Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 165

ed. Paul Wendland

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[165] ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἐσχὼλ εὐφυΐας σύμβολον πυρὸς ἔχων ὄνομα, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸ p. 462 M. εὐφυὲς εὔτολμον καὶ ἔνθερμον καὶ ἐχόμενον ὧν ἂν προσάψηται, ὁ δὲ Αὐνὰν τοῦ φιλοθεάμονος· ὀφθαλμοὶ γὰρ
ἑρμηνεύεται τῷ καὶ τὰ ψυχῆς ὑπ’ εὐθυμίας ὄμματα διοίγνυσθαι. τούτων δ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἐστὶν ὁ θεωρητικὸς βίος κλῆρος, προσαγορευόμενος Μαμβρῆ, ὃ μεταληφθὲν ἀπὸ ὁράσεως καλεῖται· τῷ δὲ θεωρητικῷ τὸ ὁρᾶν συνῳδόν τε καὶ οἰκειότατον.

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Migratione Abrahami (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 165 focus

[165] for Eschol is an emblem of a good disposition, having a name of fire, since a good disposition is full of good daring ¹²³ and fervour, and adheres to what it has ever applied itself. And Annan is the symbol of a man fond of contemplation; for the name, being interpreted, means "the eyes," from the fact that the eyes of the soul also are opened by cheerfulness; and of both these persons a life of contemplation is the inheritance, which is entitled Mamre, which name is derived from seeing; and to the contemplative man, the faculty of seeing is most appropriate and most peculiarly belonging.

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