Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 185

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[185] διόπερ ὀρθῶς ἂν αἱ πόλεις ἐποίησαν, πρὶν ὅπλα καὶ μηχανήματα ἀντεπιφέρειν ἀλλήλαις ¹ ἐπ’ ἀνδραποδισμῷ καὶ ἀναστάσει παντελεῖ, τῶν πολιτῶν ἕκαστον ἀναπείσασαι τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ μεγάλην καὶ πολλὴν καὶ συνεχῆ στάσιν καταλῦσαι· αὕτη μὲν γὰρ πολέμων, εἰ δεῖ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, ἁπάντων ἀρχέτυπόν ἐστιν, ἧς ἀναιρεθείσης οὐδ’ οἱ κατὰ μίμησιν ἔτι συνιστάμενοι
γενήσονται, βαθείας δὲ εἰρήνης χρῆσιν καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν σχήσει τὸ ἀνθρώπων γένος ὑπὸ νόμου φύσεως διδασκόμενον, ἀρετῆς, θεὸν τιμᾶν καὶ τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ περιέχεσθαι· πηγὴ γὰρ εὐδαιμονίας καὶ βίου μακραίωνος ἥδε.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 185 focus

[185] Rightly therefore have cities established a custom, that before they turn arms and engines of destruction against one another to lead to slavery and utter destruction, they should seek to persuade all the citizens to put an ¹ end to the great and formidable and unceasing factions which exist in themselves, for faction ²³⁴ and sedition, if we must speak the truth, is the archetypal model of wars, and if that be destroyed, there will no longer be any wars which are made in imitation of it; but the race of mankind will attain to the blessing and enjoyment of profound peace, being taught by the law of nature, that is, by virtue, to honour God, and to cleave to the employment of serving him, for this is the source of happiness and length of life,

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De Posteritate Caini

1.
1 ὠφεληθῇς scripsi: ὠφελῆσαι U, ὠφέλησαι Tisch., ὠφελήσῃ Holwerda τιμὴν coni. Mang.
3 ἐθῶν Mang.: ἐθνῶν U
4 πρὸς τοὺς couicio Richter: ἔχεις U, οὐκ ἔχεις m2 mg. U
8 ἀφ’] καθ’ conicio
9 βημάτων Mang.
10 δι’ ὀπὸς U
15 φησὶν add. Mang.
16 οὗτος coni. Mang. καταπαύσας Mang.: κατακαύσας U αὐτῶ U
19 ex libri De ebrietate §
75 lacunam sic fere expleo ὅτι τὸν ἐν ψυχῇ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐμφύλιον πόλεμον κατέλυσε, τῇ δὲ ἱερωσύνῃ
21 αὐτοῦ] τοῦ θεοῦ conicio
23 ἀνατροπαὶ V τῶν δαιμόνων U
25 θειότατον coni. Mang. τῶν U: τὸν Maug. λογισμὸν U (non λογισμῶν)
26 ante ὅπλων add. ἐν ἡμῖν U, μέν Richter fort. αὐτὸ μόνον add.
28 ἄλλοις coni. Mang.

2.
3 καταλῦσαι scripsi: καταγήσαι U, καταπαῦσαι Tisch. αὐτῇ U
5 σχήσει Mang.: σχήσειν U
6 ἀρετῆς fort. corruptum συνεχῶς?), δι’ ἀρετῆς Tisch., αὐτῆς coni. Diels τιμᾶν U: τιμῆσαι Tisch.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 185

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