# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 115

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 115. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/115

λέγω δὲ ταῦτα οὐ περὶ τῶν ἀρετῶν ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν μέσων τεχνῶν καὶ ὧν ἄλλων ἀναγκαίων περί τε σώματος ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐκτὸς περιουσίαν πραγματεύονται, ἐπεὶ ὅ γε περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ καλῶν τελείων πόνος, κἂν ὑστερίζῃ τοῦ τέλους, ἱκανὸς ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ προωφελῆσαι τοὺς χρωμένους, τὰ δὲ ὅσα ἐκτὸς ἀρετῆς, ἐὰν μὴ προσγένηται τὸ πέρας, ἀνωφελῆ πάντα· ὥσπερ ἐπὶ ζῴων, ἐὰν ἀφέλῃς κεφαλήν, οἴχεται τἆλλα· κεφαλὴ δὲ πραγμάτων ἐστὶ τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν, ἃ ζῇ μὲν τρόπον τινὰ ἐφαρμοζομένου, θνῄσκει δέ, ἐὰν ἐκτεμεῖν καὶ ἀκρωτηριάζειν ἐθέλῃς.

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Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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