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

• Superior document: Studies in Philo of Alexandria, v. 5.
• TeilnehmendeR: Alesse, Francesca.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction --; Philo and hellenistic doxography /; Philo and post-aristotelian peripatetics /; Moses against the egyptian: The anti-epicurean polemic in Philo /; La conversion du scepticisme chez Philon d’Alexandrie /; Philo on stoic physics /; Philo and stoic ethics. Reflections on the idea of freedom /; Philo of Alexandria on stoic and platonist psycho-physiology: The socratic higher ground /; Philo of Alexandria and the origins of the stoic ΠΡΠΑΘΕΙΑΙ /; Philo and hellenistic platonism /; Towards transcendence: Philo and the renewal of platonism in the early Imperial Age /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-264) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282399098; 9786612399091; 9047433572
• ISSN: 1543-995X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Francesca Alesse.

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.