# De fuga et inventione 189

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 189. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/189

γυναῖκα τὴν αἴσθησιν καλεῖ, νοῦν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς ὑποτιθέμενος. ἀποκάθηται δὲ αἴσθησις, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀπωτάτω καθέζεται, ὅταν νοῦν ἀπολιποῦσα, τὸν γνήσιον ἄνδρα, ἐφιδρύηται τοῖς δελεάζουσι καὶ φθείρουσιν αἰσθητοῖς καὶ ἐρωτικῶς ἑκάστοις ἐμπλέκηται· τότ’ οὖν εἰ πρὸς ὕπνον τράποιτο ὁ νοῦς, ἐγρηγορέναι δέον, „τὴν πηγὴν“ τῆς αἰσθήσεως „ἀπεκάλυψεν“ αὑτὸν — αὐτὸς γὰρ ἦν, ὥσπερ ἔφην, ἡ αἰσθήσεως πηγή —, τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν ἄστεγον καὶ ἀτείχιστον καὶ εὐεπιβούλευτον κατεσκεύασεν ἑαυτόν.

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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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