# De fuga et inventione 168

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 168. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/168

καινὸν γὰρ καὶ κρεῖττον λόγου καὶ θεῖον ὄντως τὸ αὐτομαθὲς γένος, οὐκ ἀνθρωπίναις ἐπινοίαις, ἀλλ’ ἐνθέῳ μανίᾳ συνιστάμενον. ἢ ἀγνοεῖς ὅτι οὐ δέονται πρὸς τὸν τόκον μαιῶν Ἑβραῖαι, „τίκτουσι“ δ’, ὥς φησι Μωυσῆς, „πρὶν εἰσελθεῖν τὰς μαίας“ (Exod. 1, 19), λέγω δὲ μεθόδους, τέχνας, ἐπιστήμας, φύσει μόνῃ χρώμεναι συνεργῷ; παγκάλους δὲ καὶ προσφυεστάτους ὅρους ἀποδίδωσι τοῦ αὐτομαθοῦς, ἕνα μὲν τοιοῦτον, τὸ ταχὺ εὑρισκόμενον, ἕτερον δὲ „ὃ παρέδωκεν ὁ θεός“.

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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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