# De Posteritate Caini 95

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 95. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/95

ἔστι δὲ τὸ διάταγμα τοιοῦτο· „πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῷ ἀριθμῷ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥάβδον, τὸ δέκατον ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ. οὐκ ἀλλάξεις καλὸν πονηρῷ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀλλάξῃς, αὐτό τε καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα ἔσται ἅγια“ (Lev. 27,32 — 33). καίτοι πῶς τό γε πονηρὸν γένοιτ’ ἂν ἅγιον; ἀλλ’, ὅπερ ἔφην, τὸ ἐπίπονον ἀλλ’ οὐ φαῦλον παρείληπται, ὥστε τοιοῦτον εἶναι τὸ δηλούμενον· τέλειον μὲν ἀγαθόν ἐστι τὸ καλόν, ἀτελὲς δὲ ὠφέλιμον πόνος. ἐὰν οὖν τὸ παντελὲς κτήσῃ, μηκέτι ζήτει τὸ ἐνδέον· εἰ δὲ προσυπερβάλλων ἐθελήσεις ἔτι πονεῖν, ἴσθ’ ὅτι δόξεις μὲν ἑνὸς ἓν ἀντικαταλλάττεσθαι, κτήσῃ δὲ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἀμφότερα·

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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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