Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 1

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[1] 1 And Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go to the field. And it came to pass, that while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." ¹ What Cain proposes to do is this: having by invitation led Abel on to a dispute, to convince him by main force, using plausible and probable sophisms; for the field to which he invites him to come, we may call a symbol of rivalry and contention, forming our conjectures of things that are uncertain from our perception of those which are manifest.

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.) — 1 focus

[1] 1 „Καὶ εἶπε Κάιν πρὸς Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Διέλθωμεν ¹ ἐπὶ τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάιν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν“ (Gen. 4, 8). ὃ βούλεται ὁ Κάιν τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ἐκ προκλήσεως τὸν Ἄβελ εἰς συζήτησιν ἀγαγὼν εἰκόσι καὶ πιθανοῖς σοφίσμασιν ἑλεῖν ἀνὰ κράτος· τὸ γὰρ πεδίον,
εἰς ὃ προτρέπεται παραγενέσθαι, σημεῖον ἁμίλλης καὶ διαμάχης εἶναί φαμεν ἀπὸ τῶν προφανῶν τεκμαιρόμενοι περὶ τῶν ἀδήλων.

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better

1. Genesis iv. 8.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 1

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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