# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 21-2-22

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), 21 to 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/21-2

αἴτιον δ’ οὐ μόνον, οἶμαι, τὸ φύσεως αὐτοὺς εὐμοίρου λαχεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ παιδείας ὀρθῆς ἐκ πρώτης ἡλικίας ἐφάψασθαι, ἥτις ἀνεδίδαξε πρὸ τῶν ἡγεμονικῶν τὰ ἀνθρώπινα τιμᾶν, ἥτις καὶ ἐνδιαιτωμένη τῇ ψυχῇ μόνον οὐ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑπομιμνῄσκει τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος ἀπὸ τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ὑπερόγκων ἀντισπῶσα καὶ στέλλουσα καὶ τὸ ἄνισον ἰσότητι θεραπεύουσα. τοιγαροῦν τὰς πόλεις εὐθηνίας, εὐπορίας, εὐνομίας, εἰρήνης ἀναπεπλήκασιν, ἀγαθὸν μὲν οὐδὲν ὑπεξελόμενοι, πάντα δ’ ἀφειδῶς καὶ ἀταμιεύτως χαριζόμενοι. τὰ μὲν δὴ τῶν εὐγενῶν καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡγεμόνων ἔργα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοις παραπλήσια.

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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.
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