# De Posteritate Caini 151

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 151. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/151

ἄφθονον δὲ καὶ δωρητικὸν ἀρετὴ πρᾶγμα, ὡς, τὸ λεγόμενον, χειρὶ καὶ ποδὶ καὶ πάσῃ δυνάμει μὴ ὀκνεῖν ὠφελεῖν. ὅσα οὖν ἠπίστατο, καθάπερ εἰς δεξαμενὴν τὴν τοῦ γνωρίμου προχέασα διάνοιαν ἔρχεται πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἀντλῆσαι, ἐπὶ τὴν ἀένναον τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίαν, ἵνα καὶ τὰ παλαιὰ παγίως ὀχυρώσηται διὰ μνήμης καὶ ἄλλων καινοτέρων ἐπιστήμαις ποτισθῇ· ἀπερίγραφος γὰρ ὁ σοφίας θεοῦ πλοῦτος καὶ νέα ἐπὶ παλαιοῖς ἐκφέρων βλαστήματα, ὡς ἀνηβῶν τε καὶ ἐπακμάζων μηδέποτε λήγειν.

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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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