# De sobrietate 6

Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sobrietate/6

Τοῦ μὲν δὴ νήφοντος κατάστασίς ἐστι τοιαύτη. „νεώτερον„ δ’ ὅταν φῇ „υἱόν“, οὐχ ἡλικίας ὄνομα ἀναγράφει, νεωτεροποιίαν δὲ ἀγαπῶντος ἐμφαίνει τρόπου διάθεσιν. ἐπεὶ πῶς ἂν ἢ τὰ ἀθέατα κατιδεῖν παρὰ νόμον καὶ δίκην ἐβιάσατο ἢ ἐκλαλῆσαι τὰ ὀφείλοντα ἡσυχάζεσθαι ἢ εἰς τοὐμφανὲς προενεγκεῖν τὰ δυνάμενα οἴκοι συσκιάζεσθαι καὶ τοὺς ψυχῆς ὅρους μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν, εἰ μὴ νεωτέρων πραγμάτων ἥπτετο γελῶν τὰ ἑτέροις συμπίπτοντα, δέον ἐπιστένειν καὶ μὴ χλευάζειν ἐφ’ οἷς εἰκὸς ἦν καὶ εὐλαβούμενον τὸ μέλλον σκυθρωπάζειν;

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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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