# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 204-2-205

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), 204 to 205. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/204-2

λεκτέον δὲ καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖς περὶ δικαιοσύνης· τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ πλείοσιν ἐφαρμόττειν, εἰ δύναιτό πως, οὐ παρετέον. ἔστιν οὖν δίκαιον εἰς ταὐτὸν ἄγειν τὰ δυνάμενα κοινωνεῖν· τὰ δ’ ὁμογενῆ πέφυκεν εἰς κοινωνίαν, ἐπεὶ καὶ ὅσα ἑτερογενῆ κατὰ τοὐναντίον ἄμικτα καὶ ἀκοινώνητα, οἷς ὁ μηχανώμενος ἐκθέσμους ὁμιλίας ἄδικος, νόμον φύσεως ἀναιρῶν. ὁ δ’ ὄντως ἱερὸς νόμος τοσαύτῃ προμηθείᾳ κέχρηται τοῦ δικαίου, ὥστ’ οὐδ’ ἄροτον γῆς ἐπιτρέπει ποιεῖσθαι διὰ τῶν τὴν ἰσχὺν ἀνίσων, ἀλλ’ ἐν ταὐτῷ καταζεύξαντας ὄνον τε καὶ μόσχον ἀροτριᾶν ἐκώλυσεν, ἵνα μὴ περιττῇ δυνάμει τοῦ μᾶλλον ἐρρωμένου τὸ ἀσθενέστερον ἁμιλλᾶσθαι βιασθὲν ἀπείπῃ καὶ προκάμῃ.

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Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), ed. Leopold Cohn, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg024.local001/.