Philo of Alexandria's views of the physical world / Charles A. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Charles A., 1975-

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 309.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 309

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philo, of Alexandria.

Philo.

Philosophy of nature.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

xii, 299 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2011.

Contents:

The problem of Philo's ambivalence about the physical world

The context for Philo's ambivalence toward the physical world

Philo's negative terminology for the physical world : [ousia, hylē, genesis, genētos]

Philo's positive terminology for the physical world : [kosmos]

Philo's positive terminology for the physical world : [physis] part 1

Philo's positive terminology for the physical world : [physis] part 2

Higher and lower approaches to God

The ambiguity of the physical world : a multiperspectival approach

Conclusions.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cambridge, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-255) and indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9783161506406

3161506405

OCLC:

747528604