# De virtutibus Περὶ εὐγενείας

Philo Judaeus, De virtutibus, Περὶ εὐγενείας. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-virtutibus/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%B5%E1%BD%90%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82

Διὸ καὶ τοῖς ὑμνοῦσι τὴν εὐγένειαν ὡς μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν καὶ μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν αἴτιον οὐ μετρίως ἐπιτιμητέον, εἰ πρῶτον μὲν οἴονται τοὺς ἐκ παλαιοπλούτων καὶ παλαιενδόξων εὐγενεῖς, μηδὲ τῶν προγόνων, ἀφ’ ὧν αὐχοῦσι γενέσθαι, διὰ τὰς ἀφθόνους περιουσίας εὐδαιμονησάντων, ἐπειδὴ τὸ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἀγαθὸν οὐδενὶ τῶν ἐκτός, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τῶν περὶ σῶμα, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδὲ παντὶ μέρει ψυχῆς, ἀλλὰ μόνῳ τῷ ἡγεμονικῷ πέφυκεν ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι.

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Philo Judaeus, De virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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.tlg025.local001/.