# De Posteritate Caini 26

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/26

οὗ χάριν ἐν ἑτέροις „κεκατηραμένον ὑπὸ θεοῦ τὸν κρεμάμενον ἐπὶ ξύλου“ φησίν (Deut. 21, 23), ὅτι, θεοῦ δέον ἐκκρέμασθαι, ὁ δὲ ἀπῃώρησεν ἑαυτὸν σώματος, ὅς ἐστιν ἐν ἡμῖν ξύλινος ὄγκος, ἐπιθυμίαν ἐλπίδος ἀντικαταλλαξάμενος, ἀγαθοῦ τελείου μέγιστον κακόν. ἐλπὶς μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὖσα προσδοκία ἐκ τοῦ φιλοδώρου θεοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀρτᾷ, ἐπιθυμία δὲ ἀλόγους ἐμποιοῦσα ὀρέξεις ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, ὃ δεξαμενὴν καὶ χώραν ἡδονῶν ἡ φύσις ἐδημιούργησεν.

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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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