God's Acting, Man's Acting: Tradition and Philosophy in Philo of Alexandria - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Francesca CalabiSeries:Studies in Philo of AlexandriaTheme:Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.), Religious Orientation/JewishPublish date:11/27/2007Pages:266
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004162709ISBN-10:9004162704UPC:9789004162709Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Judaism, Asian, History & SurveysBook Topic:History, Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.70 x 6.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCAX7QP1S5
The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce.
In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the order of the world unfolds. Philo considers this two-sided condition as a source of complexity and fertility. Francesca Calabi argues that, far from being an irresolvable contradiction, Philo's two-fold vision is the key to understanding his works. It constitutes a richness that rejects reduction to apparently incompatible forms and aspects.
In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the order of the world unfolds. Philo considers this two-sided condition as a source of complexity and fertility. Francesca Calabi argues that, far from being an irresolvable contradiction, Philo's two-fold vision is the key to understanding his works. It constitutes a richness that rejects reduction to apparently incompatible forms and aspects.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004162709ISBN-10:9004162704UPC:9789004162709Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Judaism, Asian, History & SurveysBook Topic:History, Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.70 x 6.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCAX7QP1S5
Francesca Calabi is Associate Professor of Philosophy in Late Antiquity at the University of Pavia. She works on Philo and on Aristotle, and collaborates in a new commentary of Plato's Republic. She has also edited the Italian translation of Philo's Decalogue, Josephus' Against Apion, and of the Letter of Aristeas.
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