# De Josepho 147

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 147. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/147

ὅσῳ τε διαφέρουσιν οἱ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἐγρηγορότες τῶν κοιμωμένων, τοσούτῳ καὶ ἐν ἅπαντι τῷ κόσμῳ τὰ οὐράνια τῶν ἐπιγείων, τὰ μὲν ἐγρηγόρσει χρώμενα ἀκοιμήτῳ διὰ τὰς ἀπλανεῖς καὶ ἀπταίστους καὶ ἐν ἅπασι κατορθούσας ἐνεργείας, τὰ δ’ ὕπνῳ κατεχόμενα, κἂν εἰ πρὸς βραχὺ διανασταίη, πάλιν καθελκόμενα καὶ καταδαρθάνοντα διὰ τὸ μηδὲν εὐθυτενῶς δύνασθαι τῇ ψυχῇ βλέπειν, ἀλλὰ πλάζεσθαι καὶ περιπταίειν· ἐπισκοτεῖται γὰρ ψευδέσι δόξαις, ὑφ’ ὧν ὀνειρώττειν ἀναγκαζόμενα καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ὑστερίζοντα

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Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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