# De fuga et inventione 172

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 172. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/172

ἀρχὴ μὲν οὖν ὁ σπόρος, τελευτὴ δὲ ὁ ἄμητος. ἄμεινον δ’ ἐκεῖνο ἐκδέξασθαι· πᾶσα ἀρχὴ καὶ πᾶν τέλος αὐτόματόν ἐστιν, ἴσον τῷ φύσεως, οὐχ ἡμέτερον ἔργον· οἷον ἀρχὴ τίς τοῦ μανθάνειν; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι ἡ ἐν τῷ διδασκομένῳ φύσις εὐπαράδεκτος οὖσα πρὸς τὰ κατὰ μέρος θεωρήματα; τίς δὲ τοῦ τελειοῦσθαι; πάλιν, εἰ δεῖ μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενον εἰπεῖν, ἡ φύσις. προκοπὰς μὲν γὰρ ἐμποιῆσαι καὶ ὁ διδάσκων ἱκανός, τὴν δ’ ἐπ’ ἄκρον τελειότητα ὁ θεὸς μόνος, ἡ ἀρίστη φύσις.

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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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