# De Posteritate Caini 21

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/21

τοῖς μὲν οὖν φιλοθέοις τὸ ὂν ἀναζητοῦσι, κἂν μηδέποτε εὕρωσι, συγχαίρομεν — ἱκανὴ γὰρ ἐξ ἑαυτῆς προευφραίνειν ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ καλοῦ ζήτησις, κἂν ἀτυχῆται τὸ τέλος —, τῷ δὲ φιλαύτῳ Κάιν συναχθόμεθα, ὃς ἀφάνταστον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν τοῦ ὄντος καταλέλοιπεν, τὸ ᾧ μόνῳ βλέπειν ἠδύνατο ἑκουσίως πηρώσας.

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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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