# De Posteritate Caini 144

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 144. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/144

οὐδὲ γὰρ εἰ τὸν πλοῦτον ἐπιδείκνυσθαι βουληθείη τὸν ἑαυτοῦ, χωρήσαι ἂν ἠπειρωθείσης καὶ θαλάττης ἡ σύμπασα γῆ· εἰ μὴ νομίζομεν ὑετῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐν κόσμῳ φορὰν κατὰ τεταγμένας καιρῶν περιόδους, ἀλλὰ μὴ συνεχῶς γίνεσθαι διὰ σπάνιν καὶ ἔνδειαν αὐτῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐχ ἕνεκα προμηθείας τῶν χρῃζόντων, οὓς ἡ συνεχὴς τῶν ὁμοίων δωρεῶν ἀπόλαυσις βλάψειν μᾶλλον ἔμελλεν ἢ ὠφελήσειν.

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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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