# De Posteritate Caini 119

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 119. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/119

γίνονται δ’ αἱ ταραχαὶ ἢ αἱ στάσεις πᾶσαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀεὶ σχεδὸν περὶ μὲν οὐδενὸς ἄλλου, περὶ δὲ τῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν σκιᾶς. τὸν γὰρ δημιουργὸν τῶν πολεμιστηρίων ὅπλων, χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου, Θοβὲλ υἱὸν Σελλᾶς τῆς σκιᾶς ὠνόμασεν, οὐ λόγων τέχναις, ἀλλὰ νοημάτων ὑπερβάλλοντι κάλλει φιλοσοφῶν. ἔγνω γὰρ ὅτι πᾶς ἢ ναυτικὸς ἢ πεζὸς στρατὸς τοὺς μεγίστους αἱρεῖται κινδύνους ἕνεκα σωματικῶν ἡδονῶν ἢ χάριν περιουσίας τῶν ἐκτός, ὧν οὐδὲν βέβαιον ἢ πάγιον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάντα ἐξελέγχοντος αἰῶνος μαρτυρεῖται·

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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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