Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 45

ed. Paul Wendland

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[45] τῷ μὲν
δὴ Κάιν ὁ τὸν θάνατον δεχόμενός ἐστιν οἰκεῖος ἀεὶ τὸν πρὸς ἀρετὴν βίον θνῄσκοντι, τῷ δὲ Σὴθ συγγενέστατος ἀφ’ οὗπερ ἀποστέλλεται καὶ διατειχίζεται τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν· τὴν γὰρ ἀληθῆ ζωὴν ὁ σπουδαῖος κεκάρπωται.

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.) — 45 focus

[45] Accordingly, he who receives death is akin to Cain, who is dying as to the life in accordance with virtue; but he from whom death is sent away and kept at a distance, is most nearly related to Seth, for the good man enjoys real life.

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