# De fuga et inventione 76

Philo Judaeus, De fuga et inventione, Section 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-fuga-et-inventione/76

θέμις οὖν τῷ δόξαντι τροπῇ χρήσασθαι ἀκουσίῳ φάναι κατὰ θεὸν συμβῆναι τὴν τροπήν, ὅπερ οὐ θέμις τῷ ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτόντι. „δώσειν“ δέ φησιν οὐ τῷ κτείναντι, ἀλλ’ ᾧ διαλέγεται, ὥσθ’ ἕτερον μὲν εἶναι τὸν οἰκήτορα, ἕτερον δὲ τὸν φεύγοντα. τῷ μὲν γὰρ ἑαυτοῦ λόγῳ ὁ θεὸς πατρίδα οἰκεῖν τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἑαυτοῦ, ὡς ἂν αὐτόχθονι, δεδώρηται, τῷ δ’ ἐν ἀκουσίοις γενομένῳ σφάλμασι καταφυγήν,

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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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