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On the Migration of Abraham

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 165

[165] for Eschol is an emblem of a good disposition, having a name of fire, since a good disposition is full of good daring [166] [167] [168] 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.