# De sobrietate 58

Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, Section 58. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sobrietate/58

τούτῳ δὴ τῷ τοσούτων καὶ οὕτως ὑπερβαλλόντων καὶ ἀθρόων ἀξιωθέντι ἀγαθῶν τί προσήκει ποιεῖν ἢ λόγοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς καὶ ὕμνοις τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀμείβεσθαι; τοῦτ’ ἔσθ’, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὃ αἰνίττεται διὰ τοῦ „εὐλογημένος κύριος ὁ θεὸς Σήμ“, ἐπειδὴ τῷ τὸν θεὸν ἔχοντι κλῆρον εὐλογεῖν καὶ ἐπαινεῖν αὐτὸν ἁρμόττει μόνον τοῦτ’ ἀντιπαρασχεῖν δυναμένῳ, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ἀνὰ κράτος πάνθ’ ἁπλῶς ἀδυνατοῦντι.

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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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