# De fuga et inventione 161

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 161. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/161

ἐζήτει ποτὲ προαχθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ φιλομαθοῦς καὶ τὰς αἰτίας, αἷς τἀναγκαιότατα τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ πραγμάτων ἐπιτελεῖται· θεώμενος γὰρ ὅσα ἐν γενέσει φθειρόμενα καὶ γεννώμενα, ἀπολλύμενά τε αὖ καὶ διαμένοντα, τέθηπε καὶ καταπέπληκται καὶ ἐκβοᾷ φάσκων·

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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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