Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, ed. Leopold Cohn, 78

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[78] διὸ πᾶς φίλαυτος, ἐπίκλησιν
Κάιν, διδαχθήτω ὅτι τὸ ὁμώνυμον τοῦ Ἄβελ ἀνῄρηκε, τὸ εἶδος, τὸ μέρος, τὸν ἀπεικονισθέντα τύπον, οὐ τὸ ἀρχέτυπον, οὐ τὸ γένος, οὐ τὴν ἰδέαν, ἅπερ οἴεται μετὰ ζῴων ἄφθαρτα ὄντα συνεφθαρκέναι. λεγέτω δή τις κατακερτομῶν αὐτὸν κἀπιχλευάζων· τί πεποίηκας, ὦ κακόδαιμον; οὐχ ἣν μὲν δοκεῖς ἀνῃρηκέναι φιλόθεον δόξαν, ζῇ παρὰ θεῷ; σαυτοῦ
δὲ γέγονας αὐθέντης, ᾧ μόνῳ βιοῦν ἀνυπαιτίως ἠδύνασο ἐξ ἐνέδρας ἀνελών.

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 78 focus

[78] On which account every one who is a lover of self, by surname Cain, should learn that he has destroyed the namesake of Abel, that is to say species, individuality, the image made according to the model; not the archetypal pattern, nor the genus, nor the idea, which he thinks are destroyed together with animals, though, in fact, they are indestructible. Let any one then say to him, reproving and ridiculing him, What is this that thou hast done, O wretched man? Does not the God-loving opinion which you flatter yourself that you have destroyed, live in the presence of God? But it is of yourself that you have become the murderer, by destroying from out of its seat the only quality by which you could live in a blameless manner.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 78

ed. Leopold Cohn

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