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.

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.

Table of 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.