# De fuga et inventione 213

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 213. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/213

ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔμελλες, ὦ ψυχὴ προκόπτουσα καὶ τῇ τῶν ἐγκυκλίων ἐπιστήμῃ προπαιδευμάτων ἐμβαθύνουσα, καθάπερ διὰ κατόπτρου τῆς παιδείας τὸν αἴτιον τῆς ἐπιστήμης ἰδεῖν; οἰκειότατος δὲ καὶ ὁ τοῦ τοιούτου φρέατος τόπος „ἐν μέσῳ Κάδης καὶ Βαράδ“ (ibid. 14)· ἑρμηνεύεται δὲ Βαρὰδ μὲν ἐν κακοῖς, Κάδης δὲ ἁγία· μεθόριος γὰρ ἁγίων καὶ βεβήλων ὁ ἐν προκοπαῖς, ἀποδιδράσκων μὲν τὰ φαῦλα, μήπω δ’ ἱκανὸς ὢν τελείοις συμβιοῦν ἀγαθοῖς.

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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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