# De Posteritate Caini 184

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 184. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/184

τὴν γὰρ ἱερωμένην διάνοιαν λειτουργὸν καὶ θεραπευτρίδα οὖσαν αὐτοῦ πάνθ’ οἷς ὁ δεσπότης χαίρει πράττειν ἀνάγκη· χαίρει δὲ εὐνομίας καὶ εὐσταθείας βεβαιώσει, πολέμων δὲ καὶ στάσεων ἀνατροπῇ, οὐχὶ τῶνδε μόνων οὓς αἱ πόλεις ποιοῦνται πρὸς ἀλλήλας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν κατὰ ψυχήν· μείζονες δ’ εἰσὶν οὗτοι καὶ χαλεπώτεροι, ἅτε καὶ τὸ θειότερον τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν λογισμὸν αἰκιζόμενοι, τῶν ὅπλων ἄχρι τῆς σωμάτων καὶ χρημάτων ζημίας προερχομένων, ψυχὴν δὲ ὑγιαίνουσαν μηδέποτε βλάψαι δυναμένων.

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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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