Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 59

ed. Paul Wendland

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[59] 17 τὸν βουνὸν τοῦτον ὁ ἀσκητὴς Ἰακὼβ ἐν τοῖς πρὸς Λάβαν δικαίοις μάρτυρα καλεῖ (Gen. 31, 46. 47) δογματικώτατα δηλῶν
ὅτι ὁ νοῦς ἑκάστῳ μάρτυς ἐστὶν ὧν ἐν ἀφανεῖ βουλεύεται καὶ τὸ συνειδὸς ἔλεγχος ἀδέκαστος καὶ πάντων ἀψευδέστατος, * * * πρὸ τούτων τῶν πόλεων οἰκοδομεῖται.

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.) — 59 focus

This hill Jacob, the wrestler with God, in his agreements with Laban, calls a witness, showing in a most express manner, and in the form of a precept, that the mind is a witness to each individual of the determinations which he comes to in secret; and conscience, which is the most incorruptible and truth-telling witness of all, was built before these cities;

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