# De Posteritate Caini 169

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 169. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/169

οὐδὲ γὰρ Μωυσῇ τῷ πανσόφῳ κατένευσεν ὁ θεὸς τοῦτό γε, καίτοι γε μυρίας ποιησαμένῳ δεήσεις, ἀλλὰ χρησμὸς ἐξέπεσεν αὐτῷ, ὅτι „τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω θεάσῃ, τὸ δὲ πρόσωπον οὐκ ὄψει“ (Exod. 33,23)· τοῦτο δ’ ἦν· πάνθ’ ὅσα μετὰ τὸν θεὸν τῷ σπουδαίῳ καταληπτά, αὐτὸς δὲ μόνος ἀκατάληπτος· ἀκατάληπτός γε ἐκ τῆς ἀντικρὺς καὶ κατ’ εὐθυωρίαν προσβολῆς — διὰ γὰρ ταύτης οἷος ἦν ἐμηνύετ’ ἄν —, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἑπομένων καὶ ἀκολούθων δυνάμεων καταληπτόσ· αὗται γὰρ οὐ τὴν οὐσίαν, τὴν δ’ ὕπαρξιν ἐκ τῶν ἀποτελουμένων αὐτῷ παριστᾶσι.

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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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