# De Posteritate Caini 99

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 99. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/99

πατὴρ οὖν ἐστιν εἰκότως ὁ ἅπαντα μεταχαράττων καὶ μεταποιῶν τὰ καλὰ τῶν τὸ αἰσθητὸν καὶ ἄψυχον ἅπαν ἐζηλωκότων· εἰ γὰρ τὰς ἀσωμάτους καὶ νοητὰς φύσεις μετεδίωκε, τοὺς ὁρισθέντας ὑπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ὅρους ἐφύλαττεν ἄν, οὓς ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆς ὥρισαν ἕκαστον αὐτῆς εἶδος οἰκείῳ τύπῳ χαράξαντες.

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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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