Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 157

ed. Paul Wendland

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[157] ᾔδει γάρ, ἅτε δημιουργὸς ὤν, ὅτι τῶν ὄντων οὐδενός, εἰ μὴ προσγένοιτο σφοδρὸς p. 256 M. ἔρως, ἔνεστι περιγενέσθαι. ὅσα οὖν ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἄνθρωποι, δίχα μὲν οἰκειώσεως τῆς πρὸς αὐτὰ τὸ ἁρμόττον τέλος οὐ λαμβάνει, προσγενομένης
δὲ φιλίας καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸ ποθούμενον συντήξεως ἄκρως κατορθοῦται.

De Posteritate Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Posteritate Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Posterity of Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 157 focus

[157] For he knew, inasmuch as he was our Creator, that we could not possibly survive any existing thing unless there were in us an intense love of doing so. Therefore, men never succeed in attaining any object that they desire if they pursue it without any connection with or consideration of fitness. But when friendship is added, ¹ and also a familiarity with the loved object, their endeavours then succeed rightly.

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