# De somniis (lib. i‑ii) 253

Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), ΦΙΛΩNΟΣ ΠEΡΙ ΤΟΥ ΘEΟΠEΜΠΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ TΟΥΣ ΟNEΙΡΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-somniis-lib-i-ii/253

ἴσθι δή, ὦ γενναῖε, ὅτι θεὸς μόνος ἡ ἀψευδεστάτη καὶ πρὸς ἀλήθειάν ἐστιν εἰρήνη, ἡ δὲ γενητὴ καὶ φθαρτὴ οὐσία πᾶσα συνεχὴς πόλεμος. καὶ γὰρ ὁ μὲν θεὸς ἑκούσιον, ἀνάγκη δὲ ἡ οὐσία· ὃς ἂν οὖν ἰσχύσῃ πόλεμον μὲν καὶ ἀνάγκην καὶ γένεσιν καὶ φθορὰν καταλιπεῖν, αὐτομολῆσαι δὲ πρὸς τὸ ἀγένητον, πρὸς τὸ ἄφθαρτον, πρὸς τὸ ἑκούσιον, πρὸς εἰρήνην, λέγοιτ’ ἂν ἐνδίκως ἐνδιαίτημα καὶ πόλις εἶναι θεοῦ.

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Philo Judaeus, De somniis (lib. i‑ii), 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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