# De sobrietate 15

Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sobrietate/15

νεώτατος δέ, κἂν ἐπίδοσιν καὶ αὔξησιν πρὸς τὸ ἄμεινον λάβῃ, παρὰ τῷ τελείῳ νενόμισται μόνον ἀγαθὸν ἡγουμένῳ τὸ καλόν· οὗ χάριν προτρέπων φησί· „πρὸς μὲ ἀνάστρεψον,“ ἴσον τῷ πρεσβυτέρας γνώμης ὀρέχθητι, μὴ πάντα νεωτέριζε, ἤδη ποτὲ τὴν ἀρετὴν δι’ αὐτὴν μόνην στέρξον, μὴ καθάπερ παῖς ἄφρων τῇ τῶν τυχηρῶν λαμπρότητι περιαυγαζόμενος ἀπάτης καὶ ψευδοῦς δόξης

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Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, 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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