Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 72

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[72] τὰ γὰρ ἡδονῆς ὁλκοῦ δελέατα αὐστηρῷ τόνῳ καθελεῖν ἰσχῦσαι τὸν ἐφ’ ἑκουσίοις ἔχει κατορθώμασιν ἔπαινον. ἐὰν οὖν τούτων εὐδαίμονα κλῆρον ἀπολαχόντα μηδέν, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἡμῖν τὰ ἀποπομπαῖα
νοσήματα καὶ ἀρρωστήματα, p. 239 M σπουδάζωμεν αὐτὰ ἀνατρέπειν καὶ καταβάλλειν· τὸ γὰρ ἐξιλάσασθαι ἐπ’ αὐτῶν τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ὁμολογῆσαι ὅτι ἔχοντες αὐτὰ ἐν ψυχῇ ζῶντα καὶ περιόντα οὐκ ἐνδίδομεν, ἀλλ’ ἀντιβάντες ἅπασι καρτερῶς ἀπομαχόμεθα, μέχρις ἂν παντελῶς ἀποδιοπομπησώμεθα.

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.) — 72 focus

[72] for to be able, by a vigorous exertion, to destroy the baits of attractive pleasure, properly receives that praise which belongs to good actions, done with a deliberate purpose. Since, therefore, ¹ but diseases and infirmities which have been sent against us flourish; let us endeavour to overturn and destroy them. For to offer prayers over them has nearly such an effect as this: it is confessing that, though we have them in our soul living and flourishing, we nevertheless do not yield, but make a stand against them all, and resist them vigorously, until we have entirely sent away the scape-goat and made atonement.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 72

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