Philo of Alexandria and post-Aristotelian philosophy / edited by Francesca Alesse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alesse, Francesca.

Series:

Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 5.

Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 1543-995X ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philo, of Alexandria.

Philo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays collected in this volume focus on the role played by the philosophy of the Hellenistic, or post-Aristotelian age (from the school of the successors of Aristotle, Theophrastus and other Peripatetics, Epicurus, Sceptical Academy and Stoicism, to neo-Pythagorenism and the schools of Antiochus and Eudorus) in Philo of Alexandria’s works. Despite many authoritative studies on Philo's vision of Greek philosophy as an exegetical tool in allegorizing the Scripture, there is not such a comprehensive overview in Philo’s treatises that takes in account both the progress achieved in the recent interpretation of Hellenistic philosophy and analysis of ancient doxographical literature.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / F. Alesse

Introduction

Philo and hellenistic doxography / David T. Runia

Philo and post-aristotelian peripatetics / Robert W. Sharples

Moses against the egyptian: The anti-epicurean polemic in Philo / Graziano Ranocchia

La conversion du scepticisme chez Philon d’Alexandrie / Carlos Lévy

Philo on stoic physics / Anthony A. Long

Philo and stoic ethics. Reflections on the idea of freedom / Roberto Radice

Philo of Alexandria on stoic and platonist psycho-physiology: The socratic higher ground / Gretchen Reydams-Schils

Philo of Alexandria and the origins of the stoic ΠΡΠΑΘΕΙΑΙ / Margaret Graver

Philo and hellenistic platonism / John Dillon

Towards transcendence: Philo and the renewal of platonism in the early Imperial Age / Mauro Bonazzi

Bibliography / F. Alesse

Index / F. Alesse.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-264) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-39909-8

9786612399091

90-474-3357-2

OCLC:

593236193

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004167483.I-296 DOI