Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 42

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[42] οἱ μὲν οὖν φάσκοντες δωρεὰν εἶναι τῆς ἑαυτῶν ψυχῆς πάνθ’ ¹ ὅσα ἐν τῷ νοεῖν ἢ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ λέγειν, ἀσεβῆ καὶ ἄθεον εἰσηγούμενοι δόξαν γένει τῷ Κάιν προσκεκληρώσθωσαν, ὃς μηδ’ αὑτοῦ κρατεῖν ἱκανὸς ὢν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἀπετόλμησεν [ὡς] εἰπεῖν ὡς ἔχοι τὴν παντελῆ κτῆσιν· οἱ δ’ ὅσα ἐν γενέσει καλὰ μὴ σφετεριζόμενοι, χάρισι δὲ ταῖς θείαις ἐπιγράφοντες, εὐγενεῖς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν οὐκ ἐκ παλαιπλουσίων
ἀλλ’ ἐκ φιλαρέτων φύντες, ὑπὸ ἀρχηγέτῃ τῷ p. 234 Μ. Σὴθ τετάχθωσαν.

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.) — 42 focus

[42] They therefore who say that all thinking, and feeling, and speaking, are the free gifts of their own soul, utter an impious and ungodly opinion, and deserve to be classed among the race of Cain, who, though he was not able to master himself, yet dared to assert that he had absolute possession of all other things; but as for those persons who do not claim all the things in creation as their own, but who ascribe them to the divine grace, being men really noble and sprung out of those who were rich long ago, but of those who love virtue and piety, they may be classed under Seth as the author of their race.

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De Posteritate Caini

1.
1 φασὶ scripsi: φησὶ U
2 ἐνθένδεν U
7 τὸ add. Tisch.
9 ἀδιεξίτητος Mang.: διεξιόντος U ἔτι U (coni. Tisch.): ἔστι Mang.
10 εἴ γε U (coni. Tisch.): εἰ δὲ Mang.
12 κερασάμενος Mang.: κερασαμένοις U
15 καλῷ Mang.: καλῶς U τῷ Καίν’ coni. Holwerda τὸ Mang.: τῷ U
22 γεγένηκε U 24 Holwerda
25 τὰς addidi
29 εἶπον scripsi: εἶπε U, εἶπα Mang.
31 ὅλων Mang.: ἄλλων U

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 42

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