# De Josepho 148

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 148. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/148

οὐδὲν παγίως καὶ βεβαίως ἱκανὰ καταλαμβάνειν ἐστί. συμβολικῶς μέντοι καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ δευτερεῖον τῶν βασιλικῶν ἁρμάτων ἀναβαίνειν λέγεται δι’ αἰτίαν τοιάνδε· ὁ πολιτικὸς τὰ δευτερεῖα φέρεται βασιλέως· οὔτε γὰρ ἰδιώτης ἐστὶν οὔτε βασιλεύς, ἀλλ’ ἀμφοῖν μεθόριος, ἰδιώτου μὲν ὢν κρείττων, ἐλάττων δ’ εἰς ἀρχὴν αὐτεξούσιον βασιλέως, τῷ δήμῳ βασιλεῖ χρώμενος, ὑπὲρ οὗ πάντα πράττειν προῄρηται καθαρᾷ καὶ ἀδολωτάτῃ πίστει.

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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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