# De fuga et inventione 170

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 170. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/170

ἔστι δὲ καὶ τρίτος ὅρος τοῦ αὐτομαθοῦς, τὸ ἀναβαῖνον αὐτόματον. λέγεται γὰρ ἐν τοῖς προτρεπτικοῖς· „οὐ σπερεῖτε, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀμήσητε τὰ αὐτόματα ἀναβαίνοντα αὐτῆς“ (Lev. 25, 11)· τέχνης γὰρ οὐδεμιᾶς χρεῖα τὰ φύσει, τοῦ θεοῦ σπείροντος αὐτὰ καὶ τῇ γεωργικῇ τέχνῃ τελεσφοροῦντος ὡς ἂν αὐτόματα τὰ οὐκ αὐτόματα, πλὴν παρόσον ἐπινοίας ἀνθρωπίνης οὐκ ἐδεήθη τὸ παράπαν.

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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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