על צאצאי קין י׳On the Posterity of Cain and his Exile 10
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1[32] Having now shown each side of the picture, calm in a good man, restlessness in a foolish one, let us devote our attention to the sequel. The lawgiver says that Naid, “Tumult,” to which the soul migrated, is over against Eden. “Eden” is a symbolic name for right and divine reason, and so it is literally rendered “luxuriance.” For right reason above all others finds its delight and luxury in the enjoyment of good things pure and undiluted, yea complete and full, while God the Giver of wealth rains down His virgin and deathless boons. And evil is by nature in conflict with good, unjust with just, wise with foolish, and all forms of virtue with all forms of vice. That is the meaning of Naid being over against Eden.