# De fuga et inventione 200

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 200. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/200

ἔπειτα ὀρύττουσιν οὐχ ὡς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαάκ, οἱ σοφοί, φρέατα (Gen. 21,30. 26,18), βαθείας ἐπιστήμας ποτίμους λόγους ἀναδιδούσας, ἀλλὰ λάκκους, ἴδιον οὐδὲν ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἔχοντας τρόφιμον καλόν, τῆς δ’ ἔξωθεν χρῄζοντας ἐπιρροῆς, ἣ γένοιτ’ ἂν ἐκ διδασκαλίας ἐπαντλούντων ἀεὶ τῶν ὑφηγητῶν ἀκοαῖς τῶν μανθανόντων ἀθρόα τὰ ἐπιστήμης δόγματα καὶ θεωρήματα, καὶ φρενὶ κατασχεῖν καὶ μνήμῃ τὰ παραδοθέντα ταμιεύεσθαι.

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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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