Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 28

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[28] τό γε μὴν χρησθὲν τῷ πανσόφῳ Μωυσῇ λόγιον ἐναργέστατα δηλοῖ τὴν περὶ τὸν σπουδαῖον βεβαιοτάτην εὐστάθειαν, ἔστι δὲ τὸ λόγιον τοιόνδε· „σὺ δὲ αὐτοῦ στῆθι μετ’ ἐμοῦ“ (Deut. 5,31)· ἐξ οὗ δύο παρίσταται, ἓν μὲν ὅτι τὸ ὂν τὸ τὰ ἄλλα κινοῦν καὶ τρέπον ἀκίνητόν τε καὶ ἄτρεπτον,
ἕτερον δ’ ὅτι τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φύσεως, ἠρεμίας, τῷ σπουδαίῳ μεταδίδωσιν. ὡς γὰρ οἶμαι κανόνι ὀρθῷ τὰ στρεβλὰ εὐθύνεται, οὕτως τὰ κινούμενα κράτει τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἐπέχεταί τε καὶ ἵσταται.

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.) — 28 focus

[28] Therefore the oracle which was given to the all-wise Moses most manifestly shows the lasting good condition and stability of the virtuous man. Now, the oracle is as follows: "And do thou thyself stand with me." ¹ By which expression, two things are made clear. One, that it is the living God, who moves and turns about all other beings, being himself unchangeable and immoveable. The second is, that he makes the virtuous man a participator in his own tranquil nature. For, as I suppose, the crooked things are made straight by his straight rule; so, likewise, are the things that are in motion restrained and made stationary by the power of him who always stands still and firm.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 28

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