# De Posteritate Caini 18

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/18

ἀλλὰ μήποτε ὅπερ αἰνίττεται τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν· ὁ σοφὸς αἰεὶ γλιχόμενος κατανοῆσαι τὸν ἡγεμόνα τοῦ παντός, ὅταν τὴν δι’ ἐπιστήμης καὶ σοφίας ἀτραπὸν βαδίζῃ, λόγοις μὲν προεντυγχάνει θείοις παρ’ οἷς προκαταλύει, τρέπεσθαι δὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἐγνωκὼς ἐπέχεται· διοιχθέντων γὰρ τῶν διανοίας ὀμμάτων ὀξυδερκέστερον εἶδεν ὅτι ἐπὶ τὴν δυσαλώτου πράγματος θήραν ἀναδέδυκεν ἐξαναχωροῦντος αἰεὶ καὶ μακρὰν ἀφισταμένου καὶ φθάνοντος ἀπείρῳ τῷ μεταξὺ διαστήματι τοὺς διώκοντας.

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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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