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He says: Since the father’s soul is mine and the son’s soul is mine, it is utterly unjust and foolish for my possession, my image, to be burdened with another’s deeds.This testimony, like many others, teaches that the soul owes nothing to reproductive seed, since God claims it for his own authority (Genesis 1:26–27) (Ezekiel 18:4).
Cum anima, inquit, patris mea sit et anima filii mea sit, quo testimonio ut multis aliis docetur animam nihil debere seminibus, quam Deus iuri suo vindicat, iniquissimum, inquit, et stolidum est, ut mea res, mea imago alienis gravetur operibus.