# De fuga et inventione 171

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 171. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/171

οὐ προτρέπει δὲ μᾶλλον ἢ γνώμην ἀποφαίνεται· παραινῶν μὲν γὰρ εἶπεν ἄν· μὴ σπείρητε, μὴ ἀμήσητε, ἀποφαινόμενος δέ· „οὐ σπερεῖτε, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀμήσητε τὰ αὐτόματα“. οἷς γὰρ ἀπαυτοματίζουσιν ἐκ φύσεως ἐπιτυγχάνομεν, τούτων οὔτε τὰς ἀρχὰς οὔτε τὰ τέλη παρ’ ἑαυτοὺς ὡς ἂν αἰτίους εὑρίσκομεν·

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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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