# De fuga et inventione 169

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 169. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/169

τὸ μὲν οὖν διδασκόμενον μακροῦ χρόνου δεῖται, τὸ δὲ φύσει ταχύ τε καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ἄχρονόν ἐστι· κἀκεῖνο μὲν ἄνθρωπον, τοῦτο δὲ θεὸν ὑφηγητὴν ἔχει. τὸν μὲν δὴ πρότερον ὅρον κατέταξεν ἐν πεύσει· „τί τοῦτο ὃ ταχὺ εὗρες, ὦ τέκνον“, τὸν δὲ ἕτερον ἐν ἀποκρίσει φάσκων· „ὃ παρέδωκε κύριος ὁ θεός“ (Gen. 27, 20).

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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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