# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 218

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), Περὶ περιτομῆς.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/218

ἔχει δὲ διττὴν δύναμιν ἧπαρ, διακριτικήν τε καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἐξαιμάτωσιν· ἡ μὲν οὖν διακριτικὴ πᾶν ὅσον ἀτέραμνον καὶ δυσκατέργαστον εἰς τὸ παρακείμενον χολῆς ἀγγεῖον ἀποκρίνει, ἡ δ’ ἑτέρα τὸ καθαρὸν καὶ διηθημένον τῷ περὶ αὐτὴν φλογμῷ τρέπει μὲν εἰς αἷμα ζωτικώτατον, ἀναθλίβει δ’ εἰς καρδίαν, ἀφ’ ἧς ὡς ἐλέχθη ταῖς φλεψὶν ἐποχετευόμενον διὰ παντὸς εἱλεῖται τοῦ σώματος γινόμενον αὐτῷ τροφή.

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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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