Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 87

ed. Paul Wendland

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[87] τί δ’ ὄφελος ἃ μὲν χρὴ διανοεῖσθαι, ἔργοις δὲ ἀτόποις καὶ λόγοις χρῆσθαι, διὰ μὲν τῶν λόγων τοὺς ἀκούοντας, διὰ δὲ τῶν ἔργων τοὺς ὑπομένοντας
ζημιοῦντας; πράττειν γε μὴν τἄριστα οὐ σὺν διανοίᾳ καὶ λόγῳ πάλιν ὑπαίτιον· τὸ γὰρ ἄνευ τούτων τῆς ἀκουσίου μερίδος ὂν οὐδαμῇ οὐδαμῶς ἐπαινετόν.

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.) — 87 focus

[87] And what is the use of entertaining such sentiments as are proper, but acting and speaking most improperly, and injuring by your actions all who are exposed to the effect of them? Again, it is blameworthy even to do what is right, without any intention or reason;

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