# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 343

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/343

ᾠδὴ γὰρ καὶ λόγος ὑγιεινὰ καὶ σωτήρια φάρμακα, ἡ μὲν τὰ πάθη κατεπᾴδουσα καὶ τὸ ἄρρυθμον ἐν ἡμῖν ῥυθμοῖς, τὸ δ’ ἐκμελὲς μέλεσι, τὸ δ’ ἄμετρον μέτροις ἐπιστομίζουσα — ποικίλον δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ παντοδαπὸν ἕκαστον, ὡς μουσικοὶ καὶ ποιηταὶ μαρτυροῦσιν, οἷς πιστεύειν ἀναγκαῖον ἐπιτήδευμα τοῖς εὖ πεπαιδευμένοις —, ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐπέχων καὶ ἀνακόπτων τὰς ἐπὶ κακίαν ὁρμὰς καὶ τοὺς κεκρατημένους ἀφροσύναις καὶ ἀηδίαις ἐκνοσηλεύων, μαλακώτερον μὲν τοὺς ὑπείκοντας, σφοδρότερον δὲ τοὺς ἀφηνιάζοντας, αἴτιος γίνεται τῶν μεγίστων ὠφελειῶν.

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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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