# De Josepho 87

Philo Judaeus, De Josepho, Section 87. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-josepho/87

τὸν γὰρ αὑτοῦ βίον σωφροσύνης καὶ πάσης ἀρετῆς οἷα γραφὴν ἀρχέτυπον εὖ δεδημιουργημένην ἐν μέσῳ θεὶς ἐπέστρεψε καὶ τοὺς πάνυ δοκοῦντας ἀνιάτως ἔχειν, οἷς μακραὶ νόσοι τῆς ψυχῆς ἐλώφησαν ἤδη κακίζουσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις αὑτοὺς καὶ μετανοοῦσι καὶ τοιαῦτ’ ἐπιφθεγγομένοις· „ποῦ ποτ’ ἄρ’ ἦν πάλαι τοσοῦτον ἀγαθόν, οὗ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐσφάλημεν; ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐπιλάμψαντος αὐτοῦ, ὡς πρὸς κάτοπτρον τὴν ἀκοσμίαν ὁρῶντες αὑτῶν αἰσχυνόμεθα“.

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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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