεῖν ἴδιον θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ μετανοεῖν σοφοῦ· παγχάλεπον δὲ καὶ δυσεύρετον τοῦτό γε.

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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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