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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 78

[78] The good man, then, alone sees; in reference to whom the ancients also called the prophets, seers. [61] But he who advanced further outwards, not only seeing, but seeing God, was called Israel; the meaning of which name is, "seeing God." But others, even if they ever do open their eyes, still bend them down towards the earth, pursuing only earthly things, and being bred up among material objects;