# De gigantibus 33

Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, Section 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-gigantibus/33

καίτοι οὐκ ἀποτρέπει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ παγίως ἀποφαίνεται, ὅτι ὁ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἄνθρωπος οὐ προσελεύσεταί ποτε ἑκὼν ταῖς φίλαις καὶ συγγενέσι σώματος ἡδοναῖς, ἀλλυτρίωσιν δὲ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὰς ἀεὶ μελετήσει. τὸ μὲν οὖν μὴ ἅπαξ ἀλλὰ δὶς φάναι „ἄνθρωπος ἄνθρωπος“ σημεῖόν ἐστι τοῦ μὴ τὸν ἐκ σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀρετῇ κεχρημένον δηλοῦσθαι. ὄντως γὰρ ὁ ἀληθινὸς οὗτός ἐστιν, ὃν καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν λύχνον τις μεσημβρίας ἁψάμενος πρὸς τοὺς πυνθανομένους ἄνθρωπον ἔφη ζητεῖν.

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Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, 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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