# De fuga et inventione 198

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 198. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/198

οὐκοῦν ὁ θεός ἐστιν ἡ πρεσβυτάτη πηγή, καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως· τὸν γὰρ σύμπαντα τοῦτον κόσμον ὤμβρησε. καταπέπληγμαι δ’ ἀκούων, ὅτι ζωῆς ἐστιν ἥδε ἡ πηγή· μόνος γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ψυχῆς καὶ ζωῆς καὶ διαφερόντως λογικῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς μετὰ φρονήσεως ζωῆς αἴτιος. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὕλη νεκρόν, ὁ δὲ θεὸς πλέον τι ἢ ζωή, πηγὴ τοῦ ζῆν, ὡς αὐτὸς εἶπεν, ἀένναος.

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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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