Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 92

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[92] ἐῶ λέγειν ὅτι ὁ μαρτυρῶν, παρόσον μαρτυρεῖ, κρείττων ἐστὶ τοῦ ἐκμαρτυρουμένου· ὁ μὲν γὰρ δεῖται, ὁ δὲ ὠφελεῖ, τὸ δὲ ὠφελοῦν ἀξιονικότερον ἀεὶ τοῦ δεομένου. ἄμεινον δὲ οὐδὲ
ἐπινοῆσαι θέμις τοῦ αἰτίου, ὁπότε οὐδὲ ἴσον αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ὀλίγῳ καταδεέστερον, ἀλλ’ ὅλῳ γένει καταβεβηκὸς ἅπαν τὸ μετὰ θεὸν εὑρίσκεται.

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.) — 92 focus

[92] as it is he who demonstrates clearly to others all the ¹² clear indications of truth. And accordingly he is in need of no witness; for neither is there any other god of equal honour with him. I omit to mention that he who bears witness, inasmuch as he bears witness, is better than he to whom he bears witness; for the one stands in need of something, and the other serves him: and he who serves is more worthy of credit than he who requires to be served. But it is impious to conceive that any thing can be better than the Cause of all things, since there is nothing equal to him, nothing that is even a little inferior to him; ³ but every thing which exists in the world is found to be in its whole genus inferior to God.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 92

ed. Leopold Cohn

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