# De Posteritate Caini 118

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 118. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/118

παιδείας δὲ καὶ ἀρετῆς χάριν, ἃ τοῦ κρατίστου τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀγαθὰ διανοίας ἐστίν, οὔτε ξενικὸς οὔτ’ ἐμφύλιος πώποτε κατέσχε πόλεμος· εἰρηναῖα γὰρ φύσει ταῦτα, ἐφ’ ὧν εὐνομία καὶ εὐστάθεια καὶ ὅσα περικαλλέστατα εἴδη τοῖς ψυχῆς ὀξυδερκεστάτοις ὄμμασιν, οὐχὶ τοῖς σώματος ἀμυδροῖς, θεωρεῖται· ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ τὰς ἐκτὸς ἐπιφανείας μόνον ὁρᾷ, ὁ δὲ τῆς διανοίας ὀφθαλμὸς εἴσω προελθὼν καὶ βαθύνας τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς σπλάγχνοις ἐγκεκρυμμένα κατεῖδε.

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Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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