Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 81

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[81] εἰ δέ τις τῷ τῆς φύσεως εὐστόχῳ καὶ εὐτρόχῳ μὴ πρὸς τὰ ἀστεῖα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς ¹² τὰ ἐναντία κέχρηται τὰ διάφορα ἐξαδιαφορῶν, κακοδαιμονιζέσθω. ἐν γοῦν ἀρᾶς εἴδει λέγεται κατὰ τὸν τῆς συγχύσεως τόπον, ὅτι „οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἐξ αὐτῶν πάνθ’ ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν“ (Gen. 11,6)· ὄντως γὰρ ἀνήκεστός ἐστι συμφορὰ ψυχῆς εὐοδεῖν οἷς ἂν ἐπιθῆται, καὶ τὰ αἴσχιστα.

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.) — 81 focus

[81] But if any one uses the acuteness and readiness of his nature, not solely for virtuous objects, but also for opposite purposes, being himself indifferent in a matter which is not indifferent, he should be accounted unhappy. At all events, it is said, in the manner of a curse, in the place where mention is made of the confusion of tongues, "And now nothing will be restrained from them of all the things which they have imagined to do." ¹ For in truth it is an irremediable calamity for the soul to be prosperous in whatever it undertakes, when its undertakings are disgraceful.

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De Posteritate Caini

1.
1 τοῦ πατρὸς ex LXX Cohn
3 τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ex LXX Cohn
4 ἔλαθε U
7 Μωυσῇ Cohn: Μωυσῆς U, Μωυσεῖ Mang.
8 σεμπωφώραν U
9 νομοθετῶν U
13 τὴν scripsi: τὸν U, τῶν Mang.
14 ἀποριφείς U, ἀπαρτηθείς, ὁ ἀπορριφείς coni. Holwerda
15 Ἄδαν conicio
16 αὐτὸς ἑαυτῶ conicio
17 εὐθίκτους ἐπιβολὰς Mang.: εὐθήκτους ἐπιβουλὰς U τῶν seclusi, olim παρόντος addebam
18 κωλυσιεργοῦντος Tisch.: κωλυσιεργούντων U
21 προέρχεσθαι conicio
22 τοῖς addidi
23 εὐθήκτῳ U

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17 cf. Epicurea p. 187,32. 280,1 21.
22 cf. Epicurea p. 181, 16. 18632 Philonis opera vol. ΙΙ 2

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 81

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