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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 79

[79] for the one raises his eyes to the sky, beholding the manna, the divine [62] [63] [64] word, the heavenly, incorruptible food of the soul, which is food of contemplation: but the others fix their eyes on garlic and onions, food which causes pain to the eyes, and troubles the sight, and makes men wink, and on other unsavoury food, of leeks, and dead fish, the appropriate provender of Egypt.