# De gigantibus 37

Philo Judaeus, De gigantibus, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-gigantibus/37

μαθέτωσαν δὴ πάντες οὗτοι μηδενὶ προσέρχεσθαι γνώμῃ τῶν εἰρημένων, τοῦτο δέ ἐστι μὴ θαυμάζειν αὐτὰ καὶ ἀποδέχεσθαι πλέον τοῦ μετρίου κρίνοντας ἕκαστον αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀγαθὸν [μόνον], ἀλλὰ καὶ μέγιστον κακόν, τὰ χρήματα, τὴν δόξαν, τὴν σωμάτων δύναμιν. φιλαργύροις μὲν γὰρ ἡ πρὸς ἀργύριον, φιλοδόξοις δὲ ἡ πρὸς δόξαν, φιλάθλοις δὲ καὶ φιλογυμνασταῖς ἡ πρὸς ἰσχὺν πρόσοδος οἰκεία· τὸ γὰρ ἄμεινον, ψυχήν, τοῖς χείροσιν ἐκδεδώκασιν, ἀψύχοις. ὅσοι δὲ ἐντὸς ἑαυτῶν εἰσι,

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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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