# De fuga et inventione 176

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 176. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/176

ὁρᾷς τὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν κεχυμένων μεγάλων καὶ ἑτοίμων πρὸς κτῆσιν καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν ἀγαθῶν; εἰκάζονται δὲ πόλεσι μὲν αἱ γενικαὶ ἀρεταί, διότι ἐπὶ πλεῖστον εὐρύνονται, οἰκίαις δ’ αἱ ἐν εἴδει — στέλλονται γὰρ εἰς βραχύτερον αὗται κύκλον —, λάκκοις δὲ αἱ εὐφυεῖς ψυχαί, αἱ εὐπαράδεκτοι σοφίας ὡς ἐκεῖνοι ὕδατος, ἀμπελῶσι δὲ καὶ ἐλαιῶσιν αἱ προκοπαὶ καὶ αὐξήσεις καὶ καρπῶν γενέσεις· καρπὸς δ’ ἐπιστήμης ὁ θεωρητικὸς βίος, ἄκρατον εὐφροσύνην περιποιῶν ὡς ἀπ’ οἴνου καὶ νοητὸν φέγγος ὡς ἀπὸ φλογός, ἧς ἔλαιον τροφή.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg017.local001/.