# De Posteritate Caini 164

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 164. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/164

πῶς γὰρ νόσοι καὶ γῆρας καὶ παντελεῖς ἐπεγίνοντο φθοραί, εἰ μὴ συνεχὴς ἦν λόγῳ θεωρητῶν ῥευμάτων ἀπάντλησις; τούτοις οὖν ποτίζειν ἀπαξιοῖ ὁ ἱεροφάντης τὴν διάνοιαν ἡμῶν τῷ καταφλέξαι τὰς ἡδονάς, τῷ τὸ σύστημα τῶν σωματικῶν ἀγαθῶν εἰς λεπτὸν καὶ ἀνωφελῆ χοῦν καταλέσαντας ἀναλῦσαι, τῷ ὑπολαβεῖν ὅτι ἐξ οὐδενὸς αὐτῶν ἐβλάστησέ ποτε καὶ ἤνθησε τὸ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν καλόν, ὥσπερ οὐδ’ ἐκ σπερμάτων ἃ σπείρεται καθ’ ὕδατος.

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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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