Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 103

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[103] τῶν δὲ ἀποκυουμένων ἐννοημάτων τὰ μὲν ἄρρενα, τὰ δὲ θήλεα, καθάπερ ἐπὶ ζῴων εἶναι συμβέβηκε·
θῆλυ μὲν οὖν ἔγγονον ψυχῆς ἐστι κακία καὶ πάθος, οἷς καθ’ ἕκαστον τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἐκθηλυνόμεθα, ἄρρεν δὲ εὐπάθεια καὶ ἀρετή, ὑφ’ ὧν ἐγειρόμεθα καὶ ῥωννύμεθα. τούτων δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀνδρωνῖτιν ἑστίαν πᾶσαν ἀνιερωτέον θεῷ, τὴν δὲ γυναικωνῖτιν ἀπονεμητέον ἑαυτοῖς· διὸ καὶ προστέτακται· „πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν, τὰ ἀρσενικά, τῷ κυρίῳ.“

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

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De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 103 focus

[103] But of the ideas which are brought forth by the mind, some are male and some female, as in the case of animals. Now the female offspring of the soul are wickedness and passion, by which we are made effeminate in every one of our pursuits; but a ¹ healthy state of the passions and virtue is male, by which we are excited and invigorated. Now of these, whatever belongs to the fellowship of men must be attributed to God, and everything that relates to the similarity to women must be imputed to one’s self, on which account the command was delivered, "Of everything which openeth the womb the males belong to the Lord."

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 103

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