c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.370

The Wars of the Jews 3.370

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.370

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

370nor indeed is there any animal that dies by its own contrivance, or by its own means, for the desire of life is a law engraven in them all; on which account we deem those that openly take it away from us to be our enemies, and those that do it by treachery are punished for so doing.